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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Target: Mars
2293 maps
| # | Title | Map No. | Lead Author | Artist | Target | Quad. | Scale | Year | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #5772 | MEC-2 75S-70N Prepared by Lowell Observatory | MEC-2 | Maulfair, M. J. | Inge, Jay L. | Mars | 25M | 1967 | Lowell Observatory | ||
| #1097 | MEC-2 Albedo Map | MEC-2 | Slipher, Earl C. | Inge, Jay L. | Mars | 25M | 1967 | US Air Force, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center | ||
| #5773 | MEC-2 librated orthographics 8deg22' Prepared by Lowell Observatory | MEC-2 | Maulfair, M. J. | Inge, Jay L. | Mars | 25M | 1967 | Lowell Observatory | ||
| #1160 | The Martian Surface | Capen, Charles F. | Mars | 1967 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | |||||
| #866 | Mars Exploration - General Electric Mariner 4 Mars Map | Scarfo, Roy | Mars | 35M | 1966 | General Electric | ||||
| #741 | High-priority landing sites 1969-1975 (=Martian landing sites) | Swan, Paul R. | Mars | 1965 | ||||||
| #754 | Map of the area .. covered in 21 pictures .. by Mariner IV' television camera on July 14, 1965 | Mars | 1965 | |||||||
| #756 |
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Mariner 4 map | NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 64-0771-01A | Mars | 1965 | |||||
| #758 |
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Pictorial Representation of Mars 1:10M Orthographic projection Edition 1-AMS Prepared by the Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, US Army, Washington D.… | 1-AMS | Mars | 10M | 1965 | Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers | |||
| #759 |
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Pictorial Representation of Mars, Centered on 0 longitude | Mars | 10M | 1965 | Army Map Service | ||||
| #760 |
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Pictorial Representation of Mars, Centered on 180 longitude | Mars | 10M | 1965 | Army Map Service | ||||
| #761 |
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Pictorial Representation of Mars, Centered on 220 longitude | Mars | 10M | 1965 | Army Map Service | ||||
| #762 |
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Pictorial Representation of Mars, Centered on 270 longitude | Mars | 10M | 1965 | Army Map Service | ||||
| #763 |
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Pictorial Representation of Mars, Centered on 90 longitude | Mars | 10M | 1965 | Army Map Service | ||||
| #781 | Provisional topographic map of Mars, Mariner 4 Region | TN-701-66-8 | Tombaugh, Clide | Mars | 1965 | |||||
| #790 |
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The two extremes of the south polar cap of Mars in 1956 The two extremes of the south polar cap of Mars in 1956. (Pic du Midi, Dollfus). In: Dollfus, A. 1965 Étude de la pla… | Dollfus, Audouin | Mars | 1965 | |||||
| #599 | Planisferio de Marte Planisphere of Mars | Escalante, F. J. | Mars | 1963 | ||||||
| #600 | Planisferio de Marte Planisphere of Mars | López, Elpido | Mars | 1963 | ||||||
| #601 | Planisphere of Mars after the observations made at Kwasan and National Science Museum. Key map for the 1963 aspect of Martian Markings, after the osbervations made by S. Miyamoto, T. Saheki, S Muramaya and the author | Mars | 1963 | |||||||
| #551 |
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Map of Mars based on observations with the 24-inch refractor of Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, in October and November 1958. Aitoff equal area projection — Central meridian 180°. "Two maps in Aitoff equal area projection based on the 1958 observations (Fig. 6, 7) were prepared by Mr. J. Roth, using… | Roth, James | Mars | 1962 | |||||
| #553 | Mars – Key Map | Slipher, Earl C. | Mars | 50M | 1962 | |||||
| #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 | ||
| #555 |
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Outline map of Mars for stations identification, 1909-1954 G. de Vaucouleurs: Precision mapping of Mars. In: Physics of Planets. Proceedings of the 11th International Astrophysica… | de Vaucouleurs, Gerard | Mars | 1962 | |||||
| #561 | The Planet Mars | Mars | 1962 | North American Aviation | ||||||
| #471 | ALPO map of Mars 1960-1961 | Chapman, Clark R. | Mars | 1961 | Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (A.L.P.O.) | |||||
| #473 |
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Clark C. Chapman's 1960-61 Map of Mars The Strolling Astronomer, 1961 (1-2) Drawing, made with a 10-inch reflector, 1960. Source Chapman… | Chapman, Clark R. | Mars | 1961 | |||||
| #488 | Map of Mars | du Martheray, Maurice | Mars | 1961 | R. Sauerländer & Co. | |||||
| #452 | The Planet Mars | Mars | 1960 | North American Aviation, Inc. Space and Information Systems Division | ||||||
| #422 | ALPO map of Mars | Vaughin, Frank | Mars | 1959 | ||||||
| #424 | Marskarte 1951/56 bis +55° Breite | Heintz, W. | Mars | 1959 | ||||||
| #414 |
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Drawing of Mars Reproduced in Kulin-Zerinváry: A távcső világa. Budapest, 1958. Courtesy of I. Almar " In the 1920-1926 y… | Barabashov, N. P. | Mars | 1958 | |||||
| #420 | Map 420 | de Mottoni, Glauco Y. Palacios | Mars | 1958 | University of Chicago Press | |||||
| #421 | Map 421 | Focas, Jean-Henri | Mars | 1958 | ||||||
| #416 |
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Marte Oppositione 1954 General map of Mars for the years 1941–1952 Coordinate system created using Juventae Fons observations for determinig rotation and 260 control points by Camichel. … | de Mottoni, Glauco Y. Palacios | Mars | 1958 | Cambridge University Press | ||||
| #417 |
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Plate 19.—Chart of Mars by Dr. J. H. Focas, showing the fine structure of the dark areas, based on visual and photographic observations with the 60 cm refractor at the Pic du Midi Observatory in 1958. Drawing by J. H. FOcas, Pic du Midi, 1958 Jean-Henri Focas Source: A. Dollfus: Visual and photographic studies off pla… | Focas, Jean-Henri | Mars | 1958 | |||||
| #411 |
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Map 411 Cartographer: Shiro Ebisawa Based on Antoniadi (1930) Comment: "This map is regarded, by the BAA Mars Section, as the st… | Ebisawa, Shiro | Mars | 1957 | British Astronomical Association, Mars Section | ||||
| #408 | Map of Mars... | Millman, P. M. | Mars | 1957 | ||||||
| #409 | Mars 1956 | Vaughin, Frank | Mars | 1957 | ||||||
| #410 | карта полушарий марса Karta polusharij Marsa | Sharonov, V. V. | Mars | 1957 | ||||||
| #401 |
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ALPO map of Mars 1954 1954 Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (A.L.P.O.) 1954 Source 1960 Both, Ernst E., A.L.P.O. Map o… | Avigliano, D. P. | Mars | 1956 | Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (A.L.P.O.) | ||||
| #402 | Cirulation patterns of Mars | McLaughlin, Dean B. | Mars | 1956 | ||||||
| #405 | Map 405 | Sadil, Josef | Mars | 1956 | Orbis | |||||
| #406 |
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Map 406 Escalante Lopez López E, Escalante FJ 1963 El planeta Marte : 1907-1956 ; areografía, areología, bioareografía … | López, Elpido | Mars | 1956 | |||||
| #407 | Map 407 | Antoniadi, Eugene Michael | Mars | 1956 | ||||||
| #400 | Aspetto generale di Marte nel 1952 General appearance of Mars in 1952 | de Mottoni, Glauco Y. Palacios | Mars | 1955 | ||||||
| #399 |
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Map 399 Source McLaughlin, D. B.: Wind patterns and volcanoes on Mars. The Observatory, Vol. 74, p. 166-168 (1954) … | McLaughlin, Dean B. | Mars | 1954 | |||||
| #397 | Moyenne des 5 oppositions Average of the 5 oppositions | Camichel, Henri | Mars | 1954 | ||||||
| #2952 |
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Isobar map of Mars (streamline map / weather map) | Hess, Seymour L. | Mars | 1950 | |||||
| #380 | Map 380 | de Vaucouleurs, Gerard | Mars | 1950 | ||||||
| #378 |
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Map of Mars Source: De Vaucouleurs G. 1950; The Planet Mars; London Reproduction in: Kulin-Zerinváry: A távcső világa. Gondolat, … | de Vaucouleurs, Gerard | Mars | 1950 |