Planetary Cartography and GIS

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hargitai, Henrik (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography,
• Subjects: Geographical information systems.; Planetology.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.

This book approaches geological, geomorphological and topographical mapping from the point in the workflow at which science-ready datasets are available. Though there have been many individual projects on dynamic maps and online GISs, in which coding and data processing are given precedence over car...

Table of Contents:

• Cartography: Its Role and Interdiciplinary Character in Planetary Science
• Planetary Mapping: a Historical Overview
• Planetary Nomenclature
• Fundamentals Frameworks in Planetary Mapping: a Review
• Geologic Planetary Mapping
• Methods in Planetary Topographic Mapping: a Review
• Planetary Mapping for Landing Sites Selection: the Mars Case Study
• Mapping Irregular Bodies
• Multi-Mapper Projects: Collaborative Mercury Mapping
• Planetary Map Design: the Chang'É-1 Topographic Atlas of the Moon.