1890

Elger’s map of the Moon

Elger’s map of the Moon

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 […]

Map of Mars (1898)

Map of Mars (1898)

Amand Freiherr v. Schweiger-Lerchenfeld: Atlas del Himmelskunde. Wien, Pest, Leipzig 1898  

Douglass’ map of Mars (1896-97)

Douglass’ map of Mars (1896-97)

Map of Mars, 1896-97 Telescopic Lowell Observatory Book plate The London Geographical Institute / Georg Philip and son Ltd Pencil A.E. Ball’s Popular Guide to the Heavens  

Marte by Giovanni Giovannozzi (1890)

Marte by Giovanni Giovannozzi (1890)

1890 Giovanni Giovannozzi Personal letter to Schiaparelli Oct 8, 1890, Item CCXXX in Corrispondenza su Marte di GV Schiaparelli, Vol II, Pisa Domus Galileana, 1976

Lowell’s Map of Venus (1897)

Lowell’s Map of Venus (1897)

Date: 1897 Source: Moore, P; 1960:T he planet Venus, London. Original source: Lowell, P; 1897: MNRAS (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.), LVII: 148. Courtesy Tom Lindemann.

Drawing of Venus by Griffith (1897)

Drawing of Venus by Griffith (1897)

Date: 1897. Feb. 17. Source: W. R. Corliss: The Moon and The Planets. The sourcebook project 1985. Spoke system

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. […]

Franz’s Contour Map of the Moon (1899)

Franz’s Contour Map of the Moon (1899)

Franz, J., (1899). Die Figur des Mondes, Astron. Beobachtungen, Königsberg, Bd.38 Reproductions: Niveaukarte des Mondes nach J. Franz, Breslau. In: M. W. Meyer: Der Mond, Unsere Nachbarweld. Stuttgart, Kosmos, Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde. p67., 1909 Link: https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/receive/dbbs_mods_00028511 “The first contour map of the Moon was constructed by Franz (1899) Just before the turn of the century. He […]

Pallas Nagylexikon Moon Map (1893-1897)

Pallas Nagylexikon Moon Map (1893-1897)

Engraved by Posner Károly Lajos and Son Nomenclature: Hungarian, Latin Published in Pallas Nagylexikon, 1893-1897 The lexikon’s entry on the Moon (detail) Holdtopográfia. Már Galilei felismerte 1610. ujonnan feltalált távcsövével a H. hegyeit és azok árnyékait, s iparkodott megbecsülni a hegyek magasságait. A XVII. sz. közepe felé már találkozunk holdtérképekkel, de a tulajdonképeni Selenographiát csak […]

Niesten’s Globe of Mars (1892)

Niesten’s Globe of Mars (1892)

Globe of Mars by Belgian Astronomer Louis Niesten. Publisher: J. Lebeque & Co, Brusells, Belgium. Dimensions: 22cm x 10cm. Cartouche: GLOBE DE MARS dressé PAR L NIESTEN d’après les observations faites À BRUXELLES & A MILAN NOMENCLATURE SCHIAPARELLI NOMENCLATURE GREEN J. Lebèque & C.° Bruxelles Observations were done in Brussels and Milan Nomenclature: based on Schiaparelli’s and […]

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 […]

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