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Macquarie Island walking tracks

GIS data representing walking tracks on Macquarie Island compiled by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre is described by the following metadata records:

1 Survey report 1992/93, Macquarie Island, Australian Antarctic Division Author - Noel Ward Entry ID: survey_1992-93_macquarie

2 Surveys on Macquarie Island for the Australian Antarctic Division, September to November 1997 Entry ID: macca_survey97_gis

3 Macquarie Island mapping from Quickbird satellite imagery.

Entry ID: macquarie_quickbird_mapping

This metadata record describes additional data related to walking tracks on Macquarie Island compiled by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre. It includes:

1 Oziexplorer waypoint and track files compiled by Marty Benavente (Australian Antarctic Division Field Training Officer) based on his field work in 2011 using a handheld GPS. This data is for AAD internal use only.

2 Track data compiled by the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service. The original data is for AAD internal use only.

3 Track data digitised at the Australian Antarctic Division based on field experience and using an orthorectified DigitalGlobe satellite image captured 15 March 2005 as a guide

The walking track data selected by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre for use in 1:50000 maps of Macquarie Island is largely from the 1997 survey but includes track segments from other datasets listed above. This data is available for download from a Related URL below.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Title Macquarie Island walking tracks
Type Dataset
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Data Status active
Update Frequency infrequently
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c95b143a-f178-4516-9756-576f5506baa2
Date Published 2015-12-11
Date Updated 2023-08-11
Contact Point
Australian Antarctic Division
metadata@aad.gov.au
Temporal Coverage 2015-12-11 03:33:20
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[158.77, -54.78], [158.95, -54.78], [158.95, -54.48], [158.77, -54.48], [158.77, -54.78]]]}
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
Data Portal data.gov.au
Publisher/Agency Australian Antarctic Division