Quantarctica, an integrated mapping environment for Antarctica, the Southern Ocean, and sub-Antarctic islands

• DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105015
• Publication Date: 2021-03-02T01:28:23Z
• Authors: Kenichi Matsuoka; Anders Skoglund; George Roth; Jean de Pomereu; Huw Griffiths; Robert Headland; Brad Herried; Katsuro Katsumata; Anne Le Brocq; Kathy Licht; Fraser Morgan; Peter D. Neff; Catherine Ritz; Mirko Scheinert; Takeshi Tamura; Anton Van de Putte; Michiel van den B...; Angela von Deschw...; César Deschamps-B...; Brice Van Lieffer...; Stein Tronstad; Yngve Melvær
• Keywords: Data archive

Quantarctica (https://www.npolar.no/quantarctica) is a geospatial data package, analysis environment, and visualization platform for the Antarctic Continent, Southern Ocean (>40oS), sub-Antarctic islands. works with free, cross-platform Geographical Information System (GIS) software QGIS can run without an Internet connection, making it viable tool fieldwork in remote areas. The package includes basemaps, satellite imagery, terrain models, scientific nine disciplines, including physical biological sciences, environmental management, social science. To provide clear responsive user experience, cartography rendering settings are carefully prepared using colour sets that work well typical combinations consideration of users common vision deficiencies. Metadata included each dataset provides brief abstracts non-specialists references to original sources. Thus, integrated environment view analyse multiple datasets together conveniently low entry barrier.