Medium resolution Antarctic moraine dataset

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      4ed44a66-a39c-424a-b127-60c3b198831a
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          Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey
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                  +44 (0)1223 221400
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                  British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road
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                  Cambridge
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                  Cambridgeshire
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                  CB3 0ET
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                  United Kingdom
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                  magic@bas.ac.uk
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                  https://www.bas.ac.uk/teams/magic
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                  Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) - BAS public website
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                  General information about the BAS Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) from the British 
                  Antarctic Survey (BAS) public website.
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                  information
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      2025-07-15
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      ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
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      ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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Reference system info: Reference system: Reference system identifier: RS Identifier: Authority: Citation: Title: European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry Date: Date: Date: 2008-11-12 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: European Petroleum Survey Group Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: Electronic mail address: EPSGadministrator@iogp.org Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.epsg-registry.org/ Name: EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset Description: The EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations, accessible through this online registry. Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: publisher Code: Anchor: xlink: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3031 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031 Version: 6.18.3
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Identification info: Data identification: Citation: Citation: Title: Medium resolution Antarctic moraine dataset Date: Date: Date: 1993 Date type: Date type code: creation Date: Date: Date: 2024-11-12T17:08:12+00:00 Date type: Date type code: publication Date: Date: Date: 2024-11-07 Date type: Date type code: revision Date: Date: Date: 2024-11-12T17:08:12+00:00 Date type: Date type code: released Edition: 7.10 Identifier: RS Identifier: Code: Anchor: xlink: https://data.bas.ac.uk/items/4ed44a66-a39c-424a-b127-60c3b198831a 4ed44a66-a39c-424a-b127-60c3b198831a Code Space: data.bas.ac.uk Identifier: RS Identifier: Code: Anchor: xlink: https://doi.org/10.5285/4ed44a66-a39c-424a-b127-60c3b198831a 10.5285/4ed44a66-a39c-424a-b127-60c3b198831a Code Space: doi Other citation details: Gerrish, L., Fretwell, P., & Cooper, P. (2024). Medium resolution Antarctic moraine dataset (Version 7.10) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/4ed44a66-a39c-424a-b127-60c3b198831a
              
If using for a graphic or if short on space, please cite as 'Data from the SCAR Antarctic Digital Database, 2024'. Abstract: An incomplete dataset of moraine in Antarctica. Data have been prepared from various map and remotely sensed datasets. This dataset has been generalised from the high resolution version but there are some inconsistencies in this dataset and the high resolution version is recommended.
          
Changes in v7.10 include new data for the South Orkney Islands.
          
Data compiled, managed and distributed by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre and the UK Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. Purpose: Generalised moraine features in Antarctica derived from maps and remote sensing data. Incomplete. Point of contact: Responsible party: Individual name: Anchor: xlink: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1410-9122 title: orcid Gerrish, Laura Organisation name: Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror British Antarctic Survey Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1410-9122 Name: ORCID record Description: ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: author Point of contact: Responsible party: Individual name: Anchor: xlink: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1988-5844 title: orcid Fretwell, Peter Organisation name: Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror British Antarctic Survey Contact info: Contact: Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1988-5844 Name: ORCID record Description: ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: author Point of contact: Responsible party: Individual name: Cooper, Paul Organisation name: Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror British Antarctic Survey Role: Role code: author Point of contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: +44 (0)1223 221400 Address: Address: Delivery point: British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road City: Cambridge Administrative area: Cambridgeshire Postal code: CB3 0ET Country: United Kingdom Electronic mail address: magic@bas.ac.uk Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.bas.ac.uk/teams/magic Name: Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) - BAS public website Description: General information about the BAS Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) public website. Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: pointOfContact Point of contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror UK Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: +44 (0)1223 221400 Address: Address: Delivery point: British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road City: Cambridge Administrative area: Cambridgeshire Postal code: CB3 0ET Country: United Kingdom Electronic mail address: polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ Name: UK Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) - BAS public website Description: General information about the NERC Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) public website. Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: publisher Point of contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Standing Committee on Antarctic Research Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: Delivery point: Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road City: Cambridge Administrative area: Cambridgeshire Postal code: CB2 1ER Country: United Kingdom Electronic mail address: info@scar.org Role: Role code: sponsor Resource maintenance: Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: Maintenance frequency code: asNeeded Maintenance note: Progress code: completed Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Access constraints: Restriction code: unrestricted Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Use constraints: Restriction code: license Other constraints: Anchor: xlink: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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/ Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Identifier: RS Identifier: Code: Anchor: xlink: https://data.bas.ac.uk/items/0f2e16f3-48cb-4d52-ba73-7ebc44a1985b 0f2e16f3-48cb-4d52-ba73-7ebc44a1985b Code Space: data.bas.ac.uk Association Type: Association type code: revisionOf Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Identifier: RS Identifier: Code: Anchor: xlink: https://data.bas.ac.uk/items/e74543c0-4c4e-4b41-aa33-5bb2f67df389 e74543c0-4c4e-4b41-aa33-5bb2f67df389 Code Space: data.bas.ac.uk Association Type: Association type code: largerWorkCitation Initiative Type: Initiative type code: collection Language: Language Code: eng Character set: Character set code: utf8 Extent: Extent: Geographic element: Geographic bounding box: West bound longitude: -180.0 East bound longitude: 180.0 South bound latitude: -90.0 North bound latitude: -60.0 Temporal element: Temporal extent: Extent: Time period: Begin date: 1993-01-01 End date: 2023-02-10
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Distribution info: Distribution: Distributor: Distributor: Distributor contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/0428exr50 title: ror Environmental Systems Research Institute Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: Delivery point: 380 New York Street City: Redlands Administrative area: California Postal code: 92373 Country: United States of America Electronic mail address: unknown Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.esri.com Name: GIS Mapping Software, Location Intelligence & Spatial Analytics | Esri Description: Corporate website for Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: distributor Distributor format: Format: Name: Anchor: xlink: https://metadata-resources.data.bas.ac.uk/media-types/x-service/arcgis+service+feature ArcGIS Feature Service Version: missing Distributor format: Format: Name: Anchor: xlink: https://metadata-resources.data.bas.ac.uk/media-types/x-service/arcgis+service+tile+vector ArcGIS Vector Tile Service Version: missing Distributor format: Format: Name: Anchor: xlink: https://metadata-resources.data.bas.ac.uk/media-types/x-service/arcgis+layer+feature ArcGIS Feature Layer Version: missing Distributor format: Format: Name: Anchor: xlink: https://metadata-resources.data.bas.ac.uk/media-types/x-service/arcgis+layer+tile+vector ArcGIS Tile Layer Version: missing Distributor transfer options: Digital transfer options: Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://services7.arcgis.com/tPxy1hrFDhJfZ0Mf/arcgis/rest/services/Medium_resolution_Antarctic_moraine/FeatureServer Name: ArcGIS Online Description: Access information as a feature service in ArcGIS Online. Function: Online function code: download Distributor transfer options: Digital transfer options: Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/tPxy1hrFDhJfZ0Mf/arcgis/rest/services/add_moraine_medium_res_polygon_vt/VectorTileServer Name: ArcGIS Online Description: Access information as a vector tile service in ArcGIS Online. Function: Online function code: download Distributor transfer options: Digital transfer options: Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5883610d19a147d58d98dab85b63bf99 Name: ArcGIS Online Description: Access information as a feature layer in ArcGIS Online. Function: Online function code: download Distributor transfer options: Digital transfer options: Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=21b481e6fd334ccbbe68c8e1b0bfdd17 Name: ArcGIS Online Description: Access information as a tile layer in ArcGIS Online. Function: Online function code: download Distributor: Distributor: Distributor contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror UK Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: +44 (0)1223 221400 Address: Address: Delivery point: British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road City: Cambridge Administrative area: Cambridgeshire Postal code: CB3 0ET Country: United Kingdom Electronic mail address: polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ Name: UK Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) - BAS public website Description: General information about the NERC Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) public website. Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: distributor Distributor format: Format: Name: Anchor: xlink: https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/geopackage+sqlite3 GeoPackage Version: missing Distributor format: Format: Name: Anchor: xlink: https://metadata-resources.data.bas.ac.uk/media-types/application/vnd.shp+zip Shapefile (Zipped) Version: missing Distributor transfer options: Digital transfer options: Units of distribution: bytes Transfer size: 2202009 Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/get/add_moraine_medium_res_polygon_v7_10.gpkg?entryid=synth%3A4ed44a66-a39c-424a-b127-60c3b198831a%3AL2FkZF9tb3JhaW5lX21lZGl1bV9yZXNfcG9seWdvbl92N18xMC5ncGtn Name: GeoPackage Description: Download information as an OGC GeoPackage. Function: Online function code: download Distributor transfer options: Digital transfer options: Units of distribution: bytes Transfer size: 629145 Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/get/add_moraine_medium_res_polygon_v7_10.shp.zip?entryid=synth%3A4ed44a66-a39c-424a-b127-60c3b198831a%3AL2FkZF9tb3JhaW5lX21lZGl1bV9yZXNfcG9seWdvbl92N18xMC5zaHAuemlw Name: Shapefile (Zipped) Description: Download information as an Esri Shapefile (compressed as a Zip file). Function: Online function code: download
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Data quality info: Data quality: Scope: Scope: Hierarchy level: Scope code: dataset Report: Domain consistency: Result: Conformance result: Specification: Citation: Title: Anchor: xlink: https://metadata-standards.data.bas.ac.uk/profiles/magic-discovery-v1/ British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Discovery Metadata Profile Date: Date: Date: 2024-11-01 Date type: Date type code: publication Edition: 1 Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/01rhff309 title: ror Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: +44 (0)1223 221400 Address: Address: Delivery point: British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road City: Cambridge Administrative area: Cambridgeshire Postal code: CB3 0ET Country: United Kingdom Electronic mail address: magic@bas.ac.uk Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://www.bas.ac.uk/teams/magic Name: Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) - BAS public website Description: General information about the BAS Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) public website. Function: Online function code: information Role: Role code: publisher Explanation: Resource within scope of British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Discovery Metadata Profile. Pass: true Lineage: Lineage: Statement: Data compiled from various mapping and remote sensing sources. Exact data sources are currently missing from the attribute table for the majority of data – the large majority was compiled in 1993 and digitized from the USGS 1:250k reconnaissance series maps dating from 1960s-1990s and DOS 1:250k series maps dating from 1960s and 1970s. Exact data sources can be provided on request in the format of vector lines.
              
The data newly added for the v7.10 release (South Orkney Islands) was generalised from the high resolution version by deleting polygons < 0.02 km2 in size and the ‘smooth polygon’ tool was then used in ArcGIS with the ‘PAEK’ algorithm and a smoothing tolerance of 200 m.
              
Please note: due to the versioning of the ADD, there are no versions 7.4-7.9 for this specific dataset.
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