For lack of detailed and accurate maps

it makes reseach work in an-tarctica difficult.Using TM and MSS imagery

the photographic maps in scale1∶200

000 of Greate Profile zone from Zhongshan Station to Antarctica Pole havebeen completed

These maps provide strong support to Chinese investigation in An-tarctica.There is description of methods and technologies for digital mapping of An-tarctica in Present paper.Ice and snow dominate the land features in Antarctica

the great brightnessand poorcontrast of ice and snow and streaking noise in satellite images make theprocedure of image processing difficult.On the other hand however

the contrastbetween bare rock land/sea water and ice/snow is so high that the details of ima-ges will be overcompressed.In the light of characteristics of satellite image in Antarctica

a filtering to re-move streaking noise has been discussed. Based on automatic identify classificationto enhance the details of objects and the methods and theory of digital rectifica-tion of satellite images using satellite positioning data and ground control pointsmeasured from field survey are also presented.