Table · dataset · 2025
Glacier Photograph Collection, Version 1
Listed in NASA Data Portal
Notice: Due to funding limitations, this data set was recently changed to a “Basic” Level of Service.
Description
Learn more about what this means for users and how you can share your story here: Level of Service Update for Data Products . The Glacier Photograph Collection is a database of digital photographs of glaciers from around the world, some dating back to the mid-19th century, that provide an historical reference for glacier extent.
As of August 2021, the database contains over 25,000 photographs. Further information can be found on the Glacier Photo Collection Product Web Site .
Links
Get the data
- Resource nsidc.org/data/glacier_photo/search ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1386206411-NSIDCV0.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource nsidc.org/data/glacier_photo ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource doi.org/10.7265/n5/nsidc-gpc-2009-12 ↗
download · DOI / persistent id · from data nasa gov
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/glacier-photograph-collection-version-1-3a0f4 ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=9dd3a14f-6afa-4afc-9a66-8d01777b1… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
Topics
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Physical geography and environmental geoscience 68%
Provenance · 1 source records, 11 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Data Portal | 9dd3a14f-6afa-4afc-9a66-8d01777b1358 | 10 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3709 | enrichment · data nasa gov | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (68%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | /notes |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 |