Landcover for South Georgia
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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
Electronic mail address:
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
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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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European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
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2008-11-12
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European Petroleum Survey Group
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EPSGadministrator@iogp.org
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https://www.epsg-registry.org/
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EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset
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The EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference
Systems and Coordinate Transformations, accessible through this online registry.
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urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3762
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6.18.3
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Identification info:
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Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Landcover for South Georgia
Date:
Date:
Date:
2022-06-22
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2022-06-22
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2022-06-22
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Produced by the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre, British Antarctic Survey, 2026, version 1,
https://data.bas.ac.uk/items/e09c00b8-391a-44fc-a9e5-e7d4ef4fc2db.
Abstract:
Vector tile landcover for South Georgia, distinguishing ice free (brown), ice (white), lakes (blue) and
moraine (grey), derived from data accessed through the South Georgia GIS.
Projection: WGS84 South Georgia Lambert, EPSG: 3762
Purpose:
Vector tile Landcover for South Georgia, distinguishing ice free (brown), ice (white), lakes (blue) and
moraine (grey). Projection: WGS84 South Georgia Lambert, EPSG: 3762
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Field, Elena
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British Antarctic Survey
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Telephone:
Voice:
+44 (0)1223 221400
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Address:
Delivery point:
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road
City:
Cambridge
Administrative area:
Cambridgeshire
Postal code:
CB3 0ET
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United Kingdom
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unknown
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Gerrish, Laura
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British Antarctic Survey
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Telephone:
Voice:
+44 (0)1223 221400
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Address:
Delivery point:
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road
City:
Cambridge
Administrative area:
Cambridgeshire
Postal code:
CB3 0ET
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United Kingdom
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unknown
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Ireland, Louise
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British Antarctic Survey
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+44 (0)1223 221400
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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:
louela@bas.ac.uk
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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0960-0486
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ORCID record
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ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique
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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:
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Linkage:
URL:
https://www.bas.ac.uk/teams/magic
Name:
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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UK Research and Innovation
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Polaris House
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Swindon
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SN2 1FL
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United Kingdom
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unknown
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https://www.ukri.org
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UKRI - UK Research and Innovation
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This information is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. To view this licence, visit
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/.
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Geographic bounding box:
West bound longitude:
-38.7093456
East bound longitude:
-35.2136173
South bound latitude:
-55.1132436
North bound latitude:
-53.6042521
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Distribution info:
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Anchor: xlink: https://ror.org/0428exr50 title: ror
Environmental Systems Research Institute
Contact info:
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Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
380 New York Street
City:
Redlands
Administrative area:
California
Postal code:
92373
Country:
United States of America
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unknown
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Linkage:
URL:
https://www.esri.com
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GIS Mapping Software, Location Intelligence & Spatial Analytics | Esri
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Corporate website for Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI).
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ArcGIS Vector Tile Service
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Access information as an ArcGIS vector tile layer.
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https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/tPxy1hrFDhJfZ0Mf/arcgis/rest/services/South_Georgia_simple_basemap_EPSG_3762/VectorTileServer
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ArcGIS Online
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Access information as an ArcGIS vector tile service.
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Online function code:
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Data quality info:
Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
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product
Report:
Domain consistency:
Result:
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Specification:
Citation:
Title:
Anchor: xlink: https://metadata-standards.data.bas.ac.uk/profiles/magic-discovery/v2/
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre (MAGIC) Discovery
Metadata Profile
Date:
Date:
Date:
2025-11-24
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Edition:
2
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.
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information
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Resource within scope of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Mapping and Geographic Information Centre
(MAGIC) Discovery Metadata Profile.
Pass:
true
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
The coastline, seamask and surface datasets were downloaded from the South Georgia GIS and loaded into
ArcGIS Pro v3.4. The surface dataset representing landcover had a blocky appearance as the landcover
category polygons were extracted from pixel based satellite imagery classifications. Therefore, the
polygons were smoothed using the 'Smooth Polygon' tool. The algorithm used was Polynomial Approximation
with Exponential Kernel (PAEK) with a smoothing tolerance of 50 metres. This gave an improved visual
appearance to the landcover, without altering the boundaries of the polygon classifications. It also
resulted in the data not matching the coastline, and some slithers were identified in the data more
widely. These issues were fixed by editing accordingly.
The landcover data was then styled according to the following hex values; ice: #FFFFFF, ice-free: #CDAA66,
lake: #73B2FF and moraine: #B2B2B2. The coastline was given a thickness of 0.7 pt, and colour of
#005CE6. The seamask was styled as #BED2FF. All three layers were published as a single vector tile
package to ArcGIS Online.
Data sources:
* Surface, seamask and coastline (2021) accessed from South Georgia GIS, 2023 - https://sggis.gov.gs/
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unrestricted
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Open Access (Anonymous)
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license
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This information is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence
(CC BY-ND 4.0). To view this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
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