China on Mars: Zhurong rover returns first pictures

Re:China on Mars: Zhurong rover returns first pictures by coldcode on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @09:59AM (#27208703)

What is the map projection called in that map from NASA?

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Re:China on Mars: Zhurong rover returns first pictures by DiogenesKynikos on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @10:32AM (#27209179)

It's a completely standard Cartesian projection (x = longitude, y = latitude), but with nonsense graticules plotted on top. I think BBC took a NASA image of Mars and added their own graticules and landing-site labels. Compare the BBC image with these two NASA images:

* BBC: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/825B/production/...

* NASA base map of Mars: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/uploads/filer_public_thumbnail...

* NASA landing sites: https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/24729/map-of-nasas-mars-land...

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Re:China on Mars: Zhurong rover returns first pictures by tantalor on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @10:27AM (#27209116)

It basically looks like equirectangular and modified with pointy poles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equirectangular_projection

Maybe it is just regular equirectangular but the lines are drawn weird.

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Re:China on Mars: Zhurong rover returns first pictures by OmicronCeti on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @11:24PM (#27217027)

It looks like the equirectangular Mars projection. Details can be found on the HiRISE or THEMIS sites.

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