{"id":1831738,"date":"2024-06-06T10:27:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T14:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1831738"},"modified":"2024-06-06T10:27:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T14:27:46","slug":"better-lunar-mapping-through-semi-automated-photoclinometry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/06\/better-lunar-mapping-through-semi-automated-photoclinometry\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Lunar Mapping Through Semi-Automated Photoclinometry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A method to improve the accuracy of maps of the lunar surface was published last month in The Planetary Science Journal<\/em><\/a>. Photoclinometry<\/a>, also known as shape-from-shading, can dramatically improve the resolution of digital elevation models generated from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter<\/a> data, but it\u2019s apparently rather labour-intensive. From the Brown University press release<\/a>: \u201cThe scholars outline in the study how advanced computer algorithms can be used to automate much of the process and significantly heighten the resolution of the models. The new software gives lunar scientists the tools to create larger maps of the Moon\u2019s surface that contain finer details at a much faster pace, the researchers say.\u201d [Universe Today<\/a><\/em>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A method to improve the accuracy of maps of the lunar surface was published last month in The Planetary Science Journal. Photoclinometry, also known as shape-from-shading, can dramatically improve the resolution of digital elevation models… 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":[493,959,63],"class_list":["post-1831738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-astronomy","tag-dem","tag-lroc","tag-moon","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1788572,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/03\/can-gps-be-used-on-the-moon\/","url_meta":{"origin":1831738,"position":0},"title":"Can GPS Be Used on the Moon?","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"30 March 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"More on the question of whether GPS can be used for navigation on the lunar surface\u2014that is to say the existing constellations of Earth-orbiting GNSS satellites, not a new constellation of satellites around the moon. 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