Miranda Voyager Image Control Network
- Originators
- USGS Astrogeology Science Center
- Publisher
- USGS Astrogeology Science Center
- Abstract
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This page has been created as part of a project to put planetary control networks on the web. This control network for Uranusâs moon, Miranda, originated from Merton Davies and Tim Colvin and Frank Katayama at the RAND Corporation, and Peter Thomas from Cornell University, and was provided to the USGS in 2000. The control network solution was originally performed with software developed at RAND, and documented by Colvin (1992). Each control network is essentially a set of photogrammetric solution (input and output) files. The input files consist of, aside from a priori information, measurements of common points (control points, sometimes called tie points) on images of a planetary body. The output files include the body coordinates of the control points in latitude, longitude, and radius, and revised orientation information (camera pointing) for the images. The primary use of such information is for the creation of image mosaics of the planetary body. However, these solutions can also provide fundamental data on the size and shape of the body, its rotation period, and the direction of its polar axis in space. The control point coordinates also usually serve as a coordinate reference frame that defines the fundamental coordinate reference system for the body in question. Formatting of this control network data for Uranusâs moon, Miranda, has yet to be updated for compatibility with the USGS ISIS2 and ISIS3 cartography software. The RAND control network available here has 118 points spanning 13 images, and is described in (Davies et al., 1979). This release is comprised of data from original RAND control network solutions from Voyager I and II images.
Image Description:
This global mosaic of Miranda utilizes the best image quality and moderate resolution coverage supplied by the Voyager I and II spacecraft. This mosaic was prepared by the RAND Corporation. The image data was selected on the basis of overall image quality, reasonable input resolution and availability of moderate viewing and sun angles for topography. - Purpose
- Created as part of a project to put planetary geodesy control networks on the web. These control network data were originally provided by Merton Davies and Tim Colvin of the RAND Corporation. Funds were provided for a conversion and archiving effort by the NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program and the NASA Cartography Program.
Contact and Distribution
- Format
- Control Network
- Access Scope
- Native Data Set Environment
- Astrogeology Theme
- Control Network
- Mission Names
- Voyager
- Online Package Link
- https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/miranda_voyager_image_control_network
- External File Size
- 2897749
- Online File Link
- http://astropedia.astrogeology.usgs.gov/download/Miranda/ControlNetworks/Miranda_data.zip
- Access Instructions
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Contained in the ZIP file are the necessary data to open the RAND solution of the Miranda control network in its original RAND solution format.
NOTE: This control network provides millimeter measurements only (pixel values are not available at this time), so conversion to ISIS3 format is currently not possible.
Miranda_data.zip Contents:
Miranda_control_images.zip â All Voyager I & II images in the Miranda control network in PDS (.imq) format.
mir_inp.dat â RAND solution âpoles, points, and positionsâ a priori input file.
mir_mea.dat â RAND solution image measurements (mm) input file.
mir_par.dat â RAND solution program operation control input file.
Documentation and Information:
Miranda_image_list.txt â Text file listing all Voyager I & II images in the Miranda control network. These images are archived at pds.nasa.gov in PDS (.imq) format.
ISIS-PG-FMT501_parXX_dat â Description of format of file mir_par.dat (in PDF format).
ISIS-PG-FMT502_outXX_dat â Description of format of file mir_inp.dat (in PDF format).
ISIS-PG-FMT503_meaXX_dat â Description of format of file mir_mea.dat (in PDF format).
- Contact Address
- 2255 N. Gemini Drive
- Contact City
- Flagstaff
- Contact State
- AZ
- Contact Postal Code
- 86001
- Contact Email
- astroweb@usgs.gov
Geospatial Information
- Target
- Miranda
- System
- Uranus
- Object Type
- Grid Cell
- Quad Name
- Horizontal Coordinate System Units
- Degrees
