ISPRS 2001 Improved 3D Mars Control Net from a Combined Adjustment of Viking Images and Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Data

The current global spatial control net of Mars provides the geodetic basis for an orthoimage map composed of image data sets obtained from VIKING missions from 1976 to 1980. This map is not consistent with data returned from the Mars Observer Laser Altimeter (MOLA) onboard the spacecraft Mars Global Surveyor (MGS). In order to adjust the VIKING orthoimage map to MOLA, a new photogrammetric analysis of the global control net including MOLA data has been initiated. Altogether, coordinates of more than 3700 Martian surface points and outer orientation parameters of more than 1140 images are to be determined in the adjustment process. The methods applied are presented in this report.

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application/pdf

Filename

isprs_etm_OCT01_heller_mars_control_net.pdf

Publisher

ISPRS

Author

PPC9500

Originator

J. Heller, M. Wählisch, W. Zeitler, F. Scholten

Group

Astrogeology

Added to Astropedia

15 May 2012

Modified

9 July 2013

General

Geospatial Data Presentation Form

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Keywords

System

Mars

Target

Mars

Mission

Mars Global Surveyor, Viking Orbiter

Instrument

MOLA

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