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Archie Press’ Map of Mars

Archie Press’ Map of Mars

Cartographer: Archie Archambault Website Source
Archie’s Press Map of the Moon

Archie’s Press Map of the Moon

Cartographer: Archie Archambault Website Planetary Maps from Archie’s Press: The Elements of Space Archie’s Press publishes minimalist “mental” maps that are built from circles. “The circle, our Universe’s softest shape, clearly conveys size and connections.” – Archie says. He created a “Map from the Mind” for dozens of cities, simplifying structures and districts in the simplest […]
Planetary Map Quadrangle Layouts and Designations

Planetary Map Quadrangle Layouts and Designations

Primary source: Batson RM: Map formats and projections used in planetary cartography. Single-sheet planetary map layout Mimas quads in the Semi-controlled Mosaic of Mimas. 1:1.5M, DLR (Roatsch et al. 2009) Ceres global mosaic for Dawn FC images, at 1:2M scale Single-sheet planetary map layout Iapetus Quads. Semi-controlled Mosaic of Iapetus, 1:3M, DLR, Roatsch et al. 2009 Phobos […]
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 […]
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. […]
Hand-painted Globe of Io

Hand-painted Globe of Io

Artist-cartographer: Merc Boyan Date: 2016 On display: Planetary Society, Pasadena, California Method: Earth globe re-painted, using a virtual globe generated from actual images  
Whitaker’s map of the South Pole of the Moon (1954)

Whitaker’s map of the South Pole of the Moon (1954)

Courtesy of E. A. Whitaker. Manuscripts.