Aerial Imaging in Antarctica: IT WAS QUITE AN ADVENTURE: AN ALL-OR-NOTHING MISSION TO MAP A RESEARCH STATION IN ANTARCTICA

摘要

LIKE NUMEROUS COUNTRIES around the world, Ecuador's mapping agency, Instituto Geografico Militar (National Military Geographic Institute of Ecuador or IGM), is a technical institution within the country's military establishment. The IGM is responsible for developing the national mapping and the geographic and cartographic files of the country. The IGM also provides services in earth sciences to support military operations and to defend the national sovereignty.