{"id":1279,"date":"2016-03-20T12:43:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T16:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2016-03-20T12:43:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T16:43:44","slug":"kenneth-fields-map-of-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/03\/kenneth-fields-map-of-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth Field’s Map of Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"life-on-mars\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Another online map of Mars, this one titled (Is There) Life on Mars?<\/a> and produced by Kenneth Field<\/a> using ArcGIS. On the information pane he says, cryptically, “There’s a hidden element on the map that explains why I really made it. Happy hunting.” [via<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another online map of Mars, this one titled (Is There) Life on Mars? and produced by Kenneth Field using ArcGIS. On the information pane he says, cryptically, “There’s a hidden element on the map that… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,114],"tags":[295],"class_list":["post-1279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-astronomy","category-web-mapping","tag-mars","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1790223,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/02\/a-mars-map-roundup\/","url_meta":{"origin":1279,"position":0},"title":"A Mars Map Roundup","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"23 February 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"National Geographic looks at the rivalry between two early cartographers of Mars who based their maps on observations made during Mars\u2019s \u201cGreat Opposition\u201d in 1877: Nathaniel Green, whose Mars \u201cwas a delicately shaded world with landforms that gradually rose from vast plains and features that blended into one another\u201d (pictured\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/astronomy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Nathaniel Green's map of Mars","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/nathaniel-green-mars-300x236.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1706,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/04\/green-mars\/","url_meta":{"origin":1279,"position":1},"title":"Green Mars","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 April 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Kenneth Field's map of Mars\u00a0(note updated link) now includes an option to add oceans, with checkboxes to\u00a0fill the landscape to various elevations. 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