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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54 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
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| #3765 |
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Карта Марса Map of Mars Title: Karta Marsa Map editors: Bolshakova V.D Language of nomenclature: Russian Language of explanations: Russian Scale… | Bolshakov, V. D. | Mars | 20M | 1982 | Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography | |||
| #3644 |
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Карта типов местностей Марса Map of terrain types of Mars Karta tipov mestnoctey Marsa KP Florenskiy, AT Bazilevskiy, GA Burba, VP Volkovc AV Ivanov, RO Kuzmin, MA Nazarov, OV… | Florenskii, Kirill Pavlovich | Mars | 1981 | Nauka | ||||
| #3645 |
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Карта-схема типов местностей Венеры Schematic map of terrain types of Venus Karta-skhema tipov mestnostey Venery / Карта-схема типов местностей Венеры / Schematic map of types of Venusian terrain… | Venus | 1981 | Nauka | |||||
| #3647 |
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Карта-схема типов местностей Луны Schematic map of terrain types of the Moon Karta-skhema tipov mestnostey Luny Schematic map of types of lunar terrain KP Florenskiy, AT Bazilevskiy, GA Burba, VP … | Moon | 1981 | Nauka | |||||
| #3649 |
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Карта-схема типов местностей Меркурия Schematic map of terrain types of Mercury Karta-skhema tipov mestnostey Merkuriya / Schematic map of types of Mercurian terrain KP Florenskiy, AT Bazilevskiy, GA… | Mercury | 1981 | Nauka | |||||
| #5716 |
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Полная карта Луны (1 sheet) Complete map of the Moon Polnaya Karta Luny 1:10 000 000 Nauka, Moskva, 1979. Luna-3, Zond-3, Lunar Orbiter Reprinted in 1985 Using the orig… | Lipsky, Yurii Naumovich | Moon | 10M | 1979 | Federal Agency for Geodesy and Cartography of the USSR | |||
| #3371 |
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Полная карта Луны (9 листов) Complete map of the Moon (9 sheets) Publisher: Sternberg Institute of Moscow State Lomonosov University 1979 Edition In 9 sheets and in 1 sheet http://… | Lipsky, Yurii Naumovich | Moon | Moon, full | 5M | 1979 | Nauka | ||
| #2882 |
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The Lowellian canal network superposed on the Mariner 9 Mars cartography and Earth-based albedo. Published in: Carl Sagan and Paul Fox: The canals of Mars: An assessment after Mariner 9 Icarus Volume 25, Issue 4… | Sagan, Carl | Mars | 1975 | |||||
| #1822 |
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Mars-1971 Published in: T.A. Mutch et al: the Geology of Mars p. 12. Language of nomenclature: Latin Original map caption: Map … | Inge, Jay L. | Inge, Jay L. | Mars | 25M | 1971 | Lowell Observatory, Planetary Research Center | ||
| #1551 |
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The Earth's Moon (National Geographic) Publisher: (c) The National Geography Society Feb 1969 / 1976 / 2003 editions Nomenclature: 1969: English/Latin, 2004: L… | Riddiford, Charles Ernest | Toth, Tibor | Moon | 10.5M | 1969 | National Geographic Society | ||
| #1388 |
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Карта Луны. Экваториальная зона видимого полушария. Map of the Moon. Equatorial zone of the visible hemisphere. Карта Луны. Экваториальная зона видимого полушария. ГАИШ, ЦНИИГАиК, научн. рук. Ю. Н. Липокий, М., «Наука», 1968. Karta… | Lipsky, Yurii Naumovich | Moon | 1M | 1968 | Nauka | |||
| #615 |
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The System of Lunar Craters (Lunar Nomenclature) Reference map showing IAU nomenclature, south-up, orthographic projection. Arthur DWG, Agnieray AP, Horvath RA, Wood CA,… | Arthur, D. W. G. | Moon | 1963 | |||||
| #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 | ||
| #335 | General map fo the moon | Rudaux, L. | Moon | 1925 | ||||||
| #290 |
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Mars 1905 1905 Source: P Lowell: Mars and its canals. New York, Macmillan, 1906. | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1906 | Macmillan | ||||
| #285 |
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Mars 1896-7 Mars 1896-1897. Annals of the Lowell Observatory, 1905, p. 3. Courtesy Lowell Observatory Archives. In: Lane M, Geograph… | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1905 | |||||
| #256 |
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Map of Mars 1896-97 Reproduction from: Volume II. I. Observations of the Planet Jupiter and its Satellites 1894 and 1895. II. Observations o… | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1900 | University Press | ||||
| #224 |
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Map of Mars 1894 Source: Lowell, P. 1895; Mars; Flagstaff Image courtesy Ton Lindemann. Nomenclature ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY REGI… | Lowell, Percival | Mars | 1895 | Lowell Observatory | ||||
| #195 |
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Karte des Planeten Mars Map of the planet Mars Karte des Planeten Mars 1883-84, Oswald Lohse Publikazionen des Astrophysikalischen Observatorium Potsdam. N 28, 1891. f… | Lohse, Oswald | Mars | 1891 | |||||
| #5698 |
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Nouvelle carte de Mars New map of Mars 1888 Nouvelle carte de Mars, par Proctor en 1888. Stereographic Projection RA Proctor: Old and new astronomy. London-N… | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1888 | |||||
| #134 |
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Chart of Mars from 27 drawings by M. Dawes / Chart of Mars laid down on the Stereographic Projection Cartographer: R. A. Proctor Projection: Stereographic 1864 Chart of Mars R. A. Proctor; using drawings by W. R. Dawes… | Proctor, Richard A. | Mars | 1870 | |||||
| #117 |
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Der Mondkarte The Moon map Müller, J. 1856; Lehrbuch der kosmischen Physik - Atlas; Braunschweig Image courtesy of Ton Lindemann. | Müller, J. | Moon | 1856 | |||||
| #113 |
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Selenographic map of the whole hemisphere of the Moon A Descriptive Atlas of Astronomy and of Physical and Political Geography with descriptive letter-press by the Rev. Thoma… | Milner, Thomas | Moon | 1850 | Wm. S. Orr and Co. | ||||
| #106 |
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Map 106 Publication Date: 1841 Cartographers: W. Beer and J. H. Mädler Type: albedo map Publication: Beer W and Mädler JH (1841)… | Beer, Wilhelm Wolff | Mars | 1841 | |||||
| #91 |
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Map 91 Littrow, J.J. 1825; Populäre Astronomie, vol II; Wien Image courtesy of Ton Lindemann. | Littrow, Joseph Johann | Moon | 1825 |