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<\/i> Quantarctica 3.2 is described in a peer-review journal now! Please cite this open-access article<\/a> when you use Quantarctica.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
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A free GIS for Antarctica<\/h2>\n

Quantarctica is a collection of Antarctic geographical datasets for research, education, operations, and management in Antarctica, and let you explore, import, visualize, and share Antarctic data. It includes community-contributed, peer-reviewed data from ten different scientific themes and a professionally-designed basemap.<\/p>\n

Geographical Information System (GIS) software is designed to capture, store, analyze and view all types of geographical data. <\/p>\n

QGIS<\/a> is a great free, open source alternative to commercial GIS software. It also works without Internet access, so you can bring your GIS software to remote areas during field campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Quantarctica data package comprises Antarctic geographic data from data centres worldwide \u2013 all wrapped in a project file that works on QGIS. The name “Quantarctica” originated from the old version of QGIS, “Quant<\/strong>um GIS” + Antarctica<\/strong> = Quantarctica<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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