Authors / CoAuthors
Nelson, C.
Abstract
The cartographic collection of the Doc Fisher Geoscience Library consists of the maps and air photos created or acquired by agency staff since the formation of BMR in 1946. This includes maps produced by agencies which have merged with these over the years, such as AUSLIG. Maps held include: Australian geological map series (1:250,000, 1:100,000 and the 1 mile series); topographic maps produced by NATMAP and its predecessors (1:250,000, 1:100,000 and 1:50,000) - latest editions only; various Australian geochemical, geophysical and other thematic maps; geoscience map series from other countries acquired on an exchange basis, including some with accompanying explanatory notes; Non-series maps acquired by donation or exchange; atlases. The Air photos are predominantly those used for mapping Australia and, to a lesser extent, Papua New Guinea and Antarctica, by BMR/AGSO from the 1940s to the 1980s. Geographical coverage of the sets is not complete, but many individual photos are unique in that they have pin points, overlays or other markings made by teams in the field. The Papua New Guinea photographs in the collection may, in many cases, be the only existing copies. Flight diagrams are also held for many (but not all) sets of air photos. Some other related materials, such as montages of aerial photographs (orthophotos), are also represented in the collection.
Product Type
nonGeographicDataset
eCat Id
74594
Contact for the resource
Custodian
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia
Point of contact
- Contact instructions
- Office of the Chief Scts
Resource provider
Keywords
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- Resource
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- geology
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- topography
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- geochemistry
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- mapping
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
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- Earth Sciences
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- Published_External
Publication Date
1946-01-01T00:00:00
Creation Date
Security Constraints
Legal Constraints
Status
Purpose
Maintenance Information
continual
Topic Category
geoscientificInformation
Series Information
Lineage
Maps and approximately 70% of Australian air photos have records on the Library catalogue. Metadata for all Australian air photos is also held on a delimited database file in the intbin\library folder of the Mudpit. This is used by an in-house catalogue located on the Library's intranet page. PNG air hoto data is held on Excel spreadsheets stored in TRIM.
Parent Information
Extents
[-90.0, 90.0, -180.0, 180.0]
Reference System
Spatial Resolution
Service Information
Associations
Source Information
Consists of deposited copies of maps and cartographic materials created by the agency and its predecessors or acquired from other agencies or countries on an exchange basic or donation. -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0