2010

Carving Out the Face of the Moon

Carving Out the Face of the Moon

A relief map of a portion of the Moon / Artist’s book  Author: Jamie Molaro Material: PhD Thesis   The author’s comments: “This book is my PhD thesis, which focuses on the breakdown of boulders on the Moon due to diurnal thermally induced stresses, one of many processes that modifies and evolves the Moon’s landscape over time. […]

Tactile Globe of the Moon

Tactile Globe of the Moon

Authors: Amelia Ortiz-Gil (University of Valencia, Spain), Fernando Ballesteros (University of Valencia, Spain), and Alberto Fernández-Soto (Instituto de Física de Cantabria, Spain). Note: The globe is is not a topological representation of the Moon but a kind of tactile translation of the visual image specially designed for people with vision impairments. Contact address for requesting […]

Near Side of the Moon (2015)

Near Side of the Moon (2015)

Book Illustration for Ian McDonald: Luna: New Moon, published by Tom Doherty Associates. Date: 2015 Illustrator: Dave Senior (c)

Umbrella Map of the Moon

Umbrella Map of the Moon

An umbrella-printed version of the Chinese Chang’e Map of the Moon Exhibited at ICC2015 in Brasil.

Hypsometric map of the Moon

Hypsometric map of the Moon

Lambert Azimuthal equal area projection. Displays landing sites. Scale: 1:13M Cartographer: Grishakina EA. Editors: Lazarev EN, Rodionova ZhF Editor in chief: Shevchenko VV Publisher: Sternberg Astronomical Institute (SAU MSU), MSU Geographical Department and the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK) Date: 2014

Topographic Roughness of Mercury and the Moon

Topographic Roughness of Mercury and the Moon

Cartographer: Kokhanov AA Editors: Kreslavsky MA, Karachevtseva IP Publisher: Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography MIIGAiK Date: 2014 Scale: 1:10M Roughness baseline is 2.8 km. Source of data: MLA/MDIS

Map of Phobos (2015)

Map of Phobos (2015)

This map sheet is a supplement to the Phobos Atlas.  Publisher: MIIGAiK MExLAB Cartographers: Kokhanov AA, Bulanstev OE. Editors: Karachevsteva IP, Rodionova Zh. F      

Tactile maps of Solar System bodies

Tactile maps of Solar System bodies

Coordinator: C. Runyon Reference: C. Runyon, D Hurd, C Hall, M Williams, K Quinn, J Matelock: Visualizing space science: touching to see and understand.  Books: NASA: Understanding small bodies in the Solar System NASA: Touch the spectrum NASA: Ocean worlds: the Lure of the Solar System At LPSC 2016, from left to right: Dr. Joe Minafra, […]

Signed Map of Mars Exploration Zones

Signed Map of Mars Exploration Zones

Title: Potential exploration zones for human missions to the surface of Mars. Basemap: MOLA topographic Note: signed by the proposers of EZs. Date: Oct 2015.,  Human Landing Sites / Exploration Zones Workshop Prepared by: Lindsay Hays

Medieval Style Map of Mars

Medieval Style Map of Mars

Publisher:  Tabletop Whale LLC, 2016 Cartographer: Eleanor Lutz Content: Map the 0° hemisphere of Mars  with medieval compass roses and 19th-century typographic elements mixed, created from DTM. Fonts: “Moon Bold by Jack Harvatt, Chipperfield & Bailey by Paul Lloyd, Titania by Dieter Steffman, Antiquarian™ and Antiquarian Scribe™ by Brian Willson, and various elements cannibalized from old […]

The Giant Destination Mars Map

The Giant Destination Mars Map

Publisher: Buzz Aldrin’s ShareSpace Foundation Website: http://web.sharespace.org/mission-statement/mars-maps/ Size: 25’ x 25’ Map: MOLA Topographic map with landing sites Image (c) 2016 · Buzz Aldrin’s ShareSpace Foundation.  

Children’s Map of Titan

Children’s Map of Titan

Editor: Hargitai, Henrik Graphic artist: Panka Pásztohy This map is part of a series  Website: https://childrensmaps.wordpress.com  

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