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Mars Year 24-28 MOC WA Red and Blue 2023 thumbnail

Mars Year 24-28 MOC WA Red and Blue 2023

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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft contained the Mars Orbiter Camera, which had a wide-angle (MOC-WA) system sensitive to narrow, 50 nm-wide ranges of purple ('blue') and orange ('red') light. …

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Mars Crater Catalog v1 Salamunićcar

application/zip 55 MBJan 01 2012

Product Information: Initially, a catalogue of 17,582 Martian craters has been developed for objective evaluation of crater detection algorithms (CDAs; Salamuniccar and Loncaric, 2008a). After…

ISPRS 2003 Mass Production of DEMs from MOC Stereo Pairs thumbnail

ISPRS 2003 Mass Production of DEMs from MOC Stereo Pairs

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In its extended mission, the MGS spacecraft has been operated in so-called "R16" mode, in which a 16-degree pitch is introduced to minimize fuel usage by reducing torque on the spacecraft. This…

ISPRS 2003 DEM Generation from MGS NA Stereo Images thumbnail

ISPRS 2003 DEM Generation from MGS NA Stereo Images

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One of the primary tasks of the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) mission is to produce precision mapping products over the Mars surface [Albee et al, 2001]. Properties and capabilities of MOC NA (Mars…

ISPRS 2002 An Orthoimage Map using data obtained from the Mars Orbiter Camera of Mars Global Surveyor thumbnail

ISPRS 2002 An Orthoimage Map using data obtained from the Mars Orbiter Camera of Mars Global Surveyor

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A basic requirement for the planning of future Mars missions are precise and high resolution maps, especially, of the landing site area. We present a new digital orthoimage map of Mars using data…

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ISPRS 2001 Planetary Cartography as MSSS

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Though the primary focus at Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) is on building and operating instruments through the archiving of raw data, we have also pursued research interests in planetary…

ISPRS 2001 High Resolution Digital Elevation Models of Mars from MOC Narrow Angle Stereoimages thumbnail

ISPRS 2001 High Resolution Digital Elevation Models of Mars from MOC Narrow Angle Stereoimages

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In this abstract we report on our initial experiences performing stereotopographic mapping of Mars with high-resolution images from the Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera Narrow-Angle subsystem…

ISPRS 2001 An Orthoimage Map using data obtained from the Mars Orbiter Camera of Mars Global Surveyor thumbnail

ISPRS 2001 An Orthoimage Map using data obtained from the Mars Orbiter Camera of Mars Global Surveyor

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A basic requirement for the planning of future, perhaps even manned Mars missions are precise and high resolution maps of our neighbour planet and, especially, of the landing area. Here we present a…

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…

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ISPRS 2003 Mapping Mars with Landmark Templates

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Viking Orbiter, MOC and MOLA data are being used to construct three dimensional landmark templates on Mars which can be aligned with a variety of data types for navigation on future missions and…

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GIS Tools

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/facilities/mrctr/gis-tools

Tools for ArcMap 10.x …

Mars Dunes

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/geology/mars-dunes

Sand dunes are among the most widespread aeolian features present on Mars, serving as unique indicators of the interaction between the atmosphere and surface. On a planetary body, dunes accumulate…

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Mars Science Laboratory - Landing Site Selection

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/maps/mars-science-laboratory-landing-site-selection

Image Information and Instructions The ISIS cube file can be loaded into JMars as a custom map. You can download JMars at the following site: http://jmars.asu.eduFor instructions on how to load a…

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ISPRS 2001 An Orthoimage Map using data obtained from the Mars Orbiter Camera of Mars Global Surveyor thumbnail

ISPRS 2001 An Orthoimage Map using data obtained from the Mars Orbiter Camera of Mars Global Surveyor

application/pdf 42 kB

A basic requirement for the planning of future, perhaps even manned Mars missions are precise and high resolution maps of our neighbour planet and, especially, of the landing area. Here we present a…

ISPRS 2001 High Resolution Digital Elevation Models of Mars from MOC Narrow Angle Stereoimages thumbnail

ISPRS 2001 High Resolution Digital Elevation Models of Mars from MOC Narrow Angle Stereoimages

application/pdf 296 kB

In this abstract we report on our initial experiences performing stereotopographic mapping of Mars with high-resolution images from the Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera Narrow-Angle subsystem…

ISPRS 2001 Planetary Cartography as MSSS thumbnail

ISPRS 2001 Planetary Cartography as MSSS

application/pdf 3 MB

Though the primary focus at Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) is on building and operating instruments through the archiving of raw data, we have also pursued research interests in planetary…

ISPRS 2002 An Orthoimage Map using data obtained from the Mars Orbiter Camera of Mars Global Surveyor thumbnail

ISPRS 2002 An Orthoimage Map using data obtained from the Mars Orbiter Camera of Mars Global Surveyor

application/pdf 1,019 kB

A basic requirement for the planning of future Mars missions are precise and high resolution maps, especially, of the landing site area. We present a new digital orthoimage map of Mars using data…

ISPRS 2002 Photogrammetric Registration of MOC Imagery to MOLA Profile thumbnail

ISPRS 2002 Photogrammetric Registration of MOC Imagery to MOLA Profile

application/pdf 292 kB

The current Mars Global Survey (MGS) mission has been collecting high resolution digital images (MOC) and laser ranges (MOLA). The processing MOLA range data results in a global digital elevation…

ISPRS 2002 High-Resolution Topomapping of Mars Orbiter Camera Narrow-Angle Images thumbnail

ISPRS 2002 High-Resolution Topomapping of Mars Orbiter Camera Narrow-Angle Images

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We describe our initial experiences producing controlled digital elevation models (DEMs) of Mars with horizontal resolutions of ≤10 m and vertical precisions of ≤2 m. Such models are of intense…

ISPRS 2003 Registration and its Uncertainty of MOLA Profiles with MOC Stereo Images thumbnail

ISPRS 2003 Registration and its Uncertainty of MOLA Profiles with MOC Stereo Images

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The high resolution instruments on board the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) provide the necessary data to survey the Martian topographic surface in the finest detail so far [Albee, et al, 2002]. However,…

ISPRS 2003 DEM Generation from MGS NA Stereo Images thumbnail

ISPRS 2003 DEM Generation from MGS NA Stereo Images

application/pdf 74 kB

One of the primary tasks of the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) mission is to produce precision mapping products over the Mars surface [Albee et al, 2001]. Properties and capabilities of MOC NA (Mars…

ISPRS 2003 Mapping Mars with Landmark Templates thumbnail

ISPRS 2003 Mapping Mars with Landmark Templates

application/pdf 557 kB

Viking Orbiter, MOC and MOLA data are being used to construct three dimensional landmark templates on Mars which can be aligned with a variety of data types for navigation on future missions and…

ISPRS 2003 Mass Production of DEMs from MOC Stereo Pairs thumbnail

ISPRS 2003 Mass Production of DEMs from MOC Stereo Pairs

application/pdf 174 kB

In its extended mission, the MGS spacecraft has been operated in so-called "R16" mode, in which a 16-degree pitch is introduced to minimize fuel usage by reducing torque on the spacecraft. This…