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King George Island (KGIS)

Description of the project:
The aim of the KGIS project is to produce an integrated geographic database of King George Island for use by all countries and in multi-disciplinary applications. It is co-ordinated under the Geographic Information Program of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Expert Group Geographic Information. The project activities include developing specifications for Antarctic large scale geographic databases and obtaining and integrating geographic data for King George Island.

Additional information: http://www.kgis.scar.org/
contact person: Dr. Steffen Vogt
Phone: +49(0)761 203-3553
Email: steffen.vogt@geographie.uni-freiburg.de
Runtime:
Start of project: 01.07.2000
End of project: 31.03.2004
Project Management:
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Prof. Dr. Hermann Goßmann, Dr. Helmut Saurer
Physische Geographie

SCHREIBERSTRASSE 20
79098 Freiburg i. Br.
Germany

Phone: ++49(0)761 203-3526
Fax: ++49(0)761 203-3596
http://www.geographie.uni-freiburg.de/
Actual Research Report
Financing:
  • SCAR, Sonstiges
  • Universität Freiburg, Medienpreis
Keywords:
    Geographie, Antarktis, GIS
project-related publications:
  • Arigony Neto J., Simões J.C., Bremer U.F.: Implementation of the Admiralty Bay Geographic Information System, King George Island, Antarctica Pesquisa Antártica Brasileira, 2004; 4: 187-190.
  • Simões J. C., Arigony Neto J., Bremer U.F.: O uso de mapas antárticos em publicações Pesquisa Antártica Brasileira, 2004; 4: 191-198.
  • Vogt S: The SCAR King George Island GIS (KGIS) Project OGC User, 2004.
  • Vogt S., Cisak J., Gossmann H., Jaña R., Simões J., Rau F., Vicuña P., Rubio W., Arigony Neto J., Bremer U.F.: The SCAR King George Island GIS - a multinational spatial database for environmental applications 2003 (21. Internationale Polartagung, 17.-22. März 2003).
  • Brolsma H., Ryan U., Vogt S.: The SCAR Feature Type Catalogue 2002 (SCAR XXVII (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research), July 16, 2002, Shanghai, China).
  • Vogt S: "King George Island, this overcowded, and surely not that interesting island": Implications of politics and culture on internationally co-ordinated projects in Antarctica 2002 (Talk at Australian Antarctic Division, Hobart/Australia, 2 July 2002).
  • Vogt S., Barriga R.: King George Island GIS 2002 (Plenary Session SCAR XXVII/COMNAP XIV (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research/Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs), July 20, 2002, Shanghai, China,).
  • Braun M., Simões J. C., Vogt S., Bremer U. F., Blindow N., Pfender M., Saurer H., Aquino F. E., Ferron F. A.: The compilation of a DTM and a new satellite image map for King George Island, Antarctica. Geo-Spatial Information Science, 2001; 4 (2): 47-51.
  • Vogt S.: Einsatz von wissensbasierten Methoden zur Entscheidungsunterstützung im Planungs- und Genehmigungsprozess bei Tätigkeiten in der Antarktis. 20. Internationale Polartagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Polarforschung, 26.-30. März 2001, Dresden. Terra Nostra, 2001; 1: 76-77.
  • Vogt S.: The King George Island GIS project 2001 (XIII Meeting of SCALOP Standing Committee on Antarctic Logistics and Operations), Amsterdam/The Netherlands, August 21-24, 2001).
  • Vogt S., Braun M., Jaña R.: King George Island GIS. Ein international koordiniertes Informationssystem für King George Island (Antarktis). 20. Internationale Polartagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft f. Polarforschung, 26.-30. März 2001, Dresden. Terra Nostra, 2001; 1: 76.
  • Vogt S., Braun M., Jaña R.: KGIS: ein international koordiniertes Informationssystem für King George Island (Antarktis) 2001 (20. Internationale Polartagung, März 26-30, 2001, Dresden).
  • Braun, M., Simões J.C., Vogt S., Bremer U.F., Blindow N., Pfender M., Saurer H., Aquino F.E., Ferron F.A.: The compilation of a DTM and a new satellite image map for King George Island, Antarctica 2000 (International GIS Workshop on Antarctic King George Island, July 6-7, 2000, Wuhan/China).
  • Vogt S.: King George Island Expert GIS. Supporting Decision making using knowledge-based techniques. Proceedings of the SCAR-WGGI Workshop:"International GIS Workshop on Antarctic King George Island", 6-7 Juli 2000, Wuhan, China., 2000 ("International GIS Workshop on Antarctic King George Island", 6-7 Juli 2000, Wuhan, China.).
  • Vogt S.: Implementierung eines international koordinierten Informationssystems für den Umweltschutz in der Antarktis 2000 (GeoAkademie Lahr, September 25, 2000).