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Printed USGS shaded relief Moon map based on Clementine data |
 Mar 2 2009, 06:58 PM
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Does such a thing exist? I looked through the USGS catalogue and saw lots of Moon maps but none from Clementine. The latest was from 2002 and was color-coded topography, which isn't what I want. I know they have Map-a-Planet but I'd prefer one the USGS printed and published.
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Mar 2 2009, 09:22 PM
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The maps you need are these:
http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/MapB...on&scale=5M Maps 1218, 2276, and 1326 - far side, poles and near side. Each one comes as just shaded relief, and as shaded relief plus albedo. They are based on pre-Clementine sources. There is no post-Clementine version of these maps on paper. The color topo sheets you've seen include an updated relief drawing (filling the south polar gap) but it wasn't published separately. 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 3 2009, 01:55 AM
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QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Mar 2 2009, 04:22 PM)  The maps you need are these: http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/MapB...on&scale=5M Maps 1218, 2276, and 1326 - far side, poles and near side. Each one comes as just shaded relief, and as shaded relief plus albedo. They are based on pre-Clementine sources. There is no post-Clementine version of these maps on paper. The color topo sheets you've seen include an updated relief drawing (filling the south polar gap) but it wasn't published separately. Phil Thanks! So I-1218, 2276 and 1326 have a south polar gap? |
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Mar 3 2009, 04:14 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10255 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
A thin sliver between opposing terminators, between Orientale and the South Pole, was never seen by Lunar Orbiter. It's blank on these earlier maps. It was filled in by Clementine, and it's drawn from Clementine data on the topo map you had already seen. That updated relief drawing is the version on Map-A-Planet.
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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