MARS MAPPING FROM MARS-96 MISSION 
B.V.Krasnopevtseva, Chief of Laboratory, K.B.Shingareva, Professor 
Moscow State University for Geodesy and Cartography, 
4, Gorokhovsky per., 103064 Moscow, Russia 
Commission IV, Working Group 5 
KEY WORDS: Space, Project, Planning, Extraterrestrial Mapping, MARS-96 Mission, 
Atlas Compilation 
ABSTRACT 
Expected results of Mars surveying from Mars-96 Mission by means of 3 cameras, 
namely HRSC, WAOSS and OMEGA are characterized. Mars mapping program on 
the base of this surveying is considered. One part of Mars images will be applied for 
cartographic support of regions which are selected as very perspective for further 
explorations. Another part will be used for various thematic mapping of Mars. A 
possibility of compiling Complex Mars Atlas on this base is discussed. Such an Atlas 
has to include different kinds of topographic and thematic maps of Mars, and also 
some reference information for the planet. Mars Atlas will have 12 parts, among 
which there are geologic-morphologic maps, maps of geophysical properties, maps of 
climate, maps of physical properties of the surface etc. All the maps will be 
represented on the separate sheets, collected in one portfolio. By compiling the 
common base-map in normal equivalent pseudocylindric Mollweide projection, the 
whole Mars surface is reproduced without breaks, that is very important for thematic 
mapping especially. It is also planned to include new cartographic products in Mars 
Database. 
- WAOSS ( a wide angle stereoscopic TV- 
camera for 0.4-0.7 mkm range and with 
resolution of 100 m/pixel) 
The next flight to Mars will start by PHOBOS 
type spacecraft in October 1996. One of the 
main tasks of this program is Mars surveying 
from the satellite's orbit. The images will cover a 
  
great part of the planetary surface with up to 
now unattainable precision, delivering three- 
dimensional contours as well as spectral 
information. 
Mars surveying from MARS-96 mission is 
planned for 3 cameras, namely: 
- HRSC (a multifunctional high resolution 
stereoscopic TV-camera for 0.4-1.0 mkm 
range and with resolution of 10 m/pixel) 
- OMEGA (a scanner mapping spectrometer 
for 0.35-5.2 mkm range and with spectral 
resolution 50 to 100 and spatial resolution 
of 0.4 to 4 km). 
The surveying with high resolution has a stripe 
width about 62 km. Taking into account the 
orbit displacement during a month it is possible 
to receive images of separate regions for area 
500x500 km (10x10°). The possibility of survey- 
ing is limited by possibility of data transmission. 
Using high resolution data it permits to compile 
a map at scale 1:100,000 for separate local 
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International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Vol. XXXI, Part B4. Vienna 1996 
  
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