Update to sol 1329, with Phil's map of the drilling campaign at Lubango.
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1329_2016MAY09.kmz ( 402.76K ) Number of downloads: 485

Update to Sol 1317, before she runs ... er, rolls off again
Fernando

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1317_2016APR25.kmz ( 402.94K ) Number of downloads: 501

Excellent 3D map! The twists and turns now make sense to me. Curiosity trully has "outwordly" class drivers!
Update to sol 1310 plus provisional to sol 1311 (I think Curiosity's track can be seen very close to the edge).
Fernando

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1311_2016APR17.kmz ( 402.56K ) Number of downloads: 368

Hindsight is good enough for "The Martian Way"
Update to sol 1301.
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1301_2016APR05.kmz ( 402.19K ) Number of downloads: 341

Steve, while Phil looks at his tarot cards (any chance you could share?) you may want to take a look at Post #742, but take it with some salt...
Just compare the notional path with the actual one.
Fernando

I haven't been to Flagstaff in more than 20 years! Time flies (sigh).
Here is an update to sol 1294 plus provisional to sol 1296.
Fernando

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1296_2016MAR30.kmz ( 401.25K ) Number of downloads: 387

This update adds the data from PDS Release 11, which covers the path up to sol 1167 and Analyst's Notebook entries up to sol 1159. The number of data points for the path grew again, it is now over 14100.
Thanks to Lauren Edgar for her information on the total distance travelled (Astrogeology News for sol 1285). This enabled a more precise location of the 12km mark, which cascaded to the 11 km mark. I reviewed all the other km marks, but still have to do the same for the mile marks.
Finally, I also added a provisional update to sol 1289.
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1289_2016MAR23.kmz ( 400.59K ) Number of downloads: 337

Here is an initial result from PDS Release 11 data: the full path and its GE elevation profile for sols 0 through 1167, with all the caveats about resolution, etc.
The intention is to convey a sense of the path's topography and underline the fact that MSL is really climbing now.
Fernando

Update to sol 1284. The PDS Release 11 data will be included in a future update.
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1284_2016MAR17.kmz ( 389.58K ) Number of downloads: 449

Release 11 of MSL data, covering sols 0-1159, has just been made available in the PDS.
The Analyst's Notebook has been similarly updated.
Here is the Historical overview in PDF format:  MSL_Curiosity__Historical_Overview.pdf.pdf ( 703.11K ) Number of downloads: 523


Fernando

Notification text:

The NASA Planetary Data System announces the eleventh release of data from
the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, covering data acquired from
Sol 1063 through Sol 1159 (August 2 to November 10, 2015).

This release consists of raw and derived data sets from the following
instruments:
Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS)
Chemistry & Micro-Imaging (ChemCam)
Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin)
Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN)
Hazard Avoidance Cameras (Hazcam)
Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI)
Mars Descent Imager (MARDI)
Mast-mounted Cameras (Mastcam)
Navigation Cameras (Navcam)
Position Localization and Attitude Correction Estimate Storage (PLACES)
Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD)
Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS)
Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM)
Spacecraft, Planet, Instrument, Pointing C-Matrix, and Event kernels (SPICE)

To access the above data for this release:
http://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_ser...-20160316.shtml

Links to all MSL data sets may be found on the PDS Geosciences Node web
site http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/msl/. The data may also
be reached from the main PDS home page, http://pds.nasa.gov/. MSL data
are archived at the PDS Atmospheres, Planetary Plasma Interactions
(PPI), Geosciences, Imaging, and Navigation and Ancillary Information
Facility (NAIF) Nodes.

PDS offers two services for searching the MSL archives:
The Planetary Image Atlas at the Imaging Node allows selection of MSL
image data by specific search criteria.
http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/search.

The MSL Analyst's Notebook at the Geosciences Node allows searching and
downloading of all MSL data in the context of mission events.
http://an.rsl.wustl.edu/msl.

The PDS Team

Mailto: pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov
Phone: (818) 393-7165

Phil, I feel the same... I've just spent over 3 hours correcting the path to sol 1269 and adding the path for sol 1274, using the images available from "Where is Curiosity". I believe the mobility data may be corrected from one PDS release to the next, and images are used to do it. Apparently the same does not happen with the data source(s) that Joe Knapp and Google use (I wonder which ones they are) because they have been persistently giving an offset path for a long time now.
Here is the update to sol 1274.
Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1274_2016MAR08.kmz ( 388.88K ) Number of downloads: 292

Update to sol 1267. Corrected the path for sol 1262.

I also changed the information pop-up for the sols, but this change can easily be reverted. Thumbnails of the images are now shown. Sol 1244 is a good example. However, this requires loading the images and it takes longer for the pop-up to complete. Thus, I am not really sure whether this is a real enhancement people would like to have. Your opinions are welcome, here or via private message. Thanks.

Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1267_2016MAR02.kmz ( 388.29K ) Number of downloads: 268

Update to sol 1260 plus provisional to sol 1264.

Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1264_2016FEB27.kmz ( 387.32K ) Number of downloads: 287

Thanks Sean. Now I can pinpoint the location, I think, and add the path till sol 1264.

@Justin: really, really great work. And in color!

Fernando

Good job Paul.
It is fun isn't it? Glad to know these plots have some use.
Fernando

Update to sol 1250. Edit:with links to Phil's activity maps at Gobabeb.
Also corrected the path for sol 1187.
Contrast with the notional path around the dunes recently added to the "Planned Paths" KMZ.
Fernando
Edit 2: USGS tells us that somewhere on sol's 1248 drive Curiosity has passed the 12 km mark. I will move the flag once I know where to
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1250_2016FEB12.kmz ( 386.3K ) Number of downloads: 304

The paper mentioned by Phil on this post on another thread includes an image with Curiosity's path since about sol 1167 to the present, and beyond for about another 1.6 km (1 mile). This prompted me to update the "Planned Routes" document I first introduced a while ago in this post. Please note that Google Earth allows opening and visualizing many KML/KMZ files at the same time.
Fernando

 MSL_Planned_Routes_2016FEB08.kmz ( 173.7K ) Number of downloads: 547

This update to sol 1221 includes:
- Path data from PDS Release 10 - sols 0 to 1067
- Analyst's Notebook links - sols 1 to 1062
Sorry I couldn't do it earlier.

Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1221_2016JAN27.kmz ( 385.02K ) Number of downloads: 303

Happy New Year!

Life is getting back to normal, but still no chance to include the new PDS data.
Update to sol 1215 and provisional to sol 1216.
Edit: plus a flag for the New Year location and another for 12 km.

Fernando
 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1216_2016JAN11.kmz ( 372.44K ) Number of downloads: 360

Update to sol 1187 plus provisional update to sol 1196.
I'm afraid that updating the kmz with the latest PDS data will have to wait until next year.
I might be able to post again in the next few days, otherwise Seasons Greatings and "see" you next year!

Fernando

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1196_2015DEC19.kmz ( 371.52K ) Number of downloads: 438

Here is a crop from MSL Traverse Map for Sol 1183. The ground seems to be sloping up, as the contour lines show a difference of at least 6m. Whether or not those are applicable to the High Dune itself I do not know. I have not seen similar data covering the Namib dune.

Fernando

New release of MSL data (10th) in PDS. The Astronomical Notebook also has data up to sol 1062.
Notification text:

The NASA Planetary Data System announces the tenth release of data from
the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, covering data acquired from
Sol 939 through Sol 1062 (March 28, 2015, through August 2, 2015).

This release consists of raw and derived data sets from the following
instruments:
Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS)
Chemistry & Micro-Imaging (ChemCam)
Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin)
Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN)
Hazard Avoidance Cameras (Hazcam)
*Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI)
Mars Descent Imager (MARDI)
Mast-mounted Cameras (Mastcam)
Navigation Cameras (Navcam)
Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD)
Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS)
Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM)
Spacecraft, Planet, Instrument, Pointing C-Matrix, and Event kernels (SPICE)

*This release of MAHLI data includes a technical paper documenting the MAHLI
characterization and calibration status from August 2008 to February 2015.

To access the above data for this release:
http://pds.nasa.gov/tools/subscription_ser...-20151205.shtml

Links to all MSL data sets may be found on the PDS Geosciences Node web
site http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/msl/. The data may also
be reached from the main PDS home page, http://pds.nasa.gov/. MSL data
are archived at the PDS Atmospheres, Planetary Plasma Interactions
(PPI), Geosciences, Imaging, and Navigation and Ancillary Information
Facility (NAIF) Nodes.

PDS offers two services for searching the MSL archives:
The Planetary Image Atlas at the Imaging Node allows selection of MSL
image data by specific search criteria.
http://pds-imaging.jpl.nasa.gov/search.

The MSL Analyst's Notebook at the Geosciences Node allows searching and
downloading of all MSL data in the context of mission events.
http://an.rsl.wustl.edu/msl.

The PDS Team

Mailto: pds_operator@jpl.nasa.gov
Phone: (818) 393-7165

I had a very busy week and it seems it will stay that way until next year.
Update to sol 1181 with provisional update to sol 1183.
Fernando

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1183_2015DEC04.kmz ( 369.03K ) Number of downloads: 303

Phil,

I have taken the location of "Dune 1" from the NASA/JPL news release at this link.
However, that page is linked to from this page where the distance from the location on 16 November (sol 1165) to the next dune is quoted as 200m. This seems to imply that "Dune 1" is actually to the SSW of the rover, as the distance from the location on sol 1165 to the dune to its SSE is about 100m.

But the latter mentioned page also links to this page which shows the dune SSW of sol's 1162 location and names it "Dune 2", which is why I used it.

Perhaps a future Astrogeology News entry will clarify this matter.

Fernando

Update to sol 1172. I've changed the file's name to reflect the project's title.
Fernando

 The_Martian_Way_MSL_Curiosity_Sol_1172_2015NOV23.kmz ( 368.46K ) Number of downloads: 457