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  • COMNAP Antarctic Facilities/Stations

    Includes permanent and seasonal stations and camps from the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) facilities. Coordinate precision has been improved by the Polar Geospatial Center. Locations current as of 2018.

  • USGS 1:50,000 Topographic Maps

    1:50,000-scale georeferenced and cropped maps of the McMurdo Dry Valleys from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

  • USGS 1:250,000 Topographic Maps

    1:250,000-scale georeferenced and cropped maps of Antarctica from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

  • USGS Sketch Maps

    Georeferenced and cropped sketch maps of Antarctica from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

  • USGS 1:500,000 Topographic Maps

    1:500,000-scale georeferenced and cropped maps of Antarctica from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

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  • 0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic (panchromatic)

    High-resolution panchromatic commercial imagery from the WorldView-1, WorldView-2, WorldView-3, and QuickBird satellites © Maxar, Inc. provided under license to federally-funded researchers by the Polar Geospatial Center. Click on an image to view image information. You must be logged in to see this layer.

  • 2m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic (multispectral)

    High-resolution multispectral commercial imagery from the WorldView-1, WorldView-2, WorldView-3, and QuickBird satellites © Maxar, Inc. provided under license to federally-funded researchers by the Polar Geospatial Center. Click on an image to view image information. You must be logged in to see this layer.

  • Antarctic Composite Basemap

    Tiled, 15-meter true-color satellite imagery basemap from the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) from USGS, NSF, NASA, BAS. Image dates range from 1999-2003 and are a cloud-free mosaic of pansharpened, color 15 meter Landsat imagery. The "pole hole" is filled with a 250-meter MODIS cloud-free mosaic.

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U.S. Antarctic Program Stations
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        All images courtesy NSF from USAP Photo Library

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        Welcome to the PGC Antarctic Imagery Viewer!

        Please log in using the username/password provided by the Polar Geospatial Center. Access to this application and viewing the high-resolution imagery mosaics are granted under the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) NextView license. By using this map, you adhere to the Usage Guidelines and PGC Acknowledgement Policy.

        If you think are eligible for access to the viewer and high-resolution imagery layers (funded for research/logistics as a PGC core user in Antarctica) visit the Request New Acccount page. For any account questions, please send an email to pgc@umn.edu.

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        You must have an account with the Polar Geospatial Center in order to view the commercial high-resolution satellite imagery. If you would like an account please visit the Request New Acccount page. Certain restrictions apply, view the Terms & Conditions for more information.
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        Although the application is optimized to serve terabytes of satellite imagery via the internet, slow internet connections can cause images have some latency.
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        Click anywhere on the map or image and a popup will display with information on the image including Maxar Catalog ID, sensor, and date.
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        Credits

        Development
        • Developed by Brad Herried
        • 2018 Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota
        Imagery Processing
        • Satellite imagery processing by Claire Porter, Steve Foga, and Brad Herried
        • Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota
        Map Data
        • WorldView-1, WorldView-2, WorldView-3, QuickBird, IKONOS imagery © Maxar, Inc.
        • Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) from USGS, NSF, NASA, BAS
        • Topographic maps from the USGS Unitde States Antarctic Resource Center (USARC)
        • Placenames from the USGS Board on Geographic Names (BGN)
        • Facility data from Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP)
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