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.
Robinson small scale Mars map series
Mars — map
Small scale, Robinson Projection, 2009.
Cartographer: H. Hargitai, Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Planetary Science Research Group
Nomenclature: Latin and Hungarian, in separate versions
Black and white map
Sources: B/W map showing topography (dark=high, bright=low), and shaded relief using MOLA data
Nomenclature: Latin; with separate Hungarian version
Albedo map
Sources: Composite flase color map of panchromatic MOC albedo photomosaic and MOLA shaded relief
Nomenclature: topographic and albedo mixed; Latin; with separate Hungarian version
MOLA map
Sources: Color coded topographic map from MOLA data