ISPRS 1999 MOLA: The Future of Mars Global Cartography

The MGS Orbiter is carrying the high-precision Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) which, when combined with precision reconstructed orbital data and telemetered attitude data, provides a tie between inertial space and Mars-fixed coordinates to an accuracy of 100 m in latitude / longitude and 10 m in radius (1 sigma), orders of magnitude more accurate than previous global geodetic/ cartographic control data. Over the 2 year MGS mission lifetime, it is expected that over 30,000 MOLA Global Cartographic Control Points will be produced to form the basis for new and re-derived map and geodetic products, key to the analysis of existing and evolving MGS data as well as future Mars exploration.

Mimetype

application/pdf

Filename

6040.pdf

Publisher

ISPRS

Originator

T. C. Duxbury, D. E. Smith, Maria T. Zuber, H. V. Frey, J. B. Garvin, J. W. Head, D. O. Muhleman, G. H. Pattengrill, R. J. Phillips, S. C. Solomon, H. J. Zwally, W. B. Banerdt

Group

Astrogeology

Added to Astropedia

16 May 2012

Modified

9 July 2013

General

Geospatial Data Presentation Form

Document

Keywords

System

Mars

Target

Mars

Theme

Cartography

Mission

Mars Global Surveyor

Instrument

MOLA

Geospatial Information

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