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djellison
post Dec 14 2004, 11:15 PM
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Right - I'm actually going to go ahead and try and get this thing made. I'm starting to make proper panoramas - a collection of probably a dozen for each rover - which will be submitted to the publishers as a portfolio and proof of concept.

However - for the best chance of being published - I need to know what people want - so.....ermm..whadda you want smile.gif

I'm not going to do any 3d images. red-blue glasses just are NOT coffee table material - and as these rovers dont have Green+Blue in the right eye - it's not easy to make colour anaglyphs

But - I am going to do several mosaics - and a few individual images - but 99% pancam. Do you think I should use Navcam as well? What about Hazcam? What sort of text descriptor would you like for each image - perhaps a diary type format - or collate all the text at the back as a sol-by-sol account.

Do you want MOC images showing routes and image location and direction? etc.etc.etc.

Any and all ideas much appreciated - as they give me more idea of what will be acceptable when I come to present to a Publisher. I will initially be approaching Random House - whos inprint Jonathan Cape published 'Full Moon' here in the UK. If I have no luck there - I'll go to National Geogrpahic - who published a similar book called 'Orbit'.

I'll keep you all posted smile.gif

Doug
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post Dec 31 2005, 01:11 PM
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Superb idea & initiative Doug ... smile.gif
Where are You for the moment with this ?
As Bill proposed, a short introduction about mapping & imaging the planet Mars would be great!
I would be glad to help You out with the texts for this as I already wrote some articles on mapping the planet Mars and its moons Phobos & Deimos wink.gif
Just send me a message smile.gif
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- djellison   Coffee Table Book   Dec 14 2004, 11:15 PM
- - tedstryk   Is your book going to be only MER, or Mars from th...   Dec 14 2004, 11:50 PM
- - djellison   MER onlyy - it's the first mission with t e a...   Dec 15 2004, 12:09 AM
- - M_Welander   There are some spectacular views that - as far as ...   Dec 15 2004, 12:35 AM
- - tedstryk   That is true, although the pathfinder set does hav...   Dec 15 2004, 01:01 AM
- - Sunspot   Images and panoramic mosaics providing the narrati...   Dec 15 2004, 01:45 AM
- - tedstryk   I would certainly agree with the Navcam mix. If t...   Dec 15 2004, 02:08 AM
- - djellison   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Dec 15 2004, 02:08 AM)I wou...   Dec 15 2004, 08:06 AM
- - Rxke   Wish list: -Stuff with whispy clouds, heehee...   Dec 16 2004, 01:00 PM
- - MizarKey   Wish list: A page showing perhaps 9 or 16 images ...   Dec 16 2004, 07:06 PM
|- - paxdan   Doug I am looking forward to a full moon style bo...   Apr 22 2005, 05:50 PM
- - Bill Harris   Good idea, Doug. The coffee table book should be ...   May 4 2005, 12:54 PM
- - Astrophil   Since _Beyond_ has been mentioned, my edn (which I...   May 4 2005, 04:43 PM
- - lyford   I still think you should make it trapezoidal in sh...   May 4 2005, 07:07 PM
- - PhilCo126   Superb idea & initiative Doug ... Where are ...   Dec 31 2005, 01:11 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   The joys of .PDF files and on-line publishers like...   Dec 31 2005, 01:26 PM
||- - DDAVIS   [quote=Bob Shaw,Dec 31 2005, 01:26 PM] The joys of...   Jan 1 2006, 11:20 PM
|- - ustrax   Doug, have you read this?: http://www.floridatod...   Jan 3 2006, 02:22 PM
- - craigmcg   It would be nice if the book included a reference ...   Dec 31 2005, 03:54 PM
- - djellison   Lulu looks very interesting, but two shortcomings ...   Dec 31 2005, 05:39 PM
- - PhilCo126   Using the route map for each rover is a must so re...   Jan 1 2006, 11:26 AM
- - djellison   Oh - traverse maps are a given. Obviosuly, I cant ...   Jan 1 2006, 12:20 PM
- - Steffen   Good idea Doug: use of partial panoramas Good idea...   Jan 2 2006, 10:16 AM
- - PhilCo126   QUOTE (Steffen @ Jan 2 2006, 12:16 PM)Good id...   Jan 2 2006, 05:24 PM
|- - DFinfrock   QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Jan 2 2006, 05:24 PM)I hav...   Feb 8 2006, 01:24 AM
- - djellison   Because then it wont be the full story. Imainge if...   Jan 2 2006, 06:32 PM
- - djellison   Oh - I've known about Jims book plan for some ...   Jan 3 2006, 02:35 PM
- - PhilCo126   Let's hope so Doug ... looking forward to Your...   Jan 3 2006, 02:37 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Jan 3 2006, 02:37 PM)Let...   Jan 3 2006, 02:41 PM
- - chris   Doug, One idea, which I think I may have mentione...   Jan 4 2006, 09:55 AM
- - PhilCo126   With " general public " interest being l...   Jan 7 2006, 07:43 PM
|- - Marz   QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Jan 7 2006, 01:43 PM)With ...   Jan 25 2006, 04:32 PM
- - PhilCo126   O.K. David but don't underestimate the work in...   Feb 8 2006, 03:05 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Feb 8 2006, 03:05 PM)Worki...   Feb 8 2006, 03:39 PM
- - PhilCo126   Great to hear this ! By The Way, a fe...   Feb 9 2006, 07:17 AM
|- - paxdan   *cough* this image please *cough*   Apr 20 2006, 10:15 AM
- - djellison   I don't intend to colourise monochrome images ...   Apr 20 2006, 10:29 AM
- - PhilCo126   Well, there's a separate topic on the TOP-20 p...   May 19 2006, 07:27 AM
- - monitorlizard   One thing I always wanted to see in a Mars book wa...   May 22 2006, 01:20 AM
|- - David   QUOTE (monitorlizard @ May 22 2006, 01:20...   May 22 2006, 02:21 AM
|- - ustrax   Doug...Any guess on the date of the so waited publ...   Jun 1 2006, 07:47 PM
|- - djellison   Any guess when the rovers will stop working? I ca...   Jun 1 2006, 07:54 PM
|- - ustrax   Oh I see...By then paper will be an archeological ...   Jun 1 2006, 09:12 PM
|- - tedstryk   I hope you are right...I still think it would be c...   Jun 3 2006, 02:45 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jun 3 2006, 10:45 AM) I...   Jun 3 2006, 05:10 PM
- - Astro0   Did I miss this posted elsewhere? Jim Bell...   Nov 17 2006, 05:43 AM
- - PhilCo126   We talked about this in the UMSF books topic   Nov 17 2006, 03:14 PM


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