Surveyor Updates Mars Atlas

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Global Surveyor at February 6, 2002 12:00 PM

In 1999, the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) aboard the MGS orbiter acquired a global stereo image dataset using its red-filter Wide Angle Camera. We have recently completed a 256 pixel/degree (about 230 meters/pixel) mosaic of these images using software developed at Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS).