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KGIS Mapviewer
awarded third in
University Freiburg
Media Award 2004 |
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On Cerro Fósiles many petrified plants buried in Tertiary rock strata can be found.
The location forms part of a protected area (Site of Special Scientific Interest No.5).
designated on the grounds that the unique fossil ichnolites found in these areas are located close to several permanent scientific stations which are frequently visited by tourist groups.
Unfortunately protection is not very effective and a lot of scientifically valuable samples are illegaly taken away every year.
(Fildes Peninsula, King George Island).
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| Photo: Steffen Vogt (2001)
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| The interactive KGIS Mapviewer was awarded third of the Uni Freiburg Medienpreis 2004 (Media Award) including a 5000 Euro donation to support the project. |
| Title of contribution: |
KGIS Mapviewer |
| Audience: |
Antarctic researchers, interested public / tourists, high school students |
| Contribution submitted by: |
Steffen Vogt, IPG Uni Freiburg |
| Partners: |
Institut für Physische Geographie, Uni Freiburg
Freiburg/Germany
Australian Antarctic Division - Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Hobart/Australia
Carleton University - Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre
Ottawa/Canada
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| Description: |
Spatial location is a powerful tool to access and present data and information. The KGIS Mapviewer serves as an intuitive, interactive multi-lingual and spatially enabled online interface to data bases and background information on King George Island, Antarctica.
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.
The SCAR King George Island GIS (KGIS) project makes available an integrated geographic database for use by all countries and in multi-disciplinary applications. Read more on the project web site.
The pilot implementation demonstrates how a mapviewer can be built on current SCAR policies, data bases and open standards and technologies. The next project milestones include the development of specific interfaces targeted at user communities such as scientists, tourists and students. These interfaces are developed within the framework of the SCAR Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica Project co-ordinated by Carleton University, Canada.
Enabling the mapviewer are a variety of state-of-the-art open source based technologies, institutional arrangements whithin a highly international community, and recent ISO and OpenGIS standards and specifications.
Follow the link to the KGIS Mapviewer to have a look at the pilot implementation, explore data bases on Antarctic fauna and flora or create and print your own, customized, high resolution map of King George Island.
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