Chinese

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.

Chinese poster of the Moon

Chinese poster of the Moon

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Far side of the Moon (Chinese, 2007)

Far side of the Moon (Chinese, 2007)

Original title: 月球背面 Language of nomenclature: Chinese Publication date: 2007 Cartographer: 马丽 (Ma Li) Source: 人民网科技 (People’s net science and technology)

Chinese Chang’E-1 Globe of the Moon

Chinese Chang’E-1 Globe of the Moon

Plastic Diameter: 20 cm, 32 cm, 106 cm Scale: 1:17,000,000 Dual colored shaded relief globe with albedo markings. Published by Chian (Beijing) Boom Cartographic Products Co Ltd Made by: National Astronomical Observatories, Suveying and Mapping Press Consultants: Ouyang Ziyuan, Yan Jun, Liu Xiaoqun. Chief editor: Li Chunlai Deputy chief editors: Liu Jianjun, Mu Lingli Translators: […]

Chang’e-1 map of the Moon

Chang’e-1 map of the Moon

Language of nomenclature: Chinese “BEIJING, Nov. 12 2008 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientists revealed the country’s first full map of the moon’s surface on Wednesday, more than a year after the launch of its first lunar probe, Chang’e-1. The picture of the moon surface, unveiled on Wednesday, covered the complete range of areas on the moon surface, […]

Chang’E Moon Atlas series

Chang’E Moon Atlas series

2007 Li Chunai, Lio Jianjun, Mu Lingli: Small Scale Map. CLEP, 2007.11.26. 2010 The Chang’E-1 Image Atlas of the Moon. NAOC and SinoMap Press, 2010.05. 2012: The Chang’E-2 High Resolution Image Atlas of the Moon. NAOC and SinoMap Press, 2012.02. 2013 The Chang’E-1 Topographic Atlas of the Moon. NAOC and SinoMap Press, 2013.01. The Chang’E-1 […]

Atlas of Venus

Atlas of Venus

Atlas Poverhnosti Venery Ed. V.A. Kotelnikov; V.R. Yashchenko, A.F. Zolotov GUGK Moskva 1989 Smaller scale versions of the radar, and topographic  maps published in separate sheets plus 1:10M version of the geologic maps published in one single sheet at USGS the same year.

Albedo Map of Mercury, 1978

Albedo Map of Mercury, 1978

Published  in: A. Dollfus et al: IAU Nomenclature for albedo features on the planet Mercury  Icarus Volume 34, Issue 1, April 1978, Pages 210-214 Language of nomenclature: Latin Russian version Source

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