{"id":1788310,"date":"2020-01-31T09:39:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T14:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1788310"},"modified":"2020-04-22T10:31:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:31:09","slug":"unified-geologic-map-of-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/01\/unified-geologic-map-of-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Unified Geologic Map of the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A new unified geologic map of the Moon<\/a>, based on digital renovations that updated 1970s-era geologic maps to match more recent topographic and image data gathered by lunar orbiters, was released by the USGS<\/abbr> last month. The map is \u201ca seamless, globally consistent, 1:5,000,000-scale geologic map\u201d; the paper version<\/a> (25 MB JPEG) provides azimuthal projections beyond the 55th parallels and an equirectangular projection between the 57th parallels. [Geography Realm<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

Previously: Lunar Geology and the Apollo Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update, 22 April 2020<\/em><\/strong>: Version 2 of this map<\/a> was released in March to address a number of errors in the first version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new unified geologic map of the Moon, based on digital renovations that updated 1970s-era geologic maps to match more recent topographic and image data gathered by lunar orbiters, was released by the USGS last… 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":[3,32],"tags":[63,34],"class_list":["post-1788310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-astronomy","category-geology","tag-moon","tag-usgs","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1844945,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/09\/usgs-announces-new-national-geologic-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788310,"position":0},"title":"USGS Announces New National Geologic Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 September 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"USGS (screenshot) The USGS announced a new, more detailed national geologic map last week. 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