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.
Format: sheet
1633 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #494 | Physiographic Divisions of the Moon -- Engineer Special Study of the Surface of the Moon Physiographic Divisions | I-351C | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 3.8M | 1961 | ||||
| #459 |
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USAF Lunar chart Kepler | LAC-57 | Bridges, Patricia M. | Moon | LAC-57 | 1M | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |
| #460 |
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USAF Lunar chart Kepler, 2nd advanced ed. | LAC-57 | Moon | LAC-57 | 1M | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||
| #461 |
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USAF Lunar chart, Kepler LAC 57, First advanced | LAC-57 | Bridges, Patricia M. | Moon | LAC-57 | 1M | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |
| #465 |
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USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic - Lunar Earthside Hemisphere 2nd Advanced Edition | LEM-1 | Moon | Moon, near side | 5M | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||
| #466 | USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic, 1st edition | LEM-1A | Moon | 10M | 1960 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||||
| #413 |
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Carta della Luna Map of the Moon Rugierri, G. (1958); Carta della Luna; Venezia Restored (stitched sectors and cleaned up from scan errors) from origiona… | Rugierri, G. | Moon | 2.9M | 1958 | ||||
| #382 |
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Map of the Moon Reduced edition 1952 (?) (Source) | Elger, Thomas Gwyn | Moon | 1952 | George Philip & Son | ||||
| #373 |
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300 inch map of the Moon Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, "the last traditional selenographer" Editions: Early editio… | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | 456k | 1946 | International Lunar Society | |||
| #377 |
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300 inch map of the Moon 100 inch reduction Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, "the last traditional selenographer" Editions: Early editio… | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | 1.4M | 1946 | ||||
| #354 |
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Great 200in Map of the Moon Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, "the last traditional selenographer" Editions: Early editio… | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | 687k | 1930 | ||||
| #331 |
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60 inch map of the Moon Photo: LPOD Sep15 2008. Cartographer: H Percy Wilkins, "the last traditional selenographer" Editions: Early editi… | Wilkins, Hugh Percy | Moon | 2.3M | 1924 | ||||
| #151 | Charte der Gebirge des Mondes Chart of the mountains of the Moon Title: Charte des Gebirge des Mondes (Chart of the Mountains of the Moon) Date 1878 Hachure-relief shading Cartograph… | Schmidt, Johann F. Julius | Moon | 1878 | Dietrich Reimer | |||||
| #157 |
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Map 157 [gallery ids="https://planetarymapping.elte.hu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dsc_1651.jpg|,https://planetarymapping.elte.hu… | Neison, Edmund | Moon | 1878 | |||||
| #155 | Mondcharte 25 sectionen un 2 erlautersungstafeln Moon map in 25 sections and 2 explanatory plates Cartographer: Wilhelm G Lohrman Sheets: 25 The map series was produced and started by Lohrman but publication was fini… | Lohrmann, Wilhelm Gothelf | Moon | 1.8M | 1878 | Verlag von Joahnn Ambrosius Barth | ||||
| #141 |
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Mondkarte mittle Libration Moon map at mean libration | Opelt, O. M. | Moon | 1874 | |||||
| #119 |
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Karte der sichtbaren Seite der Mond-Oberfläche Map of the visible side of the lunar surface Moon and Eclipses Karte der sichtbaren Seite der Mond-Oberfläche Editor: L. Ewald 1857 Publisher Verlag von Jonghaus … | Wirtz, F. | Wirtz, F. | Moon | 18M | 1857 | Verlag von Jonghaus und Venator, Kartographisch-artistische Anstalt | ||
| #101 |
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Karte des Mondes in einem mittleren Librationzustand Map of the Moon in a mean state of libration. According to the measurements and observations taken by the author in the years 1822 to 1836 Map of the Moon in a mean state of libration. According to the measurings and observations taken by th… | Lohrmann, Wilhelm Gothelf | Moon | 1838 | Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth | ||||
| #97 | General Karte der sichbaren Seite der Mondoberflaeche General map of the visible side of the lunar surface | Mädler, Joanne Henrico | Leidenfrost, E. | Moon | 10.9M | 1837 | ||||
| #98 |
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Mappa SELENOGRAPHICA Selenographic map 'Mondoberflaeche' ('Surface of the Moon') Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung (The visible&nb… | Beer, Wilhelm Wolff | Vogel, Carolus | Moon | 46M | 1837 | |||
| #100 |
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Mondoberflaeche Lunar surface General-Karte der sichtbaren Seite der MONDOBERFLAECHE zugleich als ÜBERSICHTS-BLATT zur grössern Mondkarte von Wilh. … | Beer, Wilhelm Wolff | Vogel, Carolus | Moon | 1837 | ||||
| #96 |
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Der Mond .. Vollichte The Moon, full light | Moon | 1836 | ||||||
| #94 | Die sichtbare Seite der Mond-Oberfläche bei voller Beleuchtung The visible side of the lunar surface at full illumination | Vogel, Carolus | Moon | 3.7M | 1834 | |||||
| #95 |
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Mappa Selenographica totam Lunae hemisphaeram risibilem complectons chorratinibus propriis secundum projectionem othographicam quatuor Sectionibus constructa et delineata Suae Majestati Friderico Sexto regi daniae illustrissimo .... Guilelmo Beer et Joanne Henrico Mädler Ediio Genuina Berolini MDCCCXXXIV Ex autographico in lapudem inciduit Carolus Vogel Apud Simon Schropp et Soc Selenographic map encompassing the whole visible hemisphere of the Moon Mappa SELENOGRAPHICA totam Lunae hemisphaeram visibilem complectens Observationibus propriis secundum projectionem… | Guilelmo, Beer | Moon | 1834 | Simon Schropp & Co. | ||||
| #90 | Topographie der sichtbaren Mondoberflaeche Topography of the visible lunar surface Cartographer: Wilhelm G Lohrman Sheets: 25 The map series was produced and started by Lohrman but publication was fini… | Lohrmann, Wilhelm Gothelf | Moon | 3.6M | 1824 | Auf Kosten des Verfassers |