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Darius
I have in my collection a number of orthophotmaps issued over the years
by the USGS for Mars, Moon and Mercury and an early one by the USAF.
The former may still be issuing them.  I also have a 1910 contour map of
the moon but I suspect that it is a bit ancient for your student.  As
for literature I have not had time to check catalogues, etc but I
suspect some of the library staff at the University could help you
there.
Best wishes
Maura
 
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>From:  Darius Bartlett[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Tuesday 3 March 1998 7:20AM
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>Subject:       Extra-terrestrial mapping
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>I have a student interested in possibly doing a project on developing a
>GIS for a non-terrestrial body (i.e. the Moon, Mars, Venus, an asteroid,
>etc.). At the moment he is trying to get a feel for what sort of approach
>and problem might be feasible for tackling, and also what if any resources
>could be availed of for data. On his behalf, a couple of questions:
>
>(a)     Does anybody know a good source (on-line or otherwise) of basic
>        topographic or other mapping for such astronomical bodies? We
>        know there is a lot of remote sensing imagery available for a number
>        of astronomical bodies such as Mars, but to be usable - especially
>        for a newcomer - it would probably be easier if it could somehow be
>        registered to an established coordinate system and topographic base.
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>(b)     Is there any particularly good literature (articles or books),
>        suitable for a keen and able senior undergraduate, that presents
>        case studies and/or goes into the specific problems of mapping
>        non-terrestrial places (e.g. choice of coordinate system,
>        availability or determination of standard datum points, etc.)?
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>(c)     Is there anybody out there who is working on similar problems?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Darius Bartlett
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