Last stops around Victoria, before the Long Trek |
Last stops around Victoria, before the Long Trek |
Sep 30 2008, 02:17 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10153 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
New maps at JPL, including some new placenames on Victoria's rim:
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/traverse_maps.html Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Sep 30 2008, 04:43 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Got some words from SS, on the stops Paolo made reference to, the reason and how much time will Oppy take there?:
"The objective there will be the same as the objective was at our many stops along the northern rim... to image stratigraphy on the opposing cliff faces. It's hard to predict exactly how long they'll take, but we'll try to get them wrapped up as quickly as possible." And what about aditional stopovers? Will there be any or are we clear to hit the road after these two? "You never know... depends on what we find. We're exploring new territory now, and whenever we see something that merits a stop, we'll stop. But we intend to hit the road as soon and as fast as we can." "hit the road as soon and as fast as we can" I like the sound of that... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Sep 30 2008, 11:54 PM
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Oct 1 2008, 12:18 AM
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Member Group: Senior Member Posts: 136 Joined: 8-August 06 Member No.: 1022 |
New maps at JPL, including some new placenames on Victoria's rim: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/traverse_maps.html Phil Hi Phil: Now that we're under way again, and I've got a groovy new tool, I've gone back and corrected all the locations back to the lander. Based on the quality of the overhead projected Navcam pans (at a resolution of 1cm/pixel) and the resolution of the HiRISE mosaic I'm using (25cm/pixel), I can just about "guarantee" the locations are accurate to about a half meter. Next step will be registering the HiRISE mosaic to the Mars control net. -Tim. PS: For your perusal |
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Oct 1 2008, 01:37 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10153 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
That's great, Tim - both the new map and the news that the locations are fixed all the way back to the lander.
Will that full location data set end up in PDS at some point? Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Oct 1 2008, 03:37 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
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Oct 1 2008, 03:49 AM
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Member Group: Admin Posts: 976 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
Sol 1666 seems to be one more for the books: ~130m The Penultimate RHAZ is really cool.
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Oct 1 2008, 04:52 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
Well that one sure is a keeper. Sweet... ...saved to the hard drive for future reference... I looked everywhere for Paolo's teaser sol 1666 Penultimate RHAZ image. I couldn't even find the thumbnail at this time. Edited: I just remembered that we only find thumbnails of pancams at the pancam tracking database interface. -------------------- ...Tom
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Oct 1 2008, 05:37 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
I like the new traverse maps, in concept, but it seems we might still find better ones here. I don't understand why so much of the background HiRise resolution is obscured. Was something lost in translation to jpg?
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Oct 1 2008, 08:12 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
If you refer to the third map, only the middle one is in full resolution maybe fading a bit due to colorizing or less sharpening.
Super this new concept! -------------------- |
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Oct 1 2008, 10:04 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Oct 1 2008, 11:36 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Stu, did I ever told you that you're at 3D's what Eduardo is at Oppy's route map? Thanks so much, this view is very very inspiring and I guess we've gona miss it pretty soon or ??? But anyway, when one get a 22' screen, the original post is much better than a wider angle that take only half of the screen -------------------- |
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Oct 1 2008, 11:40 AM
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Sol 1666 seems to be one more for the books: ~130m The Penultimate RHAZ is really cool. Here it is, with a bit of gamma correction because the original is too dark, at least the JPEG. |
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Oct 1 2008, 11:56 AM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
The middle of a working week, a beautiful day outside,
and here I am, stranded at home, after catching a cold on a funeral... And then Stu takes me to Mars and puts me in the rim of a crater, with this breathtaking scenario and with little cobbles around for me to kick... This is what friends are for... Brilliant! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Oct 1 2008, 12:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
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