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1860

Mond—Karte Nach dem besten Quellen entworfen und gezeichnet

Mond—Karte Nach dem besten Quellen entworfen und gezeichnet

Meyer’s Kriegs- u. Friedens- oder grosser Zeitungs-Atlas in 148 karten… J. Meyer. Hildburohausen et New-York . Schleifmann sc 1860
Lecouturier – Chapuis map of the Moon (1860)

Lecouturier – Chapuis map of the Moon (1860)

Lecoutuier, MM; A Chapuis Carte générale de la Lune Tones, rays and clear rings and “worms” of terrain Paris Librarie des Sciences, Leiber et Faraguet Nomenclature: French names only! Courtesy Ton Lindeman
Ward’s Map of the Moon (1869)

Ward’s Map of the Moon (1869)

Mary Ward (“THE HON. MRS. WARD.”) 1869; The telescope – a familiar sketch, combining a special notice of objects coming within the range of a small telescope; London
Philips’ Mars Map (1865)

Philips’ Mars Map (1865)

Chart of the Planet Mars John Phillips Oxford 1862-64 Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, v 14, pp 42-46. 1865. Without grid and names, except for „Land” and „Sea” 1864 color drawing. Mercator projection. Source From: The planet Mars. Quarterly Journal of Science II 1865.
Penny Cylopaedia’s Map of the Moon (1863)

Penny Cylopaedia’s Map of the Moon (1863)

This map was republished in Josiah Crampton’s The Lunar World – its scenery, motions, etc. Edinburgh, 1863. Comment: The maps by Messrs. Beer Maedler are the most minutely accurate, but [this map] is better adapted for popular use” The nomenclature includes names of Terrae. The other illustrations are from Josiah Crampton’s The Lunar World.   […]
Proctor’s Mars Maps (1865-1892)

Proctor’s Mars Maps (1865-1892)

Cartographer: R. A. Proctor Projection: Stereographic 1864 Chart of Mars R. A. Proctor; using drawings by W. R. Dawes 1864/65 The names like Dawes Sea can be viewed as „the seas in Dawes’ drawing” 1867 1867.  Source: Rudaux, L. et al 1962; Larousse Encyclopaedia Of Astronomy; London Image courtesy Ton Lindemann   1869   RA […]
Comparative map of Earth and Mars (Flammarion 1869)

Comparative map of Earth and Mars (Flammarion 1869)

Published in Camille Flammarion: La Pluralité des Mondes Habités, Paris, 1869. (14th Ed.) One of the 1st comparative planetological figure.

The Digital Museum of Planetary Mapping is  supported by the ICA Commission on Planetary Cartography. We collect maps of other worlds. Curator: H. Hargitai

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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