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ISPRS 2004 Combined Bundle Adjustment of MOC Stereo Images and MOLA Altimetry Data for Precise Mars Topographic Mapping thumbnail

ISPRS 2004 Combined Bundle Adjustment of MOC Stereo Images and MOLA Altimetry Data for Precise Mars Topographic Mapping

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Launched in 1996, Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) carries two types of mapping equipments: Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) and Mar Orbiter Camera (MOC). MOLA collects accurate laser altimetry data…

ISPRS 2004 Topographic Mapping of Mars from Hectometer to Micrometer Scales thumbnail

ISPRS 2004 Topographic Mapping of Mars from Hectometer to Micrometer Scales

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We describe USGS topomapping of Mars at resolutions from 100 m to 30 µm with data from the latest spacecraft missions. Analysis of NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS)…

ISPRS 2004 Mars Digital Image Model (MDIM 2.1) Control Network thumbnail

ISPRS 2004 Mars Digital Image Model (MDIM 2.1) Control Network

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Positional control for MDIM 2.1 comes from a new geodetic/photogrammetric solution of the global Mars Mariner 9 and Viking image control network. The details of this network solution are described…

ISPRS 2004 The Mapping Performance of the HRSC / SRC in Mars Orbit thumbnail

ISPRS 2004 The Mapping Performance of the HRSC / SRC in Mars Orbit

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The images obtained by the HRSC (High Resolution Stereo Camera) on Mars Express show excellent potential for topographic mapping of the planet. The derived stereo models agree with topographic data…

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 Combining Mars Data in GRASS GIS for Geologic Mapping thumbnail

ISPRS 2004 Combining Mars Data in GRASS GIS for Geologic Mapping

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Geo Information Systems (GIS) are standard tools in the Earth sciences whenever different geographic data sets must be combined. GIS became increasingly popular in the field of planetary research as…

ISPRS 2004 De- and Re-Shading of Mars Express HRSC Image Data for Homogenization of Map Relief Shading thumbnail

ISPRS 2004 De- and Re-Shading of Mars Express HRSC Image Data for Homogenization of Map Relief Shading

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Within the Photogrammetry and Cartography Group (PCG) of the Mars Express HRSC (High Resolution Stereo Scanner Camera) Co-Investigator Science Team, the main task of which is the development and…

ISPRS 2004 Multi-Image Shape from Shading, Derivation of Planetary Digital Terrain Models Using Clementine Images thumbnail

ISPRS 2004 Multi-Image Shape from Shading, Derivation of Planetary Digital Terrain Models Using Clementine Images

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In many cases, the derivation of high-resolution digital terrain models (DTMs) from planetary surfaces using only conventional digital image matching is a problem. The matching methods need at least…

ISPRS 2003 Mars Digital Image Model (MDIM) 2.1 Control Network thumbnail

ISPRS 2003 Mars Digital Image Model (MDIM) 2.1 Control Network

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USGS is currently preparing a new version of its global Mars digital image mosaic, which will be known as MDIM 2.1. As part of this process we are completing a new photogrammetric solution of the…

ISPRS 2003 Utilizing GIS in Martian Impact Crater Studies thumbnail

ISPRS 2003 Utilizing GIS in Martian Impact Crater Studies

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The Mars Crater Morphology Consortium was formed in 1997 to facilitate exchange of martian impact crater data among researchers through standardizing nomenclature, integrating crater databases into…

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ISPRS 1999 SSI / RAC: Imagers for Mars Polar Lander thumbnail

ISPRS 1999 SSI / RAC: Imagers for Mars Polar Lander

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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…

ISPRS 1999 The UCL IUS-Tithonium Chasma Digital Elevation Model thumbnail

ISPRS 1999 The UCL IUS-Tithonium Chasma Digital Elevation Model

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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…

ISPRS 1999 PIGWAD - Planetary Interactive GIS on the Web Analyzable Database thumbnail

ISPRS 1999 PIGWAD - Planetary Interactive GIS on the Web Analyzable Database

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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…

ISPRS 1999 Location and Geologic Settings for the three U. S. Mars Landers thumbnail

ISPRS 1999 Location and Geologic Settings for the three U. S. Mars Landers

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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…

ISPRS 1999 An Image Map of the Mars Pathfinder Landing Site thumbnail

ISPRS 1999 An Image Map of the Mars Pathfinder Landing Site

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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…

ISPRS 1999 A New Viking-Based Precise Global Map of Mars thumbnail

ISPRS 1999 A New Viking-Based Precise Global Map of Mars

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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…

ISPRS 1999 Geometrically Precise Maps and their Applications thumbnail

ISPRS 1999 Geometrically Precise Maps and their Applications

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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…

ISPRS 1999 FIDO / APEX / Athena-Based Plans for Cartographic Products and Rover Localization Analyses thumbnail

ISPRS 1999 FIDO / APEX / Athena-Based Plans for Cartographic Products and Rover Localization Analyses

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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…

ISPRS 1999 Global Mapping and Individual Map Sheets - The Topographic Image Map Series Mars 1:200 000 thumbnail

ISPRS 1999 Global Mapping and Individual Map Sheets - The Topographic Image Map Series Mars 1:200 000

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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…

ISPRS 1999 Constraints, Approach, and Status of Mars Surveyor '01 Landing Site Selection thumbnail

ISPRS 1999 Constraints, Approach, and Status of Mars Surveyor '01 Landing Site Selection

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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…