Steffen Vogt IPG University Freiburg Germany

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• Steffen Vogt (IPG University Freiburg / Germany)
• Ricardo Jaña (Instituto Antártico Chileno /
  Chile, IPG University Freiburg / Germany)
• Jefferson Simões (LaPAG, UFRGS Porto Alegre /
  Brazil)
• Jan Cisak (IGIK Warszawa, Poland)
• Hermann Gossmann (IPG University Freiburg /
  Germany)

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King George Island
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King George Island
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King George Island

• several nations operate permanent bases
• important hub to Antarctic Peninsula
• focal point of scientific activities
• shipborne / airborne tourism
• protected areas
• complex context but apparent need for
  co-ordinated management(SCAR recommendations
  Tokyo 2000)

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Goal of the KGIS project

• To produce an integrated geographic database
• for use by all countries
• for use in multi-disciplinary applications
• planning and coordination of activities
• environmental impact assessments
• scientific database
• management plans (SSSIs, ASMA)

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Workflow
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Data Input

• Data was provided by- FH Karlsruhe, Germany-
  IAA Buenos Aires, Argentina- IAAG Muenchen,
  Germany- IGIK Warszawa, Poland- INACH/IGM
  Santiago, Chile- IPG Freiburg, Germany- KORDI
  Seoul, South Korea- LaPAG/UFRGS Porto Alegre,
  Brazil- SGM/IAU Montevideo, Uruguay- ...

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Data Integration

• Scale0 (original scale of data) if necessary-
  data is digitized- data is imported to GIS
  package (ESRI ArcINFO / ArcGIS)- data is
  georeferenced- data is preprocessed (errors,
  remapping of attributes, ...)
• Scale10 (major ice free areas)- where necessary
  data sets are adjusted to fit the adjacent
  more accurate one (e.g. on Fildes
  Peninsula)
• Scale100 (entire island)- topographic data is
  used to construct a DEM (using ArcINFOs
  topogrid module)- overlapping datasets are
  clipped with a buffer- new contourlines are
  derived from the DEM

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Data Integration

• three different data sets
• clipping
• adjusting

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Data Integration

• three different data sets
• natural variations or errors?
• lakes union operator
• watercoursesindividual decisions based
  onexpert knowledge

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Mapping to SCAR FTC (preleminary)

• A strict database scheme implementing the FTC
  has yet to be developed

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Metadata

• sparse incomplete
• based on ISO 19115 FGDC
• constructed using the ArcGIS-Editors
• provided as XML file
• an ISO 19115 compliant community profile might
  be very helpful

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Applications

• ablation modelling
• monitoring glacier dynamics
• website of film expedition
• ice sheet modelling
• mapping of sample sites

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Data access

• shapefiles
• E00-files
• taylormade products on users request

http//www.ipg.uni-freiburg.de/forschung/ap3/kgis
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Related GIS projects on KGI
INACH / IGM Santiago, Chile Levantamientos
Cartográficos y Sistemas de Información
Geográficos de las Islas Shetland del Sur.
Etapa Península Fildes, Isla Rey Jorge LaPAG
/ UFRGS Porto Alegre, Brasil ASMA GIS Admiralty
Bay
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Outlook

• Penguin IslandLions RumpAdmiralty Bay
• ground control points
• FTC implementation
• bathymetry!
• names / gazetteer?