The Multidisciplinary Scientific Information Support System (SIMAC) for Deception Island

Spain has been taking part in Antarctic research through annual austral summer campaigns since 1987. The volcanic Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands is one of the main working areas. The information collected is numerous and diverse so in many cases is the same one. Also, this information is stored in several alphanumeric and graphic digital formats, and the maps are made in different geodetic and cartographic representation systems. The fundamental data are unified and integrated in SIMAC, a unique information system that can to be used as a “gate” through which the various scientific groups working on Deception Island may exchange data. SIMAC is an example of an Information System applied to Earth Sciences.