简介：ABSTRACT　AGISisproposedasatoolforthemanagingplanfortheAntarcticspeciallymanagedarea(ASMA)inAdmiraltyBay.TheASMAcomprisestheareaconsideredtobewithintheglacialdrainagebasinofthebay.Furthermore,itincludespartofSSSINo.8adjacenttotheareabutoutsideoftheglacialdrainagebasin.Threestationsandsixrefugesarelocatedinthearea.UsingaSPOTsatelliteimagemap,thelimitsoftheASMAaremarkedanditsareaisre_calculated.Itconsistsof362km2,including186km2islandicefieldandsmallcirqueglaciersand32km2ice_freefield.Therestcompriseswaterofthebayandasmalladjacentarea(8km2)oftheBransfieldStrait.TheASMA_GISwillconsistsof12datalayersrangingfromthephysiographicsettingstothebiologicalandadministrativefeatures.AlldatawillbeimplementedintoArc/InfoGISaccordingtothecartographicguidelinesoftheSCARWG_GGI.First,fiveplansofinformationwillberealisedusingatopographicdatabasecompiledfromvarioussourcesanddatafromtherevisedbathymetricchartpublishedbytheBrazilianNavyHydrographicSurveyandalsoincluding:1)LimitsoftheASMAandprotectedareas;2)Glaciologicalfeatures(e.g.drainagebasinlimits)and3)Humanpresence(e.g.stationsandhistoricalsites).ThesebasicGISlayerswillbeoperationalinearly2001.Then,additionaldataontheremaininglayers(e.g.hydrology,geologyandgeomorphology)willbeincludedfrompublishedsources.TheASMA_GISwillformanimportantdatabaseforenvironmentalmonitoringandstudiessurveyingtemporalchangesoffeaturessuchasglacierfrontpositionsorbirdbreadingsites.