Curiosity did move on sol 3592: first laterally, then forward, and then back again, aaand stopped... roughly 12cm away from the original position. The cause is described in the Mission Updates post.



Fernando
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The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

At last! I saw new information today for sols 3583-3585, 3589-3591, and 3592-3593.
Curiosity did not move but was very active. A problem with the arm was detected and corrected, and so the plan is to have a short (~7m) drive tosol (3593).
A few target names were listed, which I'll add to the next update. Fingers crossed.
Fernando

Update to sol 3580.

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3580_2022SEP03.kmz ( 1.4MB ) Number of downloads: 125

Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

With a 14m drive on sol 3580, Curiosity finished sol 3579's drive which had been halted when a wheel tryed to climb a rock larger than predicted.
Looking for a new drilling place?



Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

A short drive of about 6m on sol 3579.



Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Thank you Ron and Phil, but please let's thank Jan first. He did all the heavylifting!
Fernando

I took the liberty of adding to jvandriel's image from post #413 above, which beatifully captures the Marker Band valley (something Google Mars can't really do) the butte's names and cardinal points.



Fernando

After a drive of about 11m on sol 3576, Curiosity is almost at the center of the "Marker Band Valley" - my thanks to Paul for pointing out the name in Dr. Abigail Fraeman's tweet - and 11m west of a new quadrangle.




Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Update to sol 3574.

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3574_2022AUG28.kmz ( 1.44MB ) Number of downloads: 83


Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Curiosity drove about 35m on sol 3574.



Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Curiosity drove almost 11m on sol 3572. Many new target names added, taken from the Mission Updates for sols 3568-3570, 3571, and 3572.



Fernando
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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OJH...BbQ?usp=sharing
Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

According to Mission Updates for sol 3572 the more immediate focus is in the white area just right of centre in Jan's excellent (as always) panorama.

Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Curiosity drove about 20m on sol 3571. No new names.



Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

With a drive of sightly over 25m, Curiosity has successfully crossed the Paraitepuy Pass.



Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Update to sol 3567.

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3567_2022AUG21.kmz ( 1.44MB ) Number of downloads: 132


Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Mission Updates tells us how, on sol 3565, Curiosity could not cross the ripple and had to bypass it instead with a drive of ~10.5m on sol 3567. I corrected the location of "António" and added the most recent targets.



Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

A short move (~3.5 m) on sol 3565.



Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Curiosity drove about 29m on sol 3564. Still very close to the base of "Bolívar", Curiosity is almost at the other end of the Paraitepuy pass and the new view is of a large (400m x 250m) area between buttes, some of which were just named.



Fernando
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The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Thank you very much Floyd. It is quite rewarding to know my contribution is helpful, and I'm indebted to several members for their encouragement and suggestions.
Those led to new capabilities being implemented and, over the years, I've built a not-so-basic instrument. The insistence of several members to document it encouraged me to create a User Guide in which I attempt to describe all of "The Martian Way" capabilities.
I'm bringing this up here because new visitors to the forum might have missed the post where I first released it, but there is no need to go search for it: the Guide can be found at the link below. Kind regards

Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Per Floyd's suggestion, here is a map showing [part of] several notional routes I am aware of:

• All routes progress, in general, towards the south
• The most recent route, in light blue, is, in fact, a detour caused by the difficulty in crossing the Greenheugh Pediment, in order to try again the visit to the Gedis Vallis Ridge
• The red and deep blue are some of the previous routes, from 2019 and 2021, respectively, which Curiosity would have gone through in a direction opposite to that of the light blue route
• And, in white, the most ancient (2011) notional route, which promises to take Curiosity as far as is possible (traverse wise)

Note that both the white and the deep blue routes are much longer than shown. Lots of exploration and fun guaranteed!



Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Curiosity drove again on sol 3563, about 15m, still keeping very close to "Bolívar".



Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

Update to sol 3560.

This update includes data from PDS Release 30:
- Route localization data for sols 0-3424 (the full path has been reviewed and updated)
- Analyst's Notebook data for sols 1-3423

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_3560_2022AUG14.kmz ( 1.44MB ) Number of downloads: 85


Fernando
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

A 13m drive on sol 3560 and this time Curiosity could not avoid crossing a drift.
The road ahead does not look easy, as it full of small angular rocks.



Fernando
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The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OJH...BbQ?usp=sharing
Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

With every new sol I get Curiosity's localisation data (in GeoJSON format) from the "Where is Curiosity" page and use it to trace Curiosity's path.
Then, every time a new MSL data release is issued by the PDS, I extract the relevant localization data and replace the GeoJSON data.
This improves the path's representation accuracy, and I thought perhaps members might be interested in the comparison.

Here is, in green, data from PDS MSL Release 30; and in red the GeoJSON data.



And a close-up.



Still, GeoJSON data is quite good and it is great to have it. It is certainly good enough for a web page!


Fernando
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The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:
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Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.

A 12+ m drive on sol 3558 and Curiosity is at Paraitepuy's narrowest point.
Per the notional route, the coming sols should see it cross to the other side and start a large curve to the south-west.



Fernando
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The Martian Way files can also be downloaded from:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OJH...BbQ?usp=sharing
Included are "The Martian Way" KMZ file, User's Guide, and MSL Orbital map of Gale crater.