Der Mars / The Planet Mars

Pictorial Representation of Mars

Pictorial Representation of Mars

1:10M Orthographic projection Edition 1-AMS Prepared by the Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, US Army, Washington D.C. 1965 Maps provided courtesy of the USGS Flagstaff Library.

Der Mars / The Planet Mars

Der Mars / The Planet Mars

Interpretative Analysis of the Relief of the Surface of Mars Relief genesis, relief dynamics, relief division 1:30M Author: H-P Jöns Technische Universität Clausthal-Zekkerfekd Printed with support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinscgaft Cartography and Printing: Litographisches Institut Berlin 1991 Map provided courtesy of the USGS Flagstaff Library.

Super Catcher

Super Catcher

Brad Kahlhammer: Super Catcher. 2014. Material: Wire and bells. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Although designed to represent a Native American dreamcatcher in a commercialized world, this piece of art may also be considered as a representation of the surface of a cratered planetary body. Since the Universe contains 100 billion galaxies, each has […]

Projections: A quick reference guide

Projections: A quick reference guide

Projection names are based on the terminology used in ArcMap.

Dickert’s Moon Globe

Dickert’s Moon Globe

Location:  Bonn, Germany, 1850, transported to the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (189x-190x) Constructed by Th. Dickert. (Bonn, Germany) and JF Julius Schmidt (Athens, Greece). Size: 19.2 feet (diameter) Scale 1:600,000 Material: Yellow-matte plaster with 3x vertical exaggeration Topography after Mädler The original exhibit, in Bonn. Illustrirte Zeitung 589, Oct 14, 1854. Source: OC Farrington: […]

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 […]

Globe of the Moon at Griffith Observatory

Globe of the Moon at Griffith Observatory

 Location: Griffith Observatory Relief and albedo globe of the Moon (tactile). Illuminated from its side, and rotating. Screen shows names in English (not Latin). On another display, the changing phases of the Moon are shown in an animation showing topography only near the terminator.

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)

Mars Globe at Ames Visitor Center

Mars Globe at Ames Visitor Center

Location: NASA Ames Exploration Center Relief and Albedo Globe of Mars, illuminated from below.

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