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Macquarie Island walking tracks

Created 11/12/2015

Updated 11/08/2023

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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.

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Title Macquarie Island walking tracks
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c95b143a-f178-4516-9756-576f5506baa2
Contact Point
Australian Antarctic Division
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 11/12/2015
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        158.77,
        -54.78
      ],
      [
        158.95,
        -54.78
      ],
      [
        158.95,
        -54.48
      ],
      [
        158.77,
        -54.48
      ],
      [
        158.77,
        -54.78
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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