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Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2015 thumbnail

Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2015

application/pdf 711 kBOct 27 2017

This report continues the practice where the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements revises recommendations regarding those topics for the planets, satellites, minor…

Mars MC-5 Ismenius Lacus Nomenclature thumbnail

Mars MC-5 Ismenius Lacus Nomenclature

application/pdf 4 MBJul 14 2017

Planetary nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature, is used to uniquely identify a feature on the surface of a planet or satellite so that the feature can be easily located, described, and…

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Io Nomenclature

application/pdf 1 MBAug 03 2012

Planetary nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature, is used to uniquely identify a feature on the surface of a planet or satellite so that the feature can be easily located, described, and…

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Venus V-3 Meskhent Tessera Nomenclature

application/pdf 1 MBJun 07 2012

Planetary nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature, is used to uniquely identify a feature on the surface of a planet or satellite so that the feature can be easily located, described, and…

Venus Geologic Map of the Niobe Planitia Quadrangle (V-23) thumbnail

Venus Geologic Map of the Niobe Planitia Quadrangle (V-23)

application/pdf 87 MBJan 09 2009

The Niobe Planitia quadrangle (V-23) encompasses approximately 8,000,000 km2 of the Venusian equatorial region extending from lat 0 deg to 25 deg N. and from long 90 deg to 120 deg E. (approximately…

Mars Geologic Map of MTM 35337, 40337, and 45337 Quadrangles, Deuteronilus Mensae Region thumbnail

Mars Geologic Map of MTM 35337, 40337, and 45337 Quadrangles, Deuteronilus Mensae Region

application/pdf 9 MBJan 09 2009

Deuteronilus Mensae, first defined as an albedo feature at lat 35.0 deg N., long 5.0 deg E., by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and International Astronomical Union (IAU) nomenclature, is a gradational…

Venus Geologic Map of the Helen Planitia Quadrangle (V-52) thumbnail

Venus Geologic Map of the Helen Planitia Quadrangle (V-52)

application/pdf 19 MBJan 08 2008

The Magellan spacecraft orbited Venus from August 10, 1990, until it plunged into the Venusian atmosphere on October 12, 1994. Magellan Mission objectives included (1) improving the knowledge of the…

Venus Geologic Map of the Meskhent Tessera Quadrangle (V-3) thumbnail

Venus Geologic Map of the Meskhent Tessera Quadrangle (V-3)

application/pdf 45 MBJan 08 2008

The Magellan spacecraft orbited Venus from August 10, 1990, until it plunged into the Venusian atmosphere on October 12, 1994. Magellan Mission objectives included (1) improving the knowledge of the…

Mars Geologic Map of Part of Western Hellas Planitia thumbnail

Mars Geologic Map of Part of Western Hellas Planitia

application/pdf 13 MBJan 07 2007

Introduction Rock units were deposited on Mars by meteorite impact, volcanism, wind, flowing water, standing water, and ice, acting separately or in concert. Hellas Planitia, the deepest tract on…

Mars Geologic Map of MTM -30262 and -30267 Quadrangles, Hadriaca Patera Region thumbnail

Mars Geologic Map of MTM -30262 and -30267 Quadrangles, Hadriaca Patera Region

application/pdf 9 MBJan 07 2007

Introduction Mars Transverse Mercator (MTM) -30262 and -30267 quadrangles cover the summit region and east margin of Hadriaca Patera, one of the Martian volcanoes designated highland paterae. MTM…

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ISPRS 2004 Cartography of the Saturnian Satellites thumbnail

ISPRS 2004 Cartography of the Saturnian Satellites

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We have re-measured control points and re-computed a control point network for Saturn’s satellite Dione. Our network is based on 16 images (obtained by the narrow-angle cameras of Voyager I and…

ISPRS 2004 Geomorphometric Mapping of Grand Canyon from the 1-Degree USGS DEMs thumbnail

ISPRS 2004 Geomorphometric Mapping of Grand Canyon from the 1-Degree USGS DEMs

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In a previous research effort a terrain partition framework was defined allowing the partition of the landscape of Valles Marineris chasma (an elongated steep-sided depression located in Mars) to…

ISPRS 2004 Some Aspects of Multilingual Planetary Map Producing for Non-Professional Audience: Visualization and Nomenclature thumbnail

ISPRS 2004 Some Aspects of Multilingual Planetary Map Producing for Non-Professional Audience: Visualization and Nomenclature

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In general, maps should answer a very simple question of its reader: "what's there" and „where is something”? For planetary maps, the answer is more difficult, because (1) in some cases even map…