| Probably nowhere else in Antarctica the need for co-ordinated approaches in research activities and environmental management is more evident than on King George Island. This is reflected by Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research’s (SCAR) recommendation SCAR XXVI-6 adopted at the XXVIth Meeting of SCAR in Tokyo, July 2000, that called for efforts to integrate scientific objectives and for collaboration among the nations working on the island.
The SCAR King George Island GIS (SCAR KGIS) project provides a fundamental contribution to these endeavours. The project makes available an integrated geographic database for use by all countries and in multi-disciplinary applications.
The SCAR KGIS project is a community effort of those nations, institutions, projects, and individuals active on King George Island. It lives on sharing the data we have. The project is endorsed by
Recommendation SCAR XXVIII-6
Concerning the King George Island Geographic Information System (GIS)
Noting SCAR Recommendation XXVI-6 concerning rationalization of scientific activities on King George Island;
Recognising that a Geographic Information System for the whole island has been produced and is now available on the internet;
SCAR recommends that
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countries with programme activities on King George Island should make use of this integrated system for science activity, environmental planning and logistic operations; and
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National Committees, through their National Programmes, should continue providing spatially referenced data to the Geographic Information System for the mutual benefit of all National Programmes with activities on the island.
To provide your data to the project for inclusion or update please contact us. We will assisst in intergating your data. We are ready to accept data in almost any GIS and CAD data formats.
The KGIS data base holds mainly framework data such as elevation and bathymetry, hydrography, transport and infrastructure. To provide your data to the project for inclusion or update please contact us. We will assisst in intergating your data. We are ready to accept data in almost any GIS and CAD data formats.
SCAR KGIS is co-ordinated under the work programme of the SCAR Expert Group Geographic Information. Currently the project ist hosted at and co-ordinated by Institut f. Physische Geographie, University Freiburg, Germany.
The project website is located at http://www.kgis.scar.org/
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