Drawing

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

Drawing of Venus by R. M. Baum

Drawing of Venus by R. M. Baum

Date: Apr 26, 1951. Source: W. R. Corliss: The Moon and The Planets. The sourcebook project 1985. Spoke system  

Engravings of the Moon (Mellan and Gassendi 1637)

Engravings of the Moon (Mellan and Gassendi 1637)

Photorealistic engravings of the Moon (1635-37) 23.7 x 17.9 cm engraving by Claude Mellan. This work was commissioned by Pierre Gassendi. The original series consisted of three parts: 1st quarter, 2nd quarter (full Moon), 3rd quarter. (c) The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960 Courtesy EA Whitaker. Recommended: Galileo Project    

Konkoly’s Drawing of Mars (1877)

Konkoly’s Drawing of Mars (1877)

Publication Date: 1877 Cartographer: Konkoly-Thege, Miklós Feature on the map: Syrtis Major (to the right) Observation made in: Ógyalla Observatory Comment of Konkoly-Thege: 1879. okt. 29. Mióta én a Mars felületét vizsgálom, még soha oly rendkívül élesen körvonalozott foltokat nem láttam, mint ma. … A Mars vérpiros színben tűnik elő. A legnagyobb folt a bolygó egyenlítőjéhez […]

Kircheri’s Drawing of the Moon (1660)

Kircheri’s Drawing of the Moon (1660)

Kircheri, A. 1660; Iter Extaticum Coeleste; Norimberga Image courtesy Ton Lindemann

Huygens’ drawing of Mars

Huygens’ drawing of Mars

Publication Date: 1659 Cartographer: Christiaan Huygens Feature on the map: Syrtis Major (named earlier Hourglass Sea – not named at the time of this drawing: this is its first representation)  

Thomas Harriot’s Moon Drawing and Map

Thomas Harriot’s Moon Drawing and Map

The moon map from Thomas Harriot from 26 July 1609 (5 August 1609 Gregorian style) is the very first map drawn with help of a telescope. Galileo was the second (but Galileo made no maps). Harriot lives near London. Some features on his second moon map are numbered. Originals at the West Sussex County Council […]

Gilbert’s naked eye Moon map

Gilbert’s naked eye Moon map

Date of drawing: c. 1600-1603 Publication : 1651 William Gilbert, De Mundo Nostro Sublunari Philosophia Nova, Amstelodami (Amsterdam) (1651; reprint edn, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1965). The oldest known moon map with the naked eye, drawn around 1600 by Gilbert, but first published in his book from 1651. Nomenclature: latin, on the map Image and text courtesy of […]

Francisci’s drawing of the Moon (1676)

Francisci’s drawing of the Moon (1676)

Source: Francisci, E. 1676; Das eröffnete Lust-Haus der Ober- und Nieder-Welt; bey mehrmaliger Unterredung vor dißmal so wol von der Natur, Welt, Himmel und dem Gestirn insgemein, als auch insonderheit von dem Mond, der Sonnen und allen übrigen wandelbaren Sternen; imgleichen von den Haar-Sternen oder Kometen, wie auch gestirnten Einflüssen, Stuffen-Jahren, Talismannen / allen Natur-, […]

Divini’s drawing of the Moon (1665-72)

Divini’s drawing of the Moon (1665-72)

1665 1672 Soure: Kircher, A. 1665; Mundus subterraneus, quo universae denique naturae divitiae, Amsterodami (Amsterdam) Image  courtesy of Ton Lindemann.

Burton’s map of Mars (1880)

Burton’s map of Mars (1880)

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

Drawing of the Moon (Bode, 1823)

Drawing of the Moon (Bode, 1823)

Bode, J.E. 1823; Anleitung zur Kenntniss des gestirnten Himmels; Berlin/Stettin Image  courtesy of 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