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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Gradient tint printing
Scale 1: 2 500 000
Moon — map
Contour interval 1000 meters
With supplementary contours at 500 meter intervals
Relief partially shown by form lines
In certain areas the last three digits
of the contour values are omitted.
Modified stereographic projection
The point of origin is 4,410.10 kms. from the point of tangency of the
map plane and a selenodetic sphere the radius of which is 1737.988 kms.
Vertical datum: Mösting “A” (1960)
The vertical datum is based on the elevation of 7,000
meters at the center of the crater, Mösting “A”.
Horizontal datum: Mösting “A” (1960)
The horizontal datum is based on the selenodetic coordinates of the center of
the crater, Mösting “A”, being longitude 354°50′13″ and latitude south 3°10′47″.
Cardinal directions of north and south
conform to cartographic tradition.
Prepared by the Army Map Service (AMS), Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army,
Washington, D. C. Compiled in 1963 by stereo-photogrammetric methods
from photography by the Paris, Lick, McDonald, Mt. Wilson, Yerkes, Pic
du Midi Observatories and other base sources. Names generally are
derived from and referred to “Named Lunar Formations” (1935) by
M. Blagg and K. Müller.
Modified stereographic projection
Prepared by the Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., Compiled in 1963 by stereo-photogrammetric methods, from photography by Paris, McDonald, Mt. WIlson, Yerkes, Pic du Midi Observatories and other base sources. Names generally derived from and referred to "Named Lunar Formations" (1935) by M. Blagg and K. Müller.
Includes complete lunar names listing on the back.
LUNAR1T5MILWT
"Small eminences are shown by lower case Greek letters, and small depressions (craters, valleys) by capital Roman letters. Rills are shown by Roman numbers."
Size: 52 inch
References
Series Gradient Tint Printing:
(Photos from the Map collection of Stanford University)