Planetary Cartography Collection

Mercury

The Mariner 10 mission to Mercury acquired sufficient imagery to map about 50% of the surface. These maps include shaded relief, geologic, and several special purpose maps.

Mercury Globe
1:15,000,000 Global
1:10,000,000 Global
1:5,000,000 Maps
1:5,000,000 Geologic

Venus

These maps include a series based on Venera 15 and 16 data, three compilations based on Pioneer Venus data, and maps based on data from both projects. Magellan images were used to produce an additional series, the Full-Resolution Radar Mosaics, in print form and on CD-ROM.

Venus Globe
1:50,000,000 Digitized
1:15,000,000 Maps
1:5,000,000 Radar Maps
Digital Maps

Moon

The lunar maps make up the largest portion of planetary maps and were created from Earth-based imagery as well as from lunar missions such as Lunar Orbiter and Apollo. The lunar maps consist of a number of map series including the Controlled Mosaics (CM), Lunar Astronautical Charts (LAC), Lunar Topographic Orthophotomaps (LTO), and Lunar Orthophotomaps (LO). Celementine imagery has been used to produce the Clementine Digital Image Model UVVIS 750-nm Basemap on CD-ROM.

Moon Globes
Small-Scale Maps
1:1,000,000 Maps
1:500,000 Maps
1:250,000 Maps
1:250,000 ORBs
1:250,000 Orthos
1:250,000 Topos
1:100,000 Maps
1:50,000 Maps
1:25,000 Maps
Large-Scale Maps
Digital Maps

Mars

Mars maps consist of several series. Imagery from the Mariner 4, 6, 7, and 9 missions was used for the Mars Chart series. Viking images were used to produce serveral additional series including the Mars Traverse Mecator (MTM) series and three digital map series, the Mosaicked Digital Image Model (MDIM), the Digital Terrain Model (DTM), and a set of high-resolution image maps of selected areas, all on CD-ROM.

Mars Globes
Small-Scale Maps
1:5,000,000 Maps
1:5,000,000 Geologic
1:2,000,000 Geologic
1:2,000,000 Photomosaics
1:2,000,000 Topos
1:1,000,000 Maps
1:500,000 Maps
Large-Scale Maps
Digital Maps

Jovian Satellites

Maps of the jovian satellites vary in type and scale and include shaded relief, natural color, geologic, and/or controlled photomosaics.

Maps of Io
Maps of Europa
Maps of Ganymede
Maps of Callisto

Saturnian Satellites

Only planetwide compilations are available for the saturnian satellites. Types include both controlled photomosaics and shaded relief with surface markings, except for Mimas, which is available only as a shaded relief map.

Maps of Mimas
Maps of Enceladus
Maps of Tethys
Maps of Dione
Maps of Rhea
Maps of Iapetus

Uranian Satellites

A controlled photomosaic and shaded relief maps are available for each of the uranian satellites listed, with scales ranging from 1:2,000,000 to 1:10,000,000.

Maps of Miranda
Maps of Ariel
Maps of Umbriel
Maps of Titania
Maps of Oberon

Neptunian Satellites

Maps have been prepared for only this one Neptunian satellite.

Maps of Triton

Last updated June 29, 2006