The new GIS system for Ny-Ålesund

In spring 2020 the project Ny-Ålesund GIS was launched. The end product is a brand new layer in the Svalbardkartet GIS map containing information about research instruments, installations and fields sites in and around Ny-Ålesund.

Currently the database more that 550 objects, and the research community in Ny-Ålesund is currently working on expanding this.

By: Christina A Pedersen, Senior advisor, Norwegian Polar Institute

Svalbardkartet

Svalbardkartet is an interactive themed atlas of Svalbard supplemented with a rich dataset of environmental data layered on top of a detailed topographic base-map. All information in Svalbardkartet is open to all.

Open Svalbardkartet application

Ny-Ålesund Research Objects

You can find information about the Ny-Ålesund research objects in a separate layer in Svalbardkartet.

Read more about how to use this function in the Tools section of the webpage

System interface

Adding of modifying information about the research objects in Svalbardkartet must be done through the spesific ARC-GIS online user-interface.  The interface part of the system requires a log-in, and each NySMAC member has one.