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Macquarie Island Mapping Program Survey Field Work and Report Voyage 3 Round Trip November 1997

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Introduction

This report details the survey work carried out on Macquarie Island during November 1997 by LANDINFO staff on behalf of the Australian Antarctic Division's Mapping Program. The main task of the survey team was to acquire aerial photography of the island to enable the production of a new topographic map of the island. Other tasks involved field checking the digital station area map (DSAM) and providing support to the tide gauge maintenance team. The following team carried out the survey-mapping work: Tom Gordon LANDINFO Surveyor Roger Handsworth Antarctic Division Engineer Although this report touches on the work carried out by Roger Handsworth and Rupert Summerson, it does not cover the specifics of their work.

Project Brief

The survey-mapping brief lists the following tasks:

Aerial Photography of the Island and station area. Aerial Photography of Judge and Clerk Island to the south and Bishop and Clerk Island to the north of Macquarie Island. Second order levelling from the tide gauge bench marks to AUS 211 Updating the Digital Station Area map.

These tasks are listed in order of priority. A copy of the survey brief for Macquarie Island is included in Appendix A.

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Title Macquarie Island Mapping Program Survey Field Work and Report Voyage 3 Round Trip November 1997
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/31214ecc-8406-4903-b06d-fd33afd3e3b9
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 11/11/1997 - 15/11/1997
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Macquarie Island Mapping Program Survey Field Work and Report Voyage 3 Round Trip November 1997". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/macquarie-island-mapping-program-survey-field-work-and-report-voyage-3-round-trip-november-19971