Map series

Topographic Image Map Mars series (TU/DLR/FU Berlin)

Topographic Image Map Mars series (TU/DLR/FU Berlin)

Planetary Image Map Mars 1:2,000,000 (test?) Topographic Image Map Mars 1:200,000 series Topographic Image Map Mars 1:400,000 series Topographic Image Map Mars 1:100,000 series Topographic Image Map Mars 1:50,000 series Based on: HRSC data Editors: Alberz J, Jaumann R, Neukum G (TU, DLR, FUB) Date: 2005-2007 References  https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Research/ISPRS/ISPRS_465_J_Albertz “Each map sheet has been generated automatically using […]

Complete Moon Map / Polnaya Karta Luny (1979/85)

Complete Moon Map / Polnaya Karta Luny (1979/85)

Publisher: Sternberg Institute of Moscow State Lomonosov University 1979 Edition In 9 sheets and in 1 sheet Sample sheets from the 9 sheet version Alternative scans (courtesy Ton Lindeman)   Polnaya Karta Luny 1:10 000 000 Nauka, Moskva, 1979. Luna-3, Zond-3, Lunar Orbiter Reprinted in 1985 Using the originals of relief shading of this map, a […]

Map of the visible equatorial region of the Moon (1968)

Map of the visible equatorial region of the Moon (1968)

Карта Луны. Экваториальная зона видимого полушария. ГАИШ, ЦНИИГАиК, научн. рук. Ю. Н. Липокий, М., «Наука», 1968. Karta Luny Yekvatorialnaya Zona Vidimogo Polushariya 1:1 000 000 Nauka, Moskva 1968 Supervized by Yu N Lipskiy Sternberg Astronomical Institute Mercator Projection In 7 sheets Made by military cartographers; 8 sheets, for the central part of the nearside Moon. Compiled […]

Mars maps from Mars-5 images (1980)

Mars maps from Mars-5 images (1980)

Soviet Mars probes were not a success story. Mars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was sentout but Mars-1 was too far from Mars with no useful information, 2 and 3 became Mars satellites but only gave limb images, no surface photos. Mars-4 had 20 low resolution (1 km/px) images. The most succesful probe was Mars 5 oribiting […]

First Complete Moon Map (1967)

First Complete Moon Map (1967)

Polnaya karta Luny using Luna-3 (1959) and Zond-3 (1965) images 1:5 000 000 Nauka, Moskva, 1967. Projection: „arbitrary cylindrical projection” 9 sheets, 7 with relief and two with names. From 90E to 180 it uses low resolution Luna 3, from 180 to 90W is uses higher resolution Zond 3 images. The first full map of […]