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| Titel |
From Planetary Mapping to Map Production: Planetary Cartography as integral discipline in Planetary Sciences |
| VerfasserIn |
Andrea Nass, Stephan van Gasselt, Hendrik Hargitai, Trent Hare, Nicolas Manaud, Irina Karachevtseva, Elke Kersten, Thomas Roatsch, Marita Wählisch, Akos Kereszturi |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2016
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
en
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 18 (2016) |
| Datensatznummer |
250133451
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2016-14063.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Cartography is one of the most important communication channels between users of spatial
information and laymen as well as the open public alike. This applies to all known real-world
objects located either here on Earth or on any other object in our Solar System. In
planetary sciences, however, the main use of cartography resides in a concept called
planetary mapping with all its various attached meanings: it can be (1) systematic
spacecraft observation from orbit, i.e. the retrieval of physical information, (2) the
interpretation of discrete planetary surface units and their abstraction, or it can be (3)
planetary cartography sensu strictu, i.e., the technical and artistic creation of map
products. As the concept of planetary mapping covers a wide range of different
information and knowledge levels, aims associated with the concept of mapping
consequently range from a technical and engineering focus to a scientific distillation
process.
Among others, scientific centers focusing on planetary cartography are the United State
Geological Survey (USGS, Flagstaff), the Moscow State University of Geodesy and
Cartography (MIIGAiK, Moscow), Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE, Hungary), and the
German Aerospace Center (DLR, Berlin). The International Astronomical Union (IAU), the
Commission Planetary Cartography within International Cartographic Association (ICA),
the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), the WG IV/8 Planetary Mapping and Spatial
Databases within International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
and a range of other institutions contribute on definition frameworks in planetary
cartography.
Classical cartography is nowadays often (mis-)understood as a tool mainly rather than a
scientific discipline and an art of communication. Consequently, concepts of information
systems, mapping tools and cartographic frameworks are used interchangeably, and
cartographic workflows and visualization of spatial information in thematic maps have often
been neglected or were left to software systems to decide by some arbitrary default
values.
The diversity of cartography as a research discipline and its different contributions in
geospatial sciences and communication of information and knowledge will be highlighted in
this contribution. We invite colleagues from this and other discipline to discuss concepts and
topics for joint future collaboration and research. |
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