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[Gladstoner]

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[Phil Stooke]

All this is missing the point - the ultimate goal of the satellite imaging is to create global high resolution photomosaics of each moon. Regardless of the issues in any one flyby sequence, eventually we need to combine numerous images to make a global mosaic - such as Steve Albers has been doing - and then it can be projected onto a sphere for display from any orientation. Most Earth, Moon or Mars globes don't include relief (of course I know it wouldn't show up as much as on Mimas). There might be a chance later on for a high resolution global DEM to be used to create a more realistic global visualization complete with limb photography. But that's a long way off.

We cartographers don't like relief anyway - it distorts things. I won't be happy until all the craters have been filled in and all the mountains bulldozed, so Mimas is like a billiard ball. And it will be easier to map, too.

Phil