New The Battle To Map Antarctica Is On

The Earth's southernmost continent, Antarctica, is i of the most poorly mapped locations on the globe. If you lot desire to stance actually expert maps of the continent you lot volition demand to respect a properly surveyed newspaper map (for trial from the British Antarctic Survey).

The focus of this spider web log nevertheless is on online interactive maps. Unfortunately Google's Map Maker community in addition to OpenStreetMap's global squad of volunteers don't look to create got held many mapping parties inwards Antarctica every bit yet.

Therefore the focus for online interactive mapping inwards Antarctica seems to go on providing imagery of the continent rather than detailed maps. However that suits my purpose. I'm non planning on a major exhibition to the due south pole, in addition to then some pretty pictures to await at volition produce for me. Luckily these produce exist.


Open Antarctica is a projection to document the surface area around the Palmer Station USA base of operations on the Antarctic Peninsula. To this halt the projection has managed to plot some beautiful aerial imagery from NASA' Operation Ice Bridge.

The trial is a map of some gorgeous aerial imagery of Palmer Station, Litchfield Island, Amsler Island in addition to Shortcut Island. I'd tell that was 1-0 to OpenStreetMap.


However Google Maps does create got its Street View trekker, which is able to move where its Street View cars are also scared to tread. Last twelvemonth Google dispatched the Street View trekker to catch Captain Scott's hut on Cape Evans in addition to Shackleton's Hut on Cape Royds inwards Antarctica.

Google Maps also has some dandy Street View shots of penguins basking inwards the weak Sun of Half Luna Island.

You tin thence catch the Google World Wonders Project in addition to create got a virtual tour of these Antarctic locations amongst Google's interactive panoramic imagery.

I'd tell that's 1-1, every bit nosotros caput into overtime ...

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