The Atlas of Terrestrial Group Planets and their Moons () is a Soviet-era planetary atlas published in the Russian language in Moscow. It summarizes Soviet and American planetary science results in thematic maps of Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, Phobos, and also includes Earth maps for all themes for comparison. This makes it the first comparative planetological atlas, made using traditional cartographic techniques.
Significance and features Some of the newly imaged terrain revealed for the first time by Russian spacecraft and then shown in Russian-published map sheetsKirk RL, Archinal BA, Gaddis LR, ROsiek MR (2006) CARTOGRAPHY FOR LUNAR EXPLORATION: 2006 STATUS AND PLANNED MISSIONS. International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Conference Commission IV, WG IV/7, September 25–30, 2006, Goa, India. were depicted in an Atlas format for the first time, and it is the first publication that uniformly utilized the Cyrillic planetary nomenclature developed by Russian scientists, of which several names were originally Russian and later transcribed for the officially Latin IAU nomenclature. Its significance is that it was, and still is, the only cartographic atlas of planetary bodies with a complex geoscience approach that enables comparative planetological studies. Thematic and generic physical maps using traditional (manual) cartographic techniques of the planets were produced using similar methodology.
English language digital version Its English language, updated digital, version was published in Moscow in 2007 by the Planetary Cartography Laboratory at the Moscow State University for Geodesy and Cartography (MIIGAiK).Cherepanova E., K. Shingareva, I. Karachevtseva, S. Leonenko, E. Lazarev (2007) EXTRATERRESTRIAL GIS DEVELOPMENT ON SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES: THE EARTH MOON GEODATABASE. XXIII International Cartographic Conference 4–10 August Moscow 2007, Russia. URL https://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2007/documents/doc/THEME%2024/Oral%204/EXTRATERRESTRIAL%20GIS%20DEVELOPMENT%20ON%20SOLAR%20SYSTEM%20BODIES%20THE%20.docLeonenko SM, Dubov SS, Rozhnev IY (2007) BILINGUAL MULTIMEDIA ELECTRONIC VERSION OF "ATLAS OF TERRESTRIAL PLANETS AND THEIR MOONS" ICC 2007 Conference, Moscow Pages were scanned for the project, although the digital version contains no images.
Sections Sections (and thematic maps) include the following themes:
Shaded relief maps (using pencil drawings) Blank maps (outlines of main features, different tones for the main topographic or albedo domains, plus nomenclature) Hypsometric maps (relief shown by colors) Albedo maps (overlain by the blank map outlines) Geophysical maps Geologo-morphologic maps Discovery and flights maps Photographic coverage maps Cartographic coverage maps
Editing and publication It was edited by VD Bolshakov, Kira Shingareva, Jeanna F Rodionova and their colleagues in 12 years' of work at the MIIGAiK.
The atlas contains 208 pages. It was printed in 1992, in 500 copies. The publisher was MIIGAiK University, Moscow.
Maps Several of the hand-drawn basemaps in this Atlas were later used in the series of Multilingual Maps for Terrestrial Planets and their Moons, published in DresdenNass A, Di K, Elgner S, van Gasselt S, Hare T et al. (2017) Planetary Cartography – Activities and Current Challenges. Proceedings of the International Cartographic Association, 1, 2017. https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-proc-1-81-2017Shingareva KB, Karsnopevtseva BV, Buchroithner MF (2001) Venus Map (The Series of Multilingual Maps for Terrestrial Planets and their Moons). Proceedings of the 20th ICA/ACI International Cartographic Conference, 6–10 August 2001, Beijing, China. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292133757_Venus_Map_The_Series_of_Multilingual_Maps_for_Terrestrial_Planets_and_their_MoonsShingareva, K.B., Krasnopevtseva, B.V., Leonenko, S.M., Buchroithner, M.F. and Waelder, O (2003) Mercury - A New Map Within The Series of Multilingual Relief Maps Of The Terrestrial Planets and Their Moons. ICC 2003 21st International Cartographic Conference Durban, South Africa, 10–16 August 2003. https://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2003/Papers/198.pdf and Budapest. The map design utilized in the Atlas also affected subsequent planetary globes produced at MIIGAiK where it was developed, such as the Globe of MercuryZharkova Yu A., Rodionova Zh F, Kokhanov AA, Karachevtseva IP (2016) New Mercury Mapping using MESSENGER data: current status and future. 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2016/pdf/1063.pdf and the maps of Io and Enceladus.Karachevtseva I, Shishkina L, Karpunkina ME (2012) New Cartography of Io and Enceladus. Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers, Flagstaff, AZ. https://astropedia.astrogeology.usgs.gov/alfresco/d/d/workspace/SpacesStore/fa31ffb9-dc1b-468c-8314-cf92ee3dad01/2012_PGM_abstract_volume_prelim.pdf
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