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    • Glacier Photograph Collection, Version 1

    Metadata Updated: September 22, 2025

    Notice: Due to funding limitations, this data set was recently changed to a “Basic” Level of Service. 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of digital photographs of glaciers from around the world, some dating back to the mid-19th century, that provide an historical reference for glacier extent.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.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 22, 2025
    Publisher NSIDC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.7265/N5/NSIDC-GPC-2009-12
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-11
    Category Earth Science
    Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff "Arctic","Melting Glaciers, Snow and Ice"
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 416cdee6-20ce-49d3-a61c-58fd0a2b28cf
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL http://nsidc.org/data/glacier_photo/search/
    Old Spatial
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 341fbc529e2a8f686654c1ad99b347de1ab565b7bd1a31a293056d737c7c4f67
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial

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