Maps, quick looks and webcams
Maps
- TopoSvalbard – A topographical map of Svalbard with place names, updated glacial fronts from satellite imaging and overview of nature conservation areas.
- Svalbardkartet – an interactive themed atlas of Svalbard supplemented with a rich dataset of environmental data layered on top of a detailed topographic base-map. Svalbardkartet also provides information about instruments, installations and field sites in Ny-Ålesund in the layer Ny-Ålesund Research (Forskning Ny-Ålesund) – commonly known as Ny-Ålesund GIS. All information in Svalbardkartet is open to all.
- Offline maps of Svalbard (including an offline geological map of Svalbard) that works on mobile, tablet and PC. By the Norwegian Polar Institute.
- Online and printed maps of Svalbard and Ny-Ålesund that can be used when planning and conducting field work in Ny-Ålesund (by the Norwegian Polar Institute)
- Mapillary – street-level data from the research station. The software can be used free of charge, and a logged in user gets access to street views from Ny-Ålesund.
- InSAR map – showing ground movement on Svalbard. By NORCE, the geological survey of Norway and the Norwegian Space Agency.
- Weather maps by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
This animation takes you from Europe to Svalbard, past Kvadehuken and in Kongsfjorden towards Ny-Ålesund with a swing over the Zeppelin Mountain.
Ny-Ålesund GIS system
Ny-Ålesund has its own GIS system containing information about research instruments, installations and field sites in and around Ny-Ålesund. Currently, the database contains more than 650 historic and current objects. This information is available in Svalbardkartet under the Research Ny-Ålesund layer. A user guidline is available here.
The system is maintained by NPI, contact person is the research coordinator in Ny-Ålesund at research.nya@npolar.no.
Web cameras
There are several webcams in operation in Ny-Ålesund:
- Live webcam from the Zeppelin Observatory – updated every 10 min (NPI)
- Panorama images from Zeppelin Observatory – unstitched, updated daily (NPI)
- Live webcam from the airport (Kings Bay)
- Webcam at Sverdrup building facing East and West (Metrological Institute)
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