Elena Field
GIS and Web Mapping Specialist
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Elena Field
GIS and Web Mapping Specialist
Biography
I am a GIS and Web Mapping Specialist and have been at BAS since 2016. My role involves preparing content for GIS services including an internal GIS for BAS polar operations (as operations contact within MAGIC), an FCO environmental GIS add.antarctica.ac.uk and other related systems. I maintain the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee gazetteer and web-map and develop the underlying geospatial information for Antarctic place names through defining spatial extents for gazetteer features from satellite imagery and other sources. Additionally, I prepare maps for BAS polar operations and FCO Polar Regions Department and carry out similar work on other MAGIC projects.
Before coming to BAS I completed a BSc (Hons) degree in Geology at the University of St Andrews and a master’s degree in Geoinformation Technology and Cartography at the University of Glasgow. During my undergraduate degree I worked with the University of Leicester in conjunction with British Geological Survey to assess the potential of Object-based Image Analysis to geological mapping. My master’s thesis focussed on developing a method to assess changes in Siberian thermokarst lake dynamics over time using GRASS GIS and image classification techniques with SPOT satellite imagery between 1986 and 2010.
Research interests
Collaborations
Grebby, S.; Field, E.; Tansey, K. Evaluating the Use of an Object-Based Approach to Lithological Mapping in Vegetated Terrain. Remote Sens. 2016, 8, 843.
Field, E. (2015). A comparison of object-based vs. pixel-based classification methods for geological mapping. Poster presented at: Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Wavelength Conference; March 31-April 1; Newcastle-upon- Tyne, UK.
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2025
Pritchard, Hamish D. ORCID record for Hamish D. Pritchard, Fretwell, Peter T. ORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell, Fremand, Alice C. ORCID record for Alice C. Fremand, Bodart, Julien A. ORCID record for Julien A. Bodart, Kirkham, James D. ORCID record for James D. Kirkham, Aitken, Alan, Bamber, Jonathan, Bell, Robin, Bianchi, Cesidio, Bingham, Robert G. ORCID record for Robert G. Bingham, Blankenship, Donald D., Casassa, Gino, Christianson, Knut, Conway, Howard, Corr, Hugh F.J., Cui, Xiangbin, Damaske, Detlef, Damm, Volkmar, Dorschel, Boris ORCID record for Boris Dorschel, Drews, Reinhard ORCID record for Reinhard Drews, Eagles, Graeme, Eisen, Olaf ORCID record for Olaf Eisen, Eisermann, Hannes, Ferraccioli, Fausto ORCID record for Fausto Ferraccioli, Field, Elena ORCID record for Elena Field, Forsberg, René, Franke, Steven ORCID record for Steven Franke, Goel, Vikram ORCID record for Vikram Goel, Gogineni, Siva Prasad, Greenbaum, Jamin ORCID record for Jamin Greenbaum, Hills, Benjamin, Hindmarsh, Richard C.A. ORCID record for Richard C.A. Hindmarsh, Hoffman, Andrew O., Holschuh, Nicholas, Holt, John W., Humbert, Angelika ORCID record for Angelika Humbert, Jacobel, Robert W., Jansen, Daniela, Jenkins, Adrian, Jokat, Wilfried, Jong, Lenneke ORCID record for Lenneke Jong, Jordan, Tom A. ORCID record for Tom A. Jordan, King, Edward C. ORCID record for Edward C. King, Kohler, Jack, Krabill, William, Maton, Joséphine, Gillespie, Mette Kusk, Langley, Kirsty, Lee, Joohan ORCID record for Joohan Lee, Leitchenkov, German, Leuschen, Cartlon, Luyendyk, Bruce ORCID record for Bruce Luyendyk, MacGregor, Joseph A. ORCID record for Joseph A. MacGregor, MacKie, Emma, Moholdt, Geir, Matsuoka, Kenichi ORCID record for Kenichi Matsuoka, Morlighem, Mathieu ORCID record for Mathieu Morlighem, Mouginot, Jérémie ORCID record for Jérémie Mouginot, Nitsche, Frank O. ORCID record for Frank O. Nitsche, Nost, Ole A., Paden, John ORCID record for John Paden, Pattyn, Frank, Popov, Sergey, Rignot, Eric ORCID record for Eric Rignot, Rippin, David M. ORCID record for David M. Rippin, Rivera, Andrés ORCID record for Andrés Rivera, Roberts, Jason L. ORCID record for Jason L. Roberts, Ross, Neil ORCID record for Neil Ross, Ruppel, Antonia, Schroeder, Dustin M., Siegert, Martin J. ORCID record for Martin J. Siegert, Smith, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Smith, Steinhage, Daniel, Studinger, Michael ORCID record for Michael Studinger, Sun, Bo, Tabacco, Ignazio, Tinto, Kirsty J. ORCID record for Kirsty J. Tinto, Urbini, Stefano, Vaughan, David G. ORCID record for David G. Vaughan, Wilson, Douglas S., Young, Duncan A., Zirizzotti, Achille. (2025) Bedmap3 updated ice bed, surface and thickness gridded datasets for Antarctica. Scientific Data, 12 (). 20 pp. doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04672-y
2023
Frémand, Alice C. ORCID record for Alice C. Frémand, Fretwell, Peter ORCID record for Peter Fretwell, Bodart, Julien A., Pritchard, Hamish D. ORCID record for Hamish D. Pritchard, Aitken, Alan, Bamber, Jonathan L., Bell, Robin, Bianchi, Cesido, Bingham, Robert G., Blankenship, Donald D., Casassa, Gino, Catania, Ginny, Christianson, Knut, Conway, Howard, Corr, Hugh F.J., Cui, Xiangbin, Damaske, Detlef, Damm, Volkmar, Drews, Reinhard, Eagles, Graeme, Eisen, Olaf, Eisermann, Hannes, Ferraccioli, Fausto ORCID record for Fausto Ferraccioli, Field, Elena ORCID record for Elena Field, Forsberg, René, Franke, Steven, Fujita, Shuji, Gim, Yonggyu, Goel, Vikram, Gogineni, Siva Prasad, Greenbaum, Jamin, Hills, Benjamin, Hindmarsh, Richard C.A. ORCID record for Richard C.A. Hindmarsh, Hoffman, Andrew O., Holmlund, Per, Holschuh, Nicholas, Holt, John W., Horlings, Anneka N., Humbert, Anglika, Jacobel, Robert W., Jansen, Daniela, Jenkins, Adrian, Jokat, Wilfried, Jordan, Tom ORCID record for Tom Jordan, King, Edward ORCID record for Edward King, Kohler, Jack, Krabill, William, Langley, Kirsty, Lee, Joohan, Leitchenkov, German, Leuschen, Carlton, Luyendyk, Bruce, MacGregor, Joseph, MacKie, Emma, Matsuoka, Kenichi, Morlighem, Mathieu, Mouginot, Jérémie, Nitsche, Frank O., Nogi, Yoshifumi, Nost, Ole A., Paden, John, Pattyn, Frank, Popov, Sergey V., Rignot, Eric, Rippin, David M., Rivera, Andrés, Roberts, Jason, Ross, Neil, Ruppel, Anotonia, Schroeder, Dustin M., Siegert, Martin J., Smith, Andrew M. ORCID record for Andrew M. Smith, Steinhage, Daniel, Studinger, Michael, Sun, Bo, Tabacco, Ignazio, Tinto, Kirsty, Urbini, Stefano, Vaughan, David ORCID record for David Vaughan, Welch, Brian C., Wilson, Douglas S., Young, Duncan A., Zirizzotti, Achille. (2023) Antarctic Bedmap data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) sharing of 60 years of ice bed, surface, and thickness data. Earth System Science Data, 15 (). 16 pp. 10.5194/essd-15-2695-2023
2016
Grebby, Stephen, Field, Elena ORCID record for Elena Field, Tansey, Kevin. (2016) Evaluating the use of an object-based approach to lithological mapping in vegetated terrain. Remote Sensing, 8 (). 20 pp. doi:10.3390/rs8100843
2023
New map reflects ice loss and name changes
News 8 June, 2023