Dataset: Holme Bay penguin colonies digitised from 1992-3 Linhof aerial photography

Description

Aerial photography (Linhof) of penguin colonies was acquired over the Holme Bay (Eric Woehler).

The penguin colonies were traced, then digitised (John Cox), and saved as DXF-files.

Using the ArcView extension 'Register and Transform' (Tom Velthuis), The DXF-files were brought into a GIS and transformed to the appropriate islands. Data conforms to SCAR Feature Catalogue which can be searched (refer to link below).

General Information

• Australian Antarctic Division
• Create Date: 10/12/2015
• Update Date: 11/08/2023
• Landing Page: https://data.gov.au/dataset/83a735fa-286b-493b-a0cf-42e741a139c0
• Keywords:
  • ADELIE
  • AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
  • AMD
  • AMD-AU
  • CEOS
  • COLONIES
  • CONTINENT - ANTARCTICA - Holme Bay
  • EARTH SCIENCE - BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION - ANIMALS-VERTEBRATES - BIRDS
  • EARTH SCIENCE - BIOSPHERE - TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS - ISLANDS
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION - POLAR
  • GIS
  • HOLME BAY
  • PENGUINS

Distributions

• Point of truth URL of this metadata record
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  • License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
  • Create Date: 11/12/2015
  • Update Date: 10/12/2015
• Download point for the data: Penguin colonies
  • Format: SHP
  • License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
  • Create Date: 11/12/2015
  • Update Date: 10/12/2015
• SCAR Feature Catalogue
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  • License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
  • Create Date: 11/12/2015
  • Update Date: 10/12/2015
• Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
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  • License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
  • Create Date: 11/12/2015
  • Update Date: 10/12/2015