1880

Meyers Konversations-Lexikon map of Mars (1888)

Meyers Konversations-Lexikon map of Mars (1888)

A rare map where north is up. Based on Schiaparelli.  

Early maps of Mercury

Early maps of Mercury

A summary of Mercury mapping, early drawings reprojected uniformly into Mollweide projection. The last map is based on photographic studies in 1942-1948. (Note: This caption wronly identifies Venus as the mapped object. It is Mercury).   1942-1948 Dollfus, A 1889 Schiaparelli Astr. Nach. 1889 p 246 1897 Lowell Mem. Amer. o Arts and Sciences 1897 […]

Karte des Mondes

Karte des Mondes

In: Karl Wilhelm Valentiner, 1881, Astronomische Bilder, Leipzig Author unknown.

Mars Maps by Schiaparelli (1877-1890)

Mars Maps by Schiaparelli (1877-1890)

1877 (publ. 1878) Alternative reproduction Alternative reproduction G.V. Schiaparelli: Osservazioni astronomiche e fisiche sull’asse di rotazione e sulla topografia del pianeta Marte fatte nella Reale Specola di Brera in Milano coll’equatoriale di Merz durante l’opposizione del 1877. Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei, Memorie della Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Roma, 1878. p308- M. 1. […]

Moon map in Popular Science (1887)

Moon map in Popular Science (1887)

This Moon Map for binoculars (“opera glass”) was published in Popular Science August 1887 issue.

Proctor’s Mars Maps (1865-1892)

Proctor’s Mars Maps (1865-1892)

Cartographer: R. A. Proctor Projection: Stereographic 1864 Chart of Mars R. A. Proctor; using drawings by W. R. Dawes 1864/65 The names like Dawes Sea can be viewed as „the seas in Dawes’ drawing” 1867 1867.  Source: Rudaux, L. et al 1962; Larousse Encyclopaedia Of Astronomy; London Image courtesy Ton Lindemann   1869   RA […]

Leipzig Mondkarte (1881-1903)

Leipzig Mondkarte (1881-1903)

Map of the Moon Publisher/Cartographer: Richard Andree Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas, Leipzig (Germany) Publisher: Bielefeld and Leipzig by Verlag Von Velhagen and Klasing. Page 4 German/Latin nomenclature Upside down (North down) orientation 1881 1st Edition     1903 edition Map size 38 cm x 24 cm.   The 1900 edition in English. Image courtesy Ton Lindemann. […]

Map of Mars (Green, 1877)

Map of Mars (Green, 1877)

Chart of Mars Mercator Projection in true color 1877 N.E. Green in: Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society v. 44. p. 138, 1879. Black and white reproduction with higher resolition (source)   The colors are more subtle in this reproduction (source) Source Source Ledger, E. 1882; The sun, its planets and their satellites; London Image […]

Gaudibert’s Globe de la Lune

Gaudibert’s Globe de la Lune

Cartographer: Casimir Marie Gaudibert „dressé sous la direction de Camille Flammarion par C. M. Gaudibert „ Publisher: Paris: Bertaux Note: Far side is used for gazetteer. Designed for telescopic observations (south is up) Based on Gaudibert’s map of 1887. Image: Austrian National Library Reference: http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AC04847693

Flammarion’s Maps of Mars (1876-90)

Flammarion’s Maps of Mars (1876-90)

1876 Publication Date: 1876 Source: map 4 in: Percival Lowell:  Areography. The Popular Science Monthly, September, 1902. vol. LXI.—25. p 385-406 Note by Lowell: “Resume by Flammarion of all to date”, i.e. of the maps by Beer and Madler (1840), Kaiser (1864), and Dawes by Proctor (1867). Original version Published in: Flammarion, C (1892) La planete […]

Flammarion’s map of Venus

Flammarion’s map of Venus

“A Vénus térrajza”. Camille Flammarion: Népszerű csillagászattan (Popular Astronomy), Budapest edition c. 1880-1900

Burton’s map of Mars (1880)

Burton’s map of Mars (1880)

Cartographer: Charles Edward Burton Source: RDS Library & Archives – Dublin Courtesy Ton Lindemann.

Explanation
Column name Column description
Catalog ID (M) N/A
Title Title of map
Author Name of mapper(s), or author, PI, map editor, illustrator, etc. with roles
Nationality Nationality of author
Start date Year when mapping began / or year or observation
Date of publication Year of publication or completion of manusctipt (empty if not published yet)
Body Target name (planetary body)
Online Online references about the map
Projection Projection of map. 2-hemisphere is shown here.
Scale N/A
Orientation Orientation of map [north up, south up] – only for historic maps (north: cartographic tradition, south: astronomical tradition)
Publication type The type of work that contains the map. [standalone, journal, conference, atlas, book figure, book supplement, book plate, encyclopedia, multisheet, digital]
Type, purpose Type of map purpose [generic, outreach, science, citizen, surface operation (pre mission), landing site (post mission), observer, opposition, index, reference, eclipse/transit/occultation] generic: not defined, outreach: maps for the general public made b
Primary Nomenclature Laguage(s) of nomenclature displayed on the map [Latin, English etc., IAU, informal]. Latin for Latin nomenclature prior to IAU.
Ref (map) Full reference of map publication or publication that contains the map
DOI DOI number of map
ID (publication) ID of map publication or figure number
Origin type If this map is not original, the following codes are used: [L: language variant, N: new print, U: updated edition, C: copied / modified from another map, R: renovation map (digital version of paper map with slight changes), F facsimile. RP: republished in
Origin ID Any maps that this map is based on or copied from. Database ID of original map.
Based on map Name of mapper
Base (spacecraft, telescope) Name of spacecraft / instrument
Original title Title of map in original langage (if not English)
Publisher Name of Publisher; manuscript or self-published. For journals and conferences, the name of the journal or conference.
Coverage Coverage of map [global, hemispheric, regional, local, landing site, landing ellipse, traverse]
Target location IAU name of target feature (if named) or near side, far side etc. (If nothing noted, it is global)
Country Country of Publisher (original/translation)
Type, content Type of map [photo, map, sketch map, drawing, globe, tactile, data]. Data for raster datasets. For vector data, see Feature DB. Drawing: no grid, scale, projection etc.
Image base Base theme of the map [shaded relief, photomosaic, photo, none]
Theme Theme of map [visual, albedo, radar, low sun, topography, elevation, geology, geomorphology, art, nomenclature reference, feature, landing site reference, opposition map, event (eclipse etc) etc.]. Low sun is optical photo with shadows and no albedo. Vis
Technique Cartographic technique [imagemap, datamap, cartographic map, unit map, airbrush, pencil, line drawing/outline, contour lines, DEM, DIM, shaded relief / hillshading, raster data etc.]
Style Details on style
Method Method how the data was obtained
Mapping scale Scale of mapping
Resolution Raster dataset resoltion [m/pixel]
Short Reference Short form of reference to the map publication
GIS / data URL where GIS or original spatial data is
Data provider N/A
Profession Profession of author (for historic maps)
Designator Sheet designator terms following Greeley and Batson (1990) Planetary Mapping. Cambridge University Press. – only if displayed on the map. First letter: target body, 5M: scale, 90/0 etc: center coordinates, OM – orthophotomosaic , T – Topographic data (nom
Control Controlled, semi-controlled, uncontrolled
Note on control Base of control
Series title Title of map series
Number of maps (in work) N/A
Number of quads N/A
Quad ID Quad ID (or quads IDs) contained on the map
Map Diameter N/A
Map width cm N/A
Map height cm N/A
Map width px N/A
Map height px N/A
Base type Type of instrument of observation of base data [naked eye, telescope, spacecraft, space telescope, lander]
Location of copy Library or archive where manuscript or rare copy is kept
Ref (literature) Reference – literature about the map, may be the source of data if the map is not available. Separated with # symbols.
Status (2017) Status of mapping [complete, in progress, in review] (mostly for USGS maps)
Aim Original aim of mapping, if available
Notes Any comments, remarks [Long text, may be multiple paragraphs]
Secondary nomenclature Other languages of the nomenclature
Nomenclature Notes Remarks on nomenclature
Photo note N/A
Reference frame ID from RefFrames
web2 Online references about the map
web3 Online references about the map
web4 Online references about the map
ocentric/ographic Map coordinate [planetographic, planetocentric]
N N/A
S N/A
W 360E N/A
E 360E N/A
W 180 N/A
E 180 N/A
W 360W N/A
R 360W N/A
fig1 N/A
fig1 caption N/A
fig2 N/A
fig2 caption N/A
fig3 N/A
fig3 caption N/A
fig4 N/A
fig4 caption N/A
fig5 N/A
fig5 caption N/A
STATUS N/A
Sum $180