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AAS_4024_Macquarie_Island_Base_Stations

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Citation
Terauds, A. (2017) Macquarie Island field base stations for differential GPS, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/58e595d24adaa, Accessed: 2026-09-17
Title
Macquarie Island field base stations for differential GPS
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.4225/15/58e595d24adaa
Created Date
2017-03-22
Revision Date
2025-06-19
Expected Date of Data Release
2017-08-18
Data Version
1
Parent record
None

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    Description

    Using a Leica differential GPS system, together with existing survey marks at the main station, highly accurate (plus/minus 5cm) base stations were installed at 3-6 km intervals from the Macquarie Island station to just south of Green Gorge. The location of each base station was calculated using existing survey marks or the previously set up base station. Each location has been marked with a survey stake and covered with a rock cairn.

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    Purpose

    To facilitate real-time GPS measurements in the field on Macquarie Island.

    Quality

    Accuracy of base station position is estimated to be within 2-5 cm.

    Access

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

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -54.4852
    Southernmost:
    -54.65

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    158.79913
    Easternmost:
    158.96118

    Data Resolution

    Latitude Resolution:
    0.05 Metre(s)
    Longitude Resolution:
    0.05 Metre(s)
    Vertical Resolution:
    1 Metre(s)

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • Base Station
    • GPS

    Locations

    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
    • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

    Platforms

    • Global Positioning System Satellites

    Instruments

    • Global Positioning System

    Researchers

    • terauds, aleks (INVESTIGATOR,DIF AUTHOR)

    Use Constraints

    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=AAS_4024_Macquarie_Island_Base_Stations when using these data.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • AMD
      • AMD/AU
      • CEOS

      Metadata Revision History

        2017-03-22 - record created by Aleks Terauds. 2017-08-18 - record updated by Dave Connell to publicly release the data. 2025-06-19 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

      Creative Commons License