{"id":1787347,"date":"2019-05-15T11:58:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T15:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787347"},"modified":"2019-05-15T12:06:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T16:06:29","slug":"the-ordnance-survey-releases-a-moon-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/05\/the-ordnance-survey-releases-a-moon-map\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ordnance Survey Releases a Moon Map"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Map<\/a>
Ordnance Survey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first crewed landing on the Moon, the Ordnance Survey has released a map of the Apollo 11 landing site<\/a>. The map is based on a 60-metre digital elevation model<\/a> and covers a roughly 1,350\u00d71,000 km swath of the near side at a scale of 1:1,470,000. Details from the map are available at this Flickr album<\/a>. Paul Naylor describes the creation of the map here<\/a>. The Ordnance Survey is selling a paper version of the map<\/a> (100\u00d789 cm, in rolled and folded versions) for \u00a316. I kind of want one for my wall.<\/p>\n

The Ordnance Survey produced a map of Mars in 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first crewed landing on the Moon, the Ordnance Survey has released a map of the Apollo 11 landing site. 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