Magellan Options

[PhilHorzempa]

It is high time that we re-visited that most productive Venus
mission ever - Magellan.

I would hope that we could try to present the Radar Imaging
data in a more user-friendly manner. There are a few good sources
on the Internet, but much high-resolution material is either
in CD-ROMs or selectively printed in books or articles.

I have a handful of regional 1:1.5 million regional mosaics
from Magellan, in high-quality glossy. Scanning these would
be a challenge.

To start us off, here is the link to the best (in my opinion) source
of regional Venus views available on the Internet.

http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/vgrid.html


On this site, you can click on any Quadrangle, from V-1 to V-62,
with the option for zoom. For you that thought that you knew Venus,
I urge you to explore this site for a chunk of time and be amazed
by the varied Geology of Venus. It begs to be explored in more detail.


Another Phil

[Phil Stooke]

I've begun using Magellan data to make maps of Venera landing sites. Somebody was asking about them recently. I'll post some here as I do them. First up is this:



Phil