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Overview on the inner Maxwell Bay from Punta Suffield to Ardley Island. The lake in the foreground serves as freshwater supply to the Chilean base.
(Fildes Peninsula, King George Island) |
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| Photo: Steffen Vogt (2001)
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In October 2004 the interactve online KGIS Mapviewer has been awarded OGC Website of the Month. |
The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc (OGC) is an international industry consortium of 269 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface specifications. OpenGIS® Specifications support interoperable solutions that "geo-enable" the Web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT. The specifications empower technology developers to make complex spatial information and services accessible and useful with all kinds of applications.
For details you may view the October 2004 issue of the OGC Newsletter online or you can access a pdf version here.
A somewhat more extensive article has been published in the November 2004 issue of the OGC User online magazin or you can access a pdf version here.
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.
Follow the link to the KGIS Mapviewer to explore data bases on Antarctic fauna and flora or create and print your own, customized, high resolution map of King George Island.
If you have an OGC compliant WMS client read the details on how to connect to the OGC WMS service for the KGIS data. |
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