{"id":1790223,"date":"2021-02-23T18:19:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1790223"},"modified":"2021-02-23T18:19:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:19:31","slug":"a-mars-map-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/02\/a-mars-map-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mars Map Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nathaniel<\/a>National Geographic<\/em> looks at the rivalry<\/a> between two early cartographers of Mars who based their maps on observations made during Mars\u2019s \u201cGreat Opposition\u201d in 1877: Nathaniel Green<\/a>, whose Mars \u201cwas a delicately shaded world with landforms that gradually rose from vast plains and features that blended into one another\u201d (pictured here) and Giovanni Schiaparelli<\/a>, whose Mars had more detail\u2014including those famous canals\u2014but was less accurate.<\/p>\n

A new study<\/a> maps the possible locations of subsurface water-ice reservoirs, vital for any crewed missions. [Sky & Telescope<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

Kenneth Field\u2019s virtual globe of Mars<\/a> follows in the footsteps of his 2016 map<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Interactive maps showing the locations and paths of the Curiosity<\/em><\/a> and Perseverance<\/em><\/a> rovers. [Maps Mania<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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… 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],"tags":[295,12,937],"class_list":["post-1790223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-astronomy","tag-mars","tag-nasa","tag-virtual-globes","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1789746,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/12\/fifteen-ways-to-depict-elevation-on-mars\/","url_meta":{"origin":1790223,"position":0},"title":"Fifteen Ways to Depict Elevation on Mars","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"2 December 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"How do you depict elevation on a map of Mars? 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