Metadata details
survey_2012-13_Davis_Mawson_station
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- Citation
- Brolsma. H. (2013) Survey report - Davis and Mawson station, Antarctica, 2012/13 summer - Henk Brolsma, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/survey_2012-13_Davis_Mawson_station, Accessed: 2026-09-07
- Title
- Survey report - Davis and Mawson station, Antarctica, 2012/13 summer - Henk Brolsma
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- Created Date
- 2013-04-03
- Revision Date
- 2019-08-13
- Parent record
- None
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
Survey report from Davis and Mawson stations, Antarctica - conducted during the summer of 2012/2013 by Henk Brolsma.
Purpose of the field work at Davis and Mawson stations:
1. Upgrade station GIS for the location of new buildings, additions to buildings, road works, extent of the quarry and location of fire hydrants and hose reels.
2. Calibrate the tide gauges using the floating GPS technique.
3. Take terrestrial photos for use in Google Streetview.
4. Take oblique aerial photos of both stations using a DIGITAL SLR camera
Quality
See the report for more details.
Access
A copy of the survey report is publicly available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 2012-11-01 - Stop date: 2013-03-01
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > BUILDINGS
- EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > TRANSPORTATION
Additional Keywords
- survey
- GPS
- Davis
- Mawson
- station
- aerial photo
- Vestfold Hills
- Holme Bay
- Kista Strait
- tide gauge
Locations
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- FIELD SURVEYS
Instruments
- GPS RECEIVERS
- Global Positioning System
- TIDE GAUGES
- Cameras
- SURVEYING TOOLS
Researchers
- brolsma, henk (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
- connell, dave (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=survey_2012-13_Davis_Mawson_station when using these data.
