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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Country_publisher: United States
4049 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
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| #542 |
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Lunar Chart - Mare Humorum | LAC-93 | Bridges, Patricia M. | Moon | LAC-93 | 1M | 1962 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |
| #544 | Lunar Earthside Hemisphere Chart Sheet 1 of 2 | LEM 1B | Moon | Moon, near side | 1962 | |||||
| #545 |
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Lunar Map - Mare Nectaris-Mare Imbrium Gradient Tint Printing, Edition 1-AMS | Moon | Central part of the Moon | 2.5M | 1962 | Army Map Service | |||
| #546 |
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Lunar Map - Mare Nectaris-Mare Imbrium, Edition 1-AMS | Moon | Central part of the Moon | 2.5M | 1962 | Army Map Service | |||
| #547 | Lunar Map - Mare Nectaris-Mare Imbrium, Pictorial Relief Printing, Edition 1-AMS | Moon | Central part of the Moon | 2.5M | 1962 | Army Map Service | ||||
| #548 |
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Lunar Map - Mare Nectaris-Mare Imbrium, Pictorial Relief Printing, Edition 1-AMS | Moon | Central part of the Moon | 2.5M | 1962 | Army Map Service | |||
| #549 | Lunar Wall Mosaic (LEM-1B) - Sheet 1 Through 2 | LEM-1B | Moon | 1962 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||||
| #554 |
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MEC-1 Prototype This map is the last product of the pre-space age maps, combining all possible knowledge to support the first space miss… | MEC-1 | Slipher, Earl C. | Mars | 35M | 1962 | U. S. Air Force | ||
| #557 | Physiographic divisions of the Moon, Modified 1961 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 9M | 1962 | Army Map Service | ||||
| #558 | Preliminary Facies Map of Procellarium Material-Ranger Quadrangle Map Set | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | LVC 20 | 2M | 1962 | ||||
| #559 | Preliminary Geologic Map of the Equatorial Belt of the Moon | LEM-1B | Wilhelms, Don E. | Moon | 1962 | |||||
| #561 | The Planet Mars | Mars | 1962 | North American Aviation | ||||||
| #562 | Topographic Lunar Maps | 1-AMS | Moon | 2.5M | 1962 | |||||
| #563 |
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Uncontrolled Quick Reaction Photomosaic | LAC 60 | Moon | LAC 60 | 1M | 1962 | |||
| #564 |
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Uncontrolled Quick Reaction Photomosaic | LAC 75 | Moon | LAC 75 | 1M | 1962 | |||
| #565 | USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic | LEM-1A | Moon | 10M | 1962 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||||
| #566 |
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USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic - Lunar Earthside Hemisphere | LEM-1A | Moon | 10M | 1962 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||
| #567 | USAF Lunar Reference Mosaic - Lunar Earthside Hemisphere 2nd Edition | LEM-1 | Moon | Moon, near side | 5M | 1962 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||
| #471 | ALPO map of Mars 1960-1961 | Chapman, Clark R. | Mars | 1961 | Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (A.L.P.O.) | |||||
| #476 |
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Copernicus ACIC, 1st Edition, 1961. Source: Carder, R. W. 1962. Lunar Charting on a Scale of 1:1000000. In: The Moo… | LAC 58 | Kuiper, Gerard P. | Moon | LAC 58 | 1M | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |
| #477 |
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Description and evaluation of the physiographic regions - Engineer Special Study of the Surface of the Moon | I-351 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | Moon near side | 1961 | U. S. Geological Survey | ||
| #5701 | Distribution of major lunar rilles, modified from Baldwin 1949 p198 The Face of the Moon, Univ of Chicago Press | Salisbury, J. W. | Moon | 1961 | U. S. Air Force | |||||
| #480 |
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Generalized Photogeologic Map of the Moon - Engineer special study of the surface of the Moon | I-351 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 3.8M | 1961 | U. S. Geological Survey | ||
| #481 | Grimaldi, Letroni, Riphaeus Mountains, Ptolemaeus Topographic Map Collage | LAC 74-77 | Moon | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |||||
| #482 |
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Lunar Chart - Copernicus | LAC 58 | Dungan, Fred | Moon | LAC 58 | 1M | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |
| #483 |
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Lunar Chart - Riphaeus Mountains | LAC 76 (1) | Bridges, Patricia M. | Moon | LAC 76 | 1M | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | |
| #484 |
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Lunar Chart Index, Index No. 1, Code LAC | Moon | 1M | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||||
| #485 |
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Lunar Photogeologic Chart - Copernicus (Prototype Chart), 1st Advanced Printing | LPC 58 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 1M | 1961 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||
| #486 |
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Lunar Rays - Engineer Special Study of the Surface of the Moon | I-351 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 3.8M | 1961 | U. S. Geological Survey | ||
| #512 |
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Map 512 | Camichel, Henri | Io | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #513 | Map 513 | Camichel, Henri | Callisto | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | |||||
| #514 | Map 514 | Camichel, Henri | Europa | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | |||||
| #515 | Map 515 | Camichel, Henri | Ganymede | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | |||||
| #516 | Map 516 | Dollfus, Audouin | Mercury | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | |||||
| #517 | Map 517 | Dollfus, Audouin | Titan | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | |||||
| #518 |
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Map 518 Albedo maps of the Galilean satellites. Lyot examined these satellites with the 38 cm refractor in 1941, later with the… | Lyot, Bernard | Callisto | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #519 |
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Map 519 Albedo maps of the Galilean satellites. Lyot examined these satellites with the 38 cm refractor in 1941, later with the… | Lyot, Bernard | Europa | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #520 |
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Map 520 Ganymedes | Lyot, Bernard | Ganymede | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #521 |
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Map 521 Io Courtesy of Ton Lindemann | Lyot, Bernard | Io | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #522 |
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Map 522 Titan Titan was observed by Lyot, Dollfus, Camichel, Bruch. Source: A. Dollfus: Visual and photographic studies off p… | Lyot, Bernard | Titan | 1961 | University of Chicago Press | ||||
| #491 | Mare Nectaris and Vicinity | Moon | 1961 | |||||||
| #492 |
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Physiographic Divisions of the Moon Physiographic Divisions of the Moon 1:3 800 000 Engeneering Special Study of the Surface of the Moon I-351 1961 USG… | I-351 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 3.8M | 1961 | |||
| #493 |
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Physiographic Divisions of the Moon - Engineer Special Study of the Surface of the Moon "first printing July 1960" | I-351 | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 3.8M | 1961 | U. S. Geological Survey | ||
| #496 | Preliminary isopachous map of the Procellarian System, Letronne Region of the Moon | Marshall, Charles H. | Moon | 1961 | ||||||
| #497 | Preliminary photogeologic map of the Kepler region of the Moon | Hackman, Robert J. | Moon | 1961 | ||||||
| #498 | Recommended credit notes for Lunar Photogeologic chart | LPC 58P | Moon | 1961 | ||||||
| #5702 | Simplified lunar tectonic patterns, modified from Bulow K von (Bülow) 1958 (or 1957), p 595 Bulow K Tektonische analyse der Mondrinde. Geologie, heft 6/7 565-609 | Salisbury, J. W. | Moon | 1961 | U. S. Air Force | |||||
| #502 | Topographic Lunar Map - Encke-B Sheet 4 | Moon | 250k | 1961 | Army Map Service | |||||
| #503 |
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Topographic Lunar Map - Euclides-F Sheet 3 | Lunar 3T250 | Moon | 250k | 1961 | Army Map Service | |||
| #504 |
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Topographic Lunar Map - Gradient Tint Printing, Edition 1-AMS, Preliminary printing, sheet 1 | Moon | 5M | 1961 | Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers |