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aerial_casa_2010_11

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Citation
Southwell, C., Hay, I., Kelly, N., and Slocum, G. (2012) Aerial photography flown for the Australian Antarctic Division from CASA 212-400 aircraft, 2010-11, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/aerial_casa_2010_11, Accessed: 2025-12-21
Title
Aerial photography flown for the Australian Antarctic Division from CASA 212-400 aircraft, 2010-11
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
Created Date
2012-09-03
Revision Date
2024-01-10
Parent record
None

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    Description

    Digital aerial photography was flown by a contractor for the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) from CASA 212-400 aircraft during the 2010-11 season.

    Photographs were taken for various projects or needs:
    Whales project requested by Natalie Kelly (Science Branch AAD and CSIRO); Cronk Islands, Knox Coast, Wilkes Coast - requested by Colin Southwell (Science Branch AAD, AAS project 2722) - the coverage also includes Bailey Peninsula and part of Clark Peninsula; Frazier Islands - requested by Ian Hay (Strategies Branch AAD, AAS project 3154); Aurora Basin - taken on the return flight from Dome C to Casey of Aurora Basin GC41 position 71 degrees 36'10''S, 111 degrees 15'46''E; Wilkins Aerodrome - to photograph runway and melt; Casey, Wilkes - requested by Gill Slocum (Strategies Branch AAD).

    The photographs were taken between 2 January 2011 and 6 February 2011. In most cases the images were georeferenced in the camera using the aircraft GPS.

    Vertical photographs were taken with an in floor camera system using a Nikon D200 digital camera and oblique photographs were taken using a handheld Nikon D700 digital camera in the cockpit.

    The set of images is too big for download but the images are available upon request from the Australian Antarctic Data Centre.

    Data extracted from the exif information of the images are available for download as csv files and, in some cases, shapefiles. These data include file name, date, camera, focal length, latitude, longitude and altitude.

    The images of the Cronk Islands and the Frazier Islands can be viewed in the Australian Antarctic Data Centre's Aerial Photograph Catalogue - see a Related URL below. The Film/Digital Series are ANTD1260 (Cronk Islands and Frazier Islands 2 January 2011) and ANTD1261 (Frazier Islands 23 January 2011).

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    Quality

    The accuracy of the positions in the EXIF information of the images is limited by the one second update interval of the GPS and the distance the aircraft would travel in one second.

    Access

    These data are publicly available for download from the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -71.43
    Southernmost:
    -72.37

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    110.16
    Easternmost:
    112.42

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -66.65
    Southernmost:
    -66.73

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    111.4
    Easternmost:
    111.65

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -66.51
    Southernmost:
    -66.81

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    89.17
    Easternmost:
    93.04

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -66.61
    Southernmost:
    -66.9

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    108.2
    Easternmost:
    108.72

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -66.2
    Southernmost:
    -66.4

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    110.12
    Easternmost:
    110.67

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -65.69
    Southernmost:
    -66.29

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    109
    Easternmost:
    111

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • Cronk Islands
    • Aurora Basin
    • photo
    • Knox Coast
    • Wilkes Coast
    • Casey
    • photograph
    • Wilkins
    • Frazier Islands
    • whale

    Locations

    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > VESTFOLD HILLS
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

    • Aircraft

    Instruments

    • CAMERA
    • Cameras

    Researchers

    • southwell, colin (INVESTIGATOR)
    • hay, ian (INVESTIGATOR)
    • kelly, nat (INVESTIGATOR)
    • slocum, gill (INVESTIGATOR)
    • newbery, kym (TECHNICAL CONTACT)
    • smith, david (DIF AUTHOR)

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    This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License
    (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

    Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=aerial_casa_2010_11 when using these data.

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