https://www2.lpod.org/index.php?title=May_12,_2020&feed=atom&action=historyMay 12, 2020 - Revision history2024-03-28T14:55:10ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.31.1https://www2.lpod.org/index.php?title=May_12,_2020&diff=45141&oldid=prevApi: Created page with "__NOTOC__ =A New Collection= Originally published November 29, 2010 <!-- Start of content --> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:1:<h1> --> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextLoc..."2020-05-12T08:04:14Z<p>Created page with "__NOTOC__ =A New Collection= Originally published November 29, 2010 <!-- Start of content --> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:1:<h1> --> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextLoc..."</p>
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<em>image by [mailto:koblitz@microfab.de Jörn Koblitz], Ritterhude, Germany</em><br /><br />
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Maps have been major documents for the history of lunar studies. Although there are many topics not easily depicted with maps - <br />
the Moon's motions, rock compositions and possible atmosphere - for 400 years mapping the surface has been a major goal. The <br />
Moon Wiki has an extensive [https://the-moon.us/wiki/Lunar_Maps list] of lunar maps and many maps are illustrated. But from the point of view of a researcher often the <br />
maps on the Moon Wiki and elsewhere on the web are too small to reveal how cartographers depicted features or what designations <br />
were assigned to them. Jörn Koblitz, a collector of lunar maps and books, agrees and he has initiated the Moon Wiki digital collection <br />
of high resolution views of major lunar maps with this image of Gruithuisen's 1821 lunar chart. This is just a piece of the map to show <br />
it at full scale and the [https://the-moon.us/wiki/Gruithuisen_1821 entire chart] is now on the Moon Wiki. I notice that the Straight Wall is depicted here. This map is different than <br />
the two shown in Whitaker's <em>[http://books.google.com/books?id=dCb6pP-bts4C&amp;pg=PA112&amp;vq=gruithuisen&amp;source=gbs_search_s&amp;sig=ACfU3U1JMpe6GIuFCcBipUcE-5zxk8BdiA#v=onepage&amp;q=gruithuisen&amp;f=false Mapping and Naming the Moon]</em>, suggesting that merely having good views of classical maps may result <br />
in recognition of previously undocumented variations. Jörn and I invite collectors to submit high resolution scans of other classic maps <br />
to help build a unique and valuable resource for lunar studies. <br />
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<em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /><br />
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<strong>Related Links</strong><br /><br />
Mini [http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/G/Gruithuisen.html biography]<br /><br />
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<p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[May 11, 2020|An Apron]] </p><br />
<p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[May 13, 2020|A Wind of Pulverized Rocks]] </p><br />
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