1970 – Page 2 – Catalog of Planetary Maps

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. […]

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. […]

Lunokhod-2 traverse map

Topograficheskaya Karta na rajon dejstviya Lunokhoda-2 VN-B-3-41-C Krater Lemon’e Crater Le Monnier Lonokhod 2 traverse Eksperimentalnij Obrazets Кратер Пологий = Shallow crater Мыс Дальний = Distant Cape Борозда Прямая = Straight Furrow Бухта Круглая = Round Bay Мыс Ближный = Near Cape Борозда Незаметная = Subdued Furrow Холмы Встречные = Counterside Hills April 1973 Published […]

Shaded Relief map of Mars, with nomenclature

Prepared under JPL contract WO-8122 1:25M Mercator projection Preliminary map made from Mariner 9 data. Topographic interpretation by PM Bridges, JL Inge. USGS October 1973 Atlas of Mars MM 25M IR Maps provided courtesy of the USGS Flagstaff Library.

Topographic map of Mars

A Shaded relief map of Mars. Map provided courtesy of the USGS Flagstaff Library.

Meridiani Sinus Quadrangle

USGS, JPL, Caltech, NASA Mercator Projection Directed by BM Batson Airbush rendetion: PM Bridges Albedo interpretation: JL Inge April 1971 Map provided courtesy of the USGS Flagstaff Library.

NASA Mars Chart 1970 (Mariner 6-7 results)

1:25M US Army Topographic Command, Washington, D.C. Advisors: Merton E Davies, JC Robinson, Bradford A Smith and the Mariner 6 and 7 Television Experiment Team. Nomenclature: 1958 IAU 1970 Note the handwritten notes of the Tharsis Montes. The map was drawn by pencil and charcoal, by Charles Cross (Morton 2002:50) Morton O 2002 Mapping Mars. […]

MM 71 Mars Planning Chart

Albedo maps and map with nomenclature Based on Earth based observations 1941-58 and Mariner VI and VII oobservations. Cartographer: James Roth under the direction of Gerard de Vaucouleurs, University of Texas, Austin, TX. Printed by JPL 1971 for the Mariner Mars 1971 Project. Map provided courtesy of the USGS Flagstaff Library.

Albedo maps of Lowell Observatory

Albedo features derived from Earth based International Planetary Patrol photographs selected from the collection at the Planetary Research Center of Lowell Observatory. Published by Planetary Research Center, Lowell Observatory, Copyright Lowell Observatory. Maps provided courtesy of the USGS Flagstaff Library. Mars 1969 Cartographers: JL Inge, CF Capen, LJ Martin, BQ Faure Mars 1973 Cartography: J. […]

Zond-8 Moon Map

Karta obratnoj Storony Luny na rajon syomki s avtomatitseskoy stanici Zond-8 1:1 000 000 10 sheets Out of 5, 6, 7, 8 the best resolution and quality was from Zond 8.

Zond-6 Moon Map (1970)

Karta Luny MIIGAiK 1970 Zond-6 1:2 000 000 From small scale images with geologic description.

R.A.Wells’ Map of Mars (1971)

Publication Date: 1971 Based on: the text about Martian nomenclature by T.L. MacDonald Published in: T.L. MacDonald: The origins of Martian nomenclature. Icarus Volume 15, Issue 2, October 1971, Pages 233-240 Web access Language of nomenclature: Latin Original map caption: “Martian nomenclature sketch map prepared by H. A.Wells for identifying regions on Mars as discussed in […]