USGS MRCTR Lab, July 2015

GIS packages • ArcMap (Esri): Esri/OGC • gvSIG, Global Mapper, GDAL Utilities: OGC • ENVI, GRASS, QGIS, UDIG, …: OGC •JMars (Mars, Moon, Earth) •Iliads (Goddard): OGC/WorldWind JAVA

Modeling •Matlab, IDL, … : OGC

Mission Planning •JMars – (ASU): OGC •REACT (ACT): OGC

GeoBrowsers •NASA WorldWind, Google Earth, Google Maps, MarsTrek, VestaTrek, LunarTrek, CesiumJs

Interoperable GIS

JMars (Mars, Moon, Earth) – GIS Apps

JMARS – Mars GIS viewer - ASU • Image viewer

– Many global basemaps all streamed online

• Numeric tools like profiling • Vector plotting and creating

http://jmars.asu.edu

Planetary Digital Overlay Tools – web examples

Google Moon 2D (AMES) http://moon.google.com

Description:

Web-based lunar data visualization using Google “Maps” API

Developed with reimbursable funds (Google NASA Planetary Content)

High-performance web-based UI

Serves both NASA & EPO needs (e.g., LRO and LCROSS data)

Rationale:

Enables combinations of multiple maps/models to be displayed in a single visualization product

Leverages existing funding

Builds on mature, public API

Existing server infrastructure

No end-user installation required

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Planetary Digital Overlay Tools – web examples

Lunar Web Mapping with Google Moon 2D Left: Examples of Google “Maps” API (with AMES extensions) Right: Assorted base maps, including polar projections.

Planetary Digital Overlay Tools – web examples

Lunar Mapper (CRREL)

Description:

Interactive web based viewing of map / model products.

Provides basic GIS tools (overlay, distance measuring).

Saved views / scenarios.

Find location by rotate / zoom, coordinates, feature search.

Funded under NASA CRUX, CRUX II (2005-2007).

Uses existing GIS standards and protocols (e.g., OGC WMS)

Rationale:

Designed to support lunar prospecting operations (locating ore bodies using satellite and surface rover data).

Customizable to suit mission needs.

Help screen

Feature name overlay

Planetary Digital Overlay Tools

Google Moon 3D (AMES)

Description:

Interactive 3D visualization of lunar data using Google “Earth”

Developed with reimbursable funds (Google NASA Planetary Content)

High-performance browsing (high-res data in geospatial context)

Serves both NASA & EPO needs (e.g., LRO and LCROSS data)

Rationale:

Enables combinations of multiple maps/models to be displayed in a single visualization product

Leverages existing funding

Builds on mature, public API (KML) and tool

Eberswalde Crater (Mars) - MOLA (terrain) - MDIM+MOC/WA (global base) - HiRISE (insets)

• Pros • Amazing tool for planetary • Tools to create large raster catalogs • “Easy” to support via file conversion (vector files)

• Cons • Updates can be long so contains outdated data • Poles are horrid

Google Earth http://www.google.com/earth/

World Wind

Earth

Mars

Moon

add-ons

http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/

Planetary Digital Overlay Tools

Planetary Digital Overlay Tools Iliads (Goddard) – specialized World Wind client

Available here or through LMMP portal

Free Viewer GIS Applications

ArcReader • Unfortunately project

must be pre-packaged using ArcMap software

Several ArcReader projects on DVD look for (*.pmf)

Global Geo

N.Plains Geo

Mars Rovers Tutorial

Mars (all DVD layers)

“Free” Viewer GIS Application

Global Mapper • Freeware for most viewing. • Shareware for enabling export,

line-of-sight, 3D,… • Planetary datums built-in • hillshades, color, water levels,

profiles, contours • Windows Only

http://www.globalmapper.com

Freeware GIS Applications Open Source (many choices)

• Quantum GIS (built-in planetary and USGS is adding support for)

• UDIG

• Saga GIS

• OpenEV

• GRASS

• GMT

• Mirone

Commercial GIS Applications

ArcGlobe (ArcExplorer)

This examples shows how streamed datasets from multiple servers can be merged in one application (Jmars server and the PIGWAD server).

Commercial GIS Applications ArcScene • 3D / Interactive Geowall / anaglyphs

ArcGIS Pro (version 1.0, not recommended – yet)