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Windmill Islands penguin colonies digitised from 1990 Linhof aerial photography

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Aerial photography (Linhof) of penguin colonies was acquired over the Windmill Islands (Eric Woehler). The penguin colonies were traced, then digitised (John Cox), and saved as DXF-files. Using the ArcView extension 'Register and Transform' (Tom Velthuis), The DXF-files were brought into a GIS and transformed to the appropriate islands. Data conforms to SCAR Feature Catalogue which can be searched (refer to link below).

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Title Windmill Islands penguin colonies digitised from 1990 Linhof aerial photography
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/aaa6e393-1860-4193-9d50-95f420506838
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 16/12/1990 - 16/12/1990
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        110.22034,
        -66.52202
      ],
      [
        110.71472,
        -66.52202
      ],
      [
        110.71472,
        -66.20488
      ],
      [
        110.22034,
        -66.20488
      ],
      [
        110.22034,
        -66.52202
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Windmill Islands penguin colonies digitised from 1990 Linhof aerial photography". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/windmill-islands-penguin-colonies-digitised-from-1990-linhof-aerial-photography