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Topographic dat is available from the National Air and Space Museum Center for Earth and Planetary Studies.  There is a web page that list the Research projects under way at the Center. Dr. Tony Cook has topographic data availabe for Mercury, Moon, and Mars.


 

MARS	Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA)  - information on the science investigation may be found at http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/tharsis/mola.html Data from MOLA may be found at  http://wufs/wustl.edu/missions/mgs/mola/index.html
	PIGWAD  : Planetary Geographic Information Systems Web Server contains topographic data and digital geologic maps of the planets.  The home page for PIGWAD is at  http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/   There is a download site with digital geologic maps of  the moon and planets, see  http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/downloads.htm   PIGWAD also hosts an FTP site that stores some of the mars data used with the GIS Web Server. This site is located at ftp://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/mars/usgs/topo  This includes: MDIM 1.0 Color mosaic of Viliing images 16 Pixels/Degree 64 Pixels/Degree Viking DEM For historical purpose only. See MOLA data for current topographic information. 16 Pixels/Degree 64 Pixels/Degree Mars Landing Site Data DEMS created from MOC NA images. The DEMS were created to support landing site studies MOLA 1:25M maps The images and contour lines are available through FTP PDF of maps are also available Contour Map MOLA Map The USGS produced mars DEM data using analytical plotters. The datum for this data is not consistent with MOLA. Olympus Mons Ophir Chasma Tithonium  Chasma
	As part of an ongoing project USGS is mapping areas of mars at 1:500,000 . There are currenntlly 11 quads in production. Click here for data NOTE: The web page with links to the data will open in a new window.
	Two DEMS are available from NASM CEPS at http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/research/cook/topomars.html

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