Observer’s map

Gabrielle Flammarion’s maps of Mars (1920)

Rare sketch maps from one of the first woman astronomers. These maps record observations of clouds. Observer: Gabrielle Flammarion (G. Renaudot, G.C. Flammarion). Reference G.C. Flammarion 1920. Métérologie Martienne. L’Astronomie, vol. 34, pp.377-379

Clark R. Chapman’s maps of Mars

The Strolling Astronomer, 1961 (1-2) Drawing, made with a 10-inch reflector, 1960. Source Chapman’s 1960-61 map of Mars. Photo source “The map of Mars was constructed by Clark R. Chapman and based on 60 of his drawings during the 1960-61 apparition of Mars. The drawings were made primarily with his 10-inch reflector between […]

ALPO map of Mars

1954 Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (A.L.P.O.) 1954 Source 1960 Both, Ernst E., A.L.P.O. Map of Mars for 1960-1961 These maps are updated regularly. See http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/jbeish/Observing_Mars_4.html

Darmstadt Map of the Moon (1857)

Moon and Eclipses Karte der sichtbaren Seite der Mond-Oberfläche Editor: L. Ewald 1857 Publisher Verlag von Jonghaus und Venator, Darmstadt Scale 1:18M South up Drawn by F Christmann, lithographed by von Wirtz, after Beer and Mädler. Courtesy Ton Lindeman

Alfred Sommer’s Map of the Moon (1879)

Dr. Alfred Sommer Source: The New Dominion Monthly January, 1879, 58-79 (56 & 65) The first Canadian moon map. Literature: R.A. Rosenfeld, “Dr. Sommer’s Moon: Philology, Cartography, and Oblivion”, JRASC 112, 1 (2018, February), 35-41.

Goodacre’s Maps of the Moon (1910)

Karta Luny (Shishakov and Bronshten 1967)

Map of the Moon: the nearside in telescopic view. 1967 1:5M cartographer I. I. Katyaev, ed. V. A. Bronshten in transverse (equatorial) orthographic projection on the basis of the Photographic atlas of the Moon by Kuiper (1960) and the catalogue (Blagg and Muller 1935). Description of lunar surface compiled by Shishakov V.A. (Contributor: Zh. Rodionova) Source […]

Flammarion and Antoniadi’s Map of Mars (1900-1910)

1900. Courtesy of Ton Lindemann. This map is largely based on the British Astronomical Association map 1896 but includes more polar latitudes. Same map as above from a Russian encyclopedia. Новый энциклопедический словарь. Брокгауза и Ефрона / [под общ. ред. К. К. Арсеньева]. Petrograd. n.d. СПб, 191(?). (c. 1915) Antoniadi’s map 1900 reprojected onto the […]

Lohrmann’s Map of the Moon

Cartographer: Wilhelm Lohrmann Title: Topographie der sichtbaren Mondoberflaeche (Topography of the Visible Lunar Surface) Dresden: Auf Kosten des Verfassers, 1824. 25 sheets, hachure relief visualization and multiple gray shadings for albedo 1824 4 sheets Size 227 × 227 mm 1878 Full atlas published by Julius Schmidt, reissued in 1892 Mondkarte in 25 Sectionen und 2 Erlauterungstafeln / Herausgegeben von Dr. […]

The System of Lunar Craters (1963-1966)

Reference map showing IAU nomenclature, south-up, orthographic projection. Arthur DWG, Agnieray AP, Horvath RA, Wood CA, Chapman CR 1963 The System of Lunar Craters, Quadrant I. Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 2 (30). Published in Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 30, 40,50,70, 1963-66 Quadrant I Quadrant II Quadrant IV Also available in […]

Wilkins’ maps of the Moon

Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, “the last traditional selenographer” Editions: Early edition with hand lettering, later editions with sans serif and grid. South-up orientation. Orthographic projection. 60 inch map: 1924 200 inch map: 1930 300 inch map of the Moon First edition, 1946. Third edition, 1951, revisions in 1952, 1954. 25 map sheets, Scale 21.6 miles […]

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 […]

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