The original map document was created in 1992 as a Mercator projection and is based on older Viking images. It was scanned and georeferenced into ArcGIS in two parts that are located in…
RAND/USGS Planetary Geodesy (RUPG) Software ISIS QMATCH Program Measurement Input and Output File
The overall problem we’re solving is that we want to be able to set up the relationships between the coordinates of arbitrary physical points in space (e.g. ground points) and their coordinates on…
Stuart has suggested that I draft some suggestions for the format and names to be used for parameters in the randlsq.F program. I previously implemented the limited naming of parameters in this…
The Mars Volatiles and Climate Surveyor (MVACS) instrument payload on the Mars Polar Lander includes two imagers designed and constructed at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of…
We re-examine a previously unpublished digital elevation model (DEM) of a ~105,000km2 area (figure 1) of Tithonium and Ius Chasma area, produced by the EXODUS (Extraterrestrial Orbital DEMs for…
We are producing a webbased, user-friendly interface built on a powerful Geographic Information System (GIS), that will integrate statistical and spatial relational tools for analyses of planetary…
Super resolution of the horizon at both Viking landing sites has revealed “new” features we use for triangulation, similar to the approach used during the Mars Pathfinder Mission. We propose…
On 4 July 1997, the Pathfinder spacecraft landed on Mars near the mouth of the outflow channel Ares Vallis, located in the southern part of Chryse Planitia. Between July 4 and September 27, 1997, the…
We present a new global map of Mars based on images taken by the Viking Orbiters. Precise image position information and camera pointing data, needed to produce this map, were derived from a recent…
We re-analyzed the Viking Mars control point network, an effort, which resulted in accurate pointing data for a list of 1138 Viking Orbiter images. From these images, which have resolutions between…
In this abstract we preview the acquisition of stereo image data and resultant cartographic products and rover localization studies associated with the Athena Precursor Experiment (APEX) on the 2001…
More than ever before the planet Mars is subject to exploration and mapping activities. Since 1992 the Technical University of Berlin was involved in the software development for photogrammetric and…
There are many similarities between the Mars Surveyor '01 (MS '01) landing site selection process and that of Mars Pathfinder. The selection process includes two parallel activities in which…
