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[djellison]

This is a polar projectiong


and after Phil's excellent guidence, I've figured out how to do those. They're great for a sense of 'place' and cross referencing horizon features with maps or orbital imagery.

However - if you want to generate your own map like material, you need more of a vertical projection thus...


Now - I have no idea how to do that Part of me thinks it could be fuged by stretching away at a polar projection, but is there a more obvious way using the 'ordinary' tools?

Doug

(images from http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/pre.../20051021a.html )

[Tesheiner]

Let me take this chance to ask if somebody knows about freeware to make polar projections?

[mcaplinger]

Let me take this chance to ask if somebody knows about freeware to make polar projections?

I think GMT can do this, but be warned that the learning curve is very steep.

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/