The Catalog of Planetary Maps.
Sources: The research that led to this catalog was supported by Fulbright Hungary Grant No. 1222202, awarded to H. Hargitai for research at USGS Astrogeology, Flagstaff, Arizona (advisor: Trent Hare), and by the ICA Commission on Planetary Cartography (advisor: Kira Shingareva). Most of the data is based on the inventory of the map library of USGS Astrogeology.
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Photos: Unless otherwise indicated, all photographs are by H. Hargitai. Several photographs are from the USGS Astrogeology Map Library and Lowell Observatory, both in Flagstaff, Arizona. Several photographs of Soviet maps were taken at MIIGAiK, Moscow.
Contact: The catalog is curated by H. Hargitai, ELTE, Budapest, hargitai.henrik@btk.elte.hu.
Base theme: Photo
10 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #5206 | Photographic Atlas of the Moon | Chong, S. M. | Moon | 2002 | Cambridge University Press | |||||
| #3839 |
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ПЛАН Фотоплан Plan Publisher: ЦНИИГАИК Фотоплан 1983, 1:20 (Venera 10 site) Image source: Atlas of Terrestrial planets and their moons… | Venus | 20 | 1983 | Central Research Institute of Geodesy, Air Survey, and Cartography | ||||
| #3019 | ПЛАН - Топосхемы Venera 9 landing site map | Venus | 50 | 1976 | Central Research Institute of Geodesy, Air Survey, and Cartography | |||||
| #1724 |
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ПЛАН Venera 9 landing site map | Venus | 10 | 1970 | Central Research Institute of Geodesy, Air Survey, and Cartography | ||||
| #610 |
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Rectified Lunar Atlas (Supplement to the USAF Lunar Atlas) A manuscript page of the Atlas with an actual photograph RECTIFIED LUNAR ATLAS Supplement Number Two to the PHOTO… | Whitaker, Ewen A. | Moon | 3.5M | 1963 | University of Arizona Press | |||
| #443 | Orthographic Atlas of the Moon SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO THE PHOTOGRAPHIC LUNAR ATLAS | Arthur, D. W. G. | Moon | 1960 | University of Arizona Press | |||||
| #444 |
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Photographic Lunar Atlas (PLA) | Kuiper, Gerard P. | Moon | 1.4M | 1960 | Univ of Chicago Press | |||
| #384 | Planishpere photographique de Mercure Photographic planisphere of Mercury | Dollfus, Audouin | Mercury | 1953 | ||||||
| #372 |
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Map of Mars made from many separate photographs Interpretive map of Mars showing canals and albedo markings. Source: McLoughlin E.V., Thompson H. 1943. The Book of … | Mars | 1943 | The Grolier Society | |||||
| #229 |
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Lick Observatory Atlas of the Moon | Holden, Edward S. | Moon | 3.6M | 1896 | Lick Observatory |