The Earth's southernmost continent, Antarctica, is i of the most poorly mapped locations on the globe. If you lot desire to persuasion actually skillful maps of the continent you lot volition demand to abide by a properly surveyed newspaper map (for representative from the British Antarctic Survey).
The focus of this weblog notwithstanding is on online interactive maps. Unfortunately Google's Map Maker community in addition to OpenStreetMap's global squad of volunteers don't appear to direct maintain held many mapping parties inward Antarctica every bit yet.
Therefore the focus for online interactive mapping inward Antarctica seems to live on on providing imagery of the continent rather than detailed maps. However that suits my purpose. I'm non planning on a major exhibition to the southward pole, in addition to so some pretty pictures to await at volition create for me. Luckily these create exist.
Open Antarctica is a projection to document the expanse around the Palmer Station USA base of operations on the Antarctic Peninsula. To this halt the projection has managed to plot some beautiful aerial imagery from NASA' Operation Ice Bridge.
The lawsuit is a map of some gorgeous aerial imagery of Palmer Station, Litchfield Island, Amsler Island in addition to Shortcut Island. I'd tell that was 1-0 to OpenStreetMap.
However Google Maps does direct maintain its Street View trekker, which is able to move where its Street View cars are also scared to tread. Last twelvemonth Google dispatched the Street View trekker to watch Captain Scott's hut on Cape Evans in addition to Shackleton's Hut on Cape Royds inward Antarctica.
Google Maps also has some nifty Street View shots of penguins basking inward the weak Sun of Half Moon Island.
You tin order the axe thence watch the Google World Wonders Project in addition to direct maintain a virtual tour of these Antarctic locations amongst Google's interactive panoramic imagery.
I'd tell that's 1-1, every bit nosotros caput into overtime ...
