Mariner 6, 7 Globe of Mars

G.A. Burba’s Albedo map of Mars

G.A. Burba’s Albedo map of Mars

  Source: G.A. Burba: The nomenclature of Martian topographic features, Moscow, Izdatel’stvo Nauka, 1981. 88 p.      

Mariner 6, 7 Globe of Mars

Mariner 6, 7 Globe of Mars

Mariner 6-7 photographs manually glued onto a globe showing terrestrial telescopic view based albedo markings of Mars. “The Mariner 6 pictures make two horizontal rows above; the Mariner 7 pictures extend from center to bottom right and across the south polar cap.” (Source)  

Mariner 9 Photomosaic Globe of Mars

Mariner 9 Photomosaic Globe of Mars

Mosaic made of 1500 Mariner 9 images. This is one of three globes each made manually. Size: 48in. (121.9cm) Date 1973 Material: paper photos on aluminum 6-foot copy: Displayed in  von Karman auditorium of the JPL campus in Pasadena, 4-foot copies:  On Display at the Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC (2017), California and Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. […]

Map of the Moon, Swiss World Atlas (2016)

Map of the Moon, Swiss World Atlas (2016)

Topographic map of the Moon Three languages in the three language variants of the Swiss World Atlas (German, French, Italian) Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection Scale: 1:34,117,800 Cartographer: Stephan Wondrak Publisher: Institut für Kartografie und Geoinformation, ETH Zürich, Atlas Editor: Lorenz Hurni Website: https://schweizerweltatlas.ch/listings/2121/

Kenneth Field’s Map of Mars: “Is There Life on Mars?”

Cartographer: Kenneth Field Scale: 1: 20M, printed, 1:73-1:4M digital Equidistant Cylindrical Projection Date: 2016 Software: ArcGIS Digital edition Feature: customizable topographic color ranges    

Mars (National Geographic)

1973 The Red Planet 36.0ʺ × 22.5ʺ 2012: Destination Mars 1:27.4M 31.25″ x 20.25″ 2016 Map of Mars. Photographed at National Geographic Society, Washington, DC. 1:28M Shaded relief map plus topographic map (green to yellow-brown colors) Lambert azimuthal equal area projection. Publisher. National Geographic Society Online available Editor: Matthew W. Chwastyk. Text: Jeremy Berlin. Map […]

Venus, batik

Venus, batik

Venus, batik on silk, 112” x 37” Displayed: Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.. Website: http://maryedna.com/public-art/venus/

Mars, batik

Slice of Mars, batik on silk, 116.75” x 35” Artist: Mary Edna Fraser Exhibited at ICC2017, Washington DC Website: http://maryedna.com/gallery/batiks/  

Moon: AMS Topographic Lunar Map (1962-63)

Moon: AMS Topographic Lunar Map (1962-63)

Contour interval 1000 meters Modified stereographic projection Prepared by the Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., Compiled in 1963 by stereo-photogrammetric methods, from photography by Paris, McDonald, Mt. WIlson, Yerkes, Pic du Midi Observatories and other base sources. Names generally derived from and referred to “Named Lunar Formations” (1935) by M. Blagg […]

Strom’s Lineament Maps of the Moon (1964)

Strom’s Lineament Maps of the Moon (1964)

Author: Robert G. Strom Drawn by T.E.Weller Date: 1964 Tectonic Map of the Moon, Maps of the Lunar Lineament Systems Orthographic Projection, 1:5.7M      

Atlas świata / Map of the Moon (1967)

Atlas świata / Map of the Moon (1967)

Publication: Pergamon World Atlas. Pergamon Press. P.W.N. – Poland. Polish-Scientific Publishers. Warszawa. 1968. The English, civilian version of the Polish world atlas. Cartographer: Wojskowe Zaklady Kartograficzne / Polish Army Topography Service Page size: 40×32 Copies: 205,000 in Polish and 37,000 in English The Lunar map shows the far side of the Moon based on the interpretation of the first […]

NASA Lunar Chart LPC-1

NASA Lunar Chart LPC-1

Scale 1:10M Third edition, February 2016 Two sheets: albedo (photomosaic) and DTM (colored hillshade) Dataset: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera photomosaic / GLD100 DTM Publisher: ASU Second edition, 1979 Publisher: U.S. Defense Mapping Agency 1st Edition, March 1970  Prepared by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, United States Air Force, under the direction of the Department of Defense. […]