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Controlled Color Mosaic Mars series (DRL)

Scale: 1:700k Date: 2016 MC-11E quadrangle. This mapping effort supports ExoMars landing site selection Source: Katja Schulz: Topographische Karten der Mars-Region MC-11-E ‒ erstellt auf Basis eines HRSC-Orthofotomosaiks der Mission Mars Express, AGIT – Journal für Angewandte Geoinformatik, 3-2017. Image: HRSC (ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)

Children’s map of Pluto and Charon

Illustrator: Adrienn Gyöngyösi Main text written by Ross Beyer. Editor Henrik Hargitai Publisher: ELTE University, Budapest Date: 2016

Phobos Atlas (DLR) (2008)

Controlled Mosaic of Phobos 4 Quads Editors: Oberst, J, DLR. Photogrammetry: Oberst J, Willner K., Cartography: Semm S, Wahlisch M References: Konrad Willner: The Martian Moon Phobos A Geodetic Analysis of its Motion, Orientation, Shape, and Physical Parameters. Berlin 2009 M.Wählisch et al 2010 A new topographic image atlas of Phobos

Geomorphologic Map Mars series (DLR/TU/FU Berlin)

1:300,000 Series The geomorphologic map sheet of the Centauri and Hellas Montes area. Editors: Albertz J, Jaumann R, Neukum G. TU Berlin, DLR, FU Berlin. 2006 Source: Gwinner et al. 2016 1:600,000 Series ID: M 600k 34.50S/323.75E OMKG Hale-Bond Region, Mars. Source: J.Albertz, S. Gehrke, H. Lehmann, M. Wählisch : FOUR YEARS OF PLANETARY CARTOGRAPHY WITH THE […]

Map of Mars showing channels and possible paleolake basins (1995)

(Detail) D.H. Scott, J.M. Dohm, and J. W. Rice Jr. 1995 Map of Mars showing channels and possible paleolake basins. IMAP 2461. USGS. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i2461

Flammarion and Antoniadi’s Map of Mars (1900-1910)

1900. Courtesy of Ton Lindemann. This map is largely based on the British Astronomical Association map 1896 but includes more polar latitudes. Same map as above from a Russian encyclopedia. Новый энциклопедический словарь. Брокгауза и Ефрона / [под общ. ред. К. К. Арсеньева]. Petrograd. n.d. СПб, 191(?). (c. 1915) Antoniadi’s map 1900 reprojected onto the […]

Lohrmann’s Map of the Moon

Cartographer: Wilhelm Lohrmann Title: Topographie der sichtbaren Mondoberflaeche (Topography of the Visible Lunar Surface) Dresden: Auf Kosten des Verfassers, 1824. 25 sheets, hachure relief visualization and multiple gray shadings for albedo 1824 4 sheets Size 227 × 227 mm 1878 Full atlas published by Julius Schmidt, reissued in 1892 Mondkarte in 25 Sectionen und 2 Erlauterungstafeln / Herausgegeben von Dr. […]

The System of Lunar Craters (1963-1966)

Reference map showing IAU nomenclature, south-up, orthographic projection. Arthur DWG, Agnieray AP, Horvath RA, Wood CA, Chapman CR 1963 The System of Lunar Craters, Quadrant I. Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 2 (30). Published in Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 30, 40,50,70, 1963-66 Quadrant I Quadrant II Quadrant IV Also available in […]

Wilkins’ maps of the Moon

Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, “the last traditional selenographer” Editions: Early edition with hand lettering, later editions with sans serif and grid. South-up orientation. Orthographic projection. 60 inch map: 1924 200 inch map: 1930 300 inch map of the Moon First edition, 1946. Third edition, 1951, revisions in 1952, 1954. 25 map sheets, Scale 21.6 miles […]

Archie Press’ Map of Mars

Cartographer: Archie Archambault Website Source

Archie’s Press Map of the Moon

Cartographer: Archie Archambault Website Planetary Maps from Archie’s Press: The Elements of Space Archie’s Press publishes minimalist “mental” maps that are built from circles. “The circle, our Universe’s softest shape, clearly conveys size and connections.” – Archie says. He created a “Map from the Mind” for dozens of cities, simplifying structures and districts in the simplest […]

Planetary Map Quadrangle Layouts and Designations

Primary source: Batson RM: Map formats and projections used in planetary cartography. Single-sheet planetary map layout Mimas quads in the Semi-controlled Mosaic of Mimas. 1:1.5M, DLR (Roatsch et al. 2009) Ceres global mosaic for Dawn FC images, at 1:2M scale Single-sheet planetary map layout Iapetus Quads. Semi-controlled Mosaic of Iapetus, 1:3M, DLR, Roatsch et al. 2009 Phobos […]

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