{"id":10380,"date":"2015-04-16T01:43:32","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T05:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10380"},"modified":"2015-04-16T01:43:32","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T05:43:32","slug":"hi-res-image-and-topographic-maps-of-the-moon-from-the-lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10380","title":{"rendered":"Hi-Res image and topographic maps of the Moon from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Geological Service has released two high resolution maps of the Moon based on data from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter<\/a>\u00a0(LRO):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/sim\/3316\/\" target=\"_d\">USGS Scientific Investigations Map 3316: Image Mosaic and Topographic Map of the Moon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/space\/moon-mars\/a14638\/usgs-moon-topographical-maps\/\" target=\"_d\">Here Are Two New Mind-Blowing Maps of the Moon &#8211; Popular Mechanics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The image\u00a0map is created from a\u00a0mosaic of images taken by the\u00a0LRO&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lroc.sese.asu.edu\/about\" target=\"_blank\">Wide Angle Camera<\/a> (WAC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em> All named features greater than 85 km in diameter or length were included unless they were not visible on the map. Some selected well-known features less than 85 km in size were also included. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sim3316_sheet1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10383\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=10383\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sim3316_sheet1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"916,811\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sim3316_sheet1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sim3316_sheet1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10383\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sim3316_sheet1.jpg\" alt=\"sim3316_sheet1\" width=\"520\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sim3316_sheet1.jpg 916w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sim3316_sheet1-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"SIM 3316 Sheet 1, high resolution\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/sim\/3316\/downloads\/sim3316_sheet1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Sheet 1 PDF (251 MB) Hi Res<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"SIM 3316 Sheet 1, low resolution\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/sim\/3316\/downloads\/sim3316_sheet1_lo_res.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Sheet 1 PDF (58.4 MB) Lo Res<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The topographic\u00a0map is derived from elevation data measured by the\u00a0LRO&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov\/lola\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter<\/a> (LOLA).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em> The image used for the base of this map represents more than 6.5 billion measurements gathered between July 2009 and July 2013&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sim3316_sheet2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10384\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=10384\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sim3316_sheet2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"917,807\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sim3316_sheet2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sim3316_sheet2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10384\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sim3316_sheet2.jpg\" alt=\"sim3316_sheet2\" width=\"520\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sim3316_sheet2.jpg 917w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sim3316_sheet2-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"SIM 3316 Sheet 2, high resolution\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/sim\/3316\/downloads\/sim3316_sheet2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Sheet 2 PDF (472 MB) Hi Res<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"SIM 3316 Sheet 2, low resolution\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.usgs.gov\/sim\/3316\/downloads\/sim3316_sheet2_lo_res.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Sheet 2 PDF (55 MB) Lo Res<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Geological Service has released two high resolution maps of the Moon based on data from the\u00a0Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter\u00a0(LRO): USGS Scientific Investigations Map 3316: Image Mosaic and Topographic Map of the Moon Here Are Two New Mind-Blowing Maps of the Moon &#8211; Popular Mechanics The image\u00a0map is created from a\u00a0mosaic of images taken by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10380\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hi-Res image and topographic maps of the Moon from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-science","category-the-moon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2Hq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6972,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6972","url_meta":{"origin":10380,"position":0},"title":"Interactive mosaic of lunar north pole created from NASA LRO images","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out the interactive\u00a0map of the lunar north pole\u00a0created from images taken by the\u00a0Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) : NASA Releases First Interactive Mosaic of Lunar North Pole Scientists, using cameras aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), have created the largest high resolution mosaic of our moon\u2019s north polar region. 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