Cape York - Shoemaker Ridge and the NE traverse, Starting sol 2735 Options

[Stu]

Oppy's next destination - the Shoemaker Ridge...



(3D version here http://roadtoendeavour.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/sr-3d.jpg )

Some more height...surrounded by lots of gorgeous rocks...view right across Endeavour... our first view too, probably, of the Promised Land in the centre of Cape York where the phylosillicates are waiting to be found...

Go get 'em, Oppy!

Edit: looks like Oppy's on the move...

http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...84P1211L0M1.JPG

[Bill Harris]

I wasn't able to find an "OSU" on the Web. The entity OSU is apparently a loose university consortium of photogrammetric genuises and GIS geeks and not a physical brick-and-mortar organization with a receptionist and front office. I suspect that they develop maps and charts on an as-needed contract basis.

But this is standard photogrammetric work, developing topo maps from stereo pairs. The hard part is making the grid of elevations from the aerials, but this work is done with the contours provided on the map. I'm retired but can probably call in favors on powerful gridding software-- once the elevations and map control points are entered into an autocad-like file it would be trivial to generate one's own topo maps. This can be a lot of work, but do-able as a hobby and I may try it for grins and giggles some day.

Thanks to Matt for sharing this with us, and I surely wish we had a similar topo map of the adjacent area to the NE...

--Bill