Lunar Spacecraft Images, A place for moon panoramas, mosaics etc. |
Lunar Spacecraft Images, A place for moon panoramas, mosaics etc. |
Aug 14 2023, 01:49 AM
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#241
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1452 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
I have just been advised that a project to scan all 85000 or so Surveyor images (from photo negatives) has been funded, and the entire dataset will be available on the web eventually. Not sure of the timeline Is there any update to this effort to digitize the Surveyor imagery? -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Aug 14 2023, 05:24 AM
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#242
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2542 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
Is there any update to this effort to digitize the Surveyor imagery? Based on https://sic.lpl.arizona.edu/collection/surveyor-digitization all of the images were scanned, but then the project seems to have stalled out before any PDS-compliant datasets were built. Last update was in 2018? -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Aug 14 2023, 08:18 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10229 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
PDS wants both the image files and the metadata. The people involved probably ran out of time or money before all the metadata could be extracted from the scanned images (there is some detail on this among the links on that page). Ideally the raw scans could be made available without the metadata. I will see if I can find out more.
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 PDF: 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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Aug 20 2023, 10:01 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10229 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
I have been in touch with the people involved. Money ran out for the metadata part of the job so it has limped along with pro-bono work, but speeded up recently with a student worker. They are close to having it ready for the three later missions and trying to get the first two sorted out.
No timeline yet but good to know progress is being made. 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 PDF: 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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Aug 20 2023, 11:25 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1452 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
Thank you so much! It's great to hear that I've been looking forward to this ever since I learned of the project.
-------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Dec 30 2023, 12:25 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10229 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
I am posting a set of maps to show the gradual unveiling of the Moon's far side. from what was known before the space age (not quite nothing) up to Clementine, step by step for each mission. They cam be found at:
https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Some of them have been posted here in the past. 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 PDF: 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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Jan 6 2024, 10:26 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10229 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
I am just starting a set of maps of every lunar landing site on:
https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Many of these will have appeared on UMSF in the past but this will collect them in one place. Typically there will be one close-up map and one context map. The set will run in chronological order so Luna 9 will be the first. I'll post the first one here but the rest will be on Mastodon. 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 PDF: 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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Mar 31 2024, 04:19 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1452 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
It looks like the Surveyor Digitizing has been completed?
https://sic.lpl.arizona.edu/surveyor-digitization Lots of new images here. Many I hadn't seen before. I'm going through them in mission order and I'll attach a few from Surveyor 1. I'm not yet sure if these images exist in a raw form, but I've screenshot them from the scan of the printouts. A couple are of the horizon. One is of the radiator* panel which seems to have been damaged some time in the night. (*corrected) -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Apr 13 2024, 06:22 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10229 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
You didn't get any replies to this but I did spend some time looking at it. Yes, lots of useful things here.
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 PDF: 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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