Mapping and Data Processing

Recommended Prerequisites

General knowledge of geosciences

Basic knowledge of planetary settings

Teaching Methods

Classroom-taught lecture for the basic principles. Practical exercises with the realization of a cartographic project from the data selection phase up to the geological map preparation.

Learning Outcomes

Learn the tool to find, understand and process the data necessary to realize a planetary geological map.

Learn the technical as well as the scientific skills to realize a planetary geological map.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

PDS Geosciences Node Orbital Data Explorer (ODE): footprint and data search.

Other tools.

Accompanying Material.

Data processing: ISIS (Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers).

Installation and basic commands; examples of data processing with different missions.

Cartography. Nomenclature. Coordinate systems and projections.

DEM production: NASA AMES Stereo Pipeline.

Installation and basic commands; data selection for stereo processing; examples of data processing with different missions.

GIS Integration.

Planetary cartography protocols.

Planetary Geological Mapping: data different resolution; geological mapping vs geomorphological mapping. Scale of work.

Definition of a stratotype. Stratigraphic relations and their meaning. Definition of the mapping attributes.

Crater counting

Realization of a geological map.

Realization of the accessory Information: Legend; Geological sections; Stratigraphic schemes.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Frequency: 10.0%
Synthesis work: 10.0%
Resolution Problems: 10.0%
Research work: 30.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 40.0%

Bibliography

 Scientific articles introduced during the lectures.