Abstract:
High resolution (Scale0) polygon dataset of the Antarctic Coastline. A compilation of source data from eleven national mapping agencies at data scales no larger than 1:200,000/1:250:000. Polygon dataset was originally published in tiled Coverage format. Data has since been converted and merged to a single dataset and exported to shapefile and geopackage formats. Scale0 is the highest resolution that was produced.
Each polygon has a surface attribute (CST00SRF) indicating the type of feature it represents, ie. ice shelf, ice tongue, land, ocean and rumple.
For information on the source of the polygon delineations, refer to coincident features in the polyline dataset, Scale0 vector polylines of the Antarctic coastline v3.0.
Changes in ADD Version 3.0 included amendments to ice shelf positions, including many other minor corrections. These are available to view in detail in the ADD Manual (https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20362/).
Funding was received from Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) in 1999 which enabled British Antarctic Survey (BAS) to compile, manage and distribute the ADD.
For full details on the dataset, please refer to the ADD Manual v3.0: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20362/
Keywords:
Antarctic Digital Database, Antarctica, Coastline, Grounding line, Land Cover, Land Use, Topographic mapping
Cooper, P., Fox, A., Edwards, M., & Swithinbank, C. (2000). Scale0 vector polygon of the Antarctic coastline - VERSION 3.0 (Version 3.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/f65ecf6a-95b1-483e-9350-25bd46bf2e98
| Access Constraints: | None |
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| Use Constraints: | This information is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). To view this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Creation Date: | 2024-09-16 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Planned |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | PDC BAS |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Paul Cooper |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Dr Adrian J Fox |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Mary Edwards |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Charles Swithinbank |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
| Reference: | For full details on the dataset, please refer to the ADD Manual v3.0: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20362/ | |
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| Quality: | Scale0 is the highest resolution that was produced. Due to the very wide and legacy sources of the data for this compilation, the dataset attributes are inconsistent in format and incomplete. The data are published as they stood at the time of their first publication in 2000. The most recent version of the Antarctic Digital Database is available at: https://data.bas.ac.uk/collections/e74543c0-4c4e-4b41-aa33-5bb2f67df389/ |
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| Lineage: | Compiled using data from eleven national mapping agencies at data scales no larger than 1:200,000/1:250:000. Dataset was originally published in tiled Coverage format, using Esri ArcInfo. Data has now been merged to a single dataset using ArcMap v10.8 and exported to shapefile and geopackage formats. A number of slithers were removed from the merged data where source tiles were adjacent. Each polygon has a surface attribute (CST00SRF) indicating the type of feature it represents, ie. ice shelf, ice tongue. Data sources are dated between 1956-1997. For full details on the dataset, including bibliography of sources, please refer to the ADD Manual v3.0: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20362/ |
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| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | 1956-01-01 |
| End Date | 2000-12-31 |
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| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -90 |
| Northernmost | -60 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -180 |
| Easternmost | 180 |
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| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
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| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Detailed Location | N/A |
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| Distribution: | |
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| Distribution Media | Online Internet (HTTP) |
| Distribution Size | 14 MB |
| Distribution Format | SHP |
| Fees | N/A |
| Data Storage: | This dataset contains 2 files: - GeoPackage ~11 MB - Shapefile ~3.6 MB |