Planetary Mapping
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 27, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780521307741
Description: Planetary Mapping describes the history and process of mapping planets and satellites beyond the Earth. Mapping planetary bodies is a unique process much different from ordinary terrestrial cartography. The book begins with an introduction to the differences between terrestrial and planetary mapping and continues with a general discussion of the history of planetary mapping. The fundamentals of cartographic techniques are described in detail, and appendixes on map formats and projects, halftone processes for planetary maps, and available mission data are also included. The general language used in this book will make it accessible to researchers and students in planetary science as well as cartographers, photogrammetrists, geodesists, geologists, and geophysicists.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: List of Contributors; title: Introduction
label: 1; title: 1.1. Planetary versus terrestrial mapping; title: 1.2. Data for making planetary maps; title: 1.3. Topographic maps and geodetic control of planetary surfaces; title: 1.4. Summary; title: History of planetary cartography
label: 2; title: 2.1. Lunar and planetary mapping from the Earth; title: 2.2. Lunar and planetary mapping from spacecraft data; title: 2.3. Summary; title: 2.4. References; title: Cartography
label: 3; title: 3.1. Map design; title: 3.2. The mapping process: paper maps; title: 3.3. The mapping process: digital maps; title: 3.4. Mapping the small, irregularly shaped satellites and asteroids; title: 3.5. Scope of digital planetary cartography; title: 3.6. Summary; title: 3.7. References; title: Planetary nomenclature
label: 4; title: 4.1. Early nomenclature: pretelescopic period; title: 4.2. Moon: 1640-1977; title: 4.3. Mars: Mid-seventeenth century to 1976; title: 4.4. IAU task and working group format change - 1973; title: 4.5. Mercury: 1974-6; title: 4.6. Between missions: 1976-9; title: 4.7. Venus: 1960-88; title: 4.8. Jovian satellites: 1977-80; title: 4.9. Saturnian satellites: 1980-2; title: 4.10. Expansion of existing nomenclature: 1981-9; title: 4.11. Uranian satellites: 1984-8; title: 4.12. Neptune's satellites: 1989; title: 4.13. Future plans; title: 4.14. Summary and conclusions; title: 4.15. References; title: Geodetic control
label: 5; title: 5.1. Background; title: 5.2. The coordinate systems; title: 5.3. Analytical phototriangulation; title: 5.4. The control networks; title: 5.5. Future missions and plans; title: 5.6. Summary; title: 5.7. References; title: Topographic mapping
label: 6; title: 6.1. Introduction; title: 6.2. Topographic data types; title: 6.3. Topographic datum; title: 6.4. Secondary control networks; title: 6.5. Map compilation techniques; title: 6.6. Lunar topographic mapping; title: 6.7. Topographic mapping of Mars; title: 6.8. Topographic mapping of Venus; title: 6.9. Topographic mapping of the satellites of Uranus; title: 6.10. Digital topographic maps; title: 6.11. Topographic mapping with data from future planetary missions; title: 6.12. References; title: Geologic mapping
label: 7; title: 7.1. Introduction; title: 7.2. Rationale and general methods; title: 7.3. Dealing with planetary images; title: 7.4. Map conventions, format, and production mechanics; title: 7.5. Postscript; title: 7.6. References; title: Map formats and projections used in planetary cartography
label: Appendix I; title: Halftone processes for planetary maps
label: Appendix II; title: Digital planetary cartography
label: Appendix III; title: Index