That colour change is on the pdf version - I guess it indicates the transition from 'planned' route to 'hypothetical' route.

As it is so flat around here and the contours are far apart it is hard to tell, but anywhere between Conception and 500m past it, should be the start of the downhill run to Endeavour (and HOAV time).

Mini-Endurance by Christmas I'd say.

FWIW, I've added the planned route as another layer on the GE version of the route map (thanks SFJCody!).

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I was thinking about that map and wondering what the drop down to Endeavour will be like.
I think is about right for the 'Descent towards Endeavour' that might commence late in the year(?!) if all goes smoothly
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EDIT: I stand corrected. See the revised version of the map above here

What do you mean by HOAV ?

Here's Stu's polite version: "heck of a view".

It's time for another update. Sol 2133.
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Yet another update; sol 2136. And this time I'm posting the whole map again.
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Hi,

I have long followed this thread but I have not written much already, really.

I have a question about the maps published in KML format. Indeed, an extraordinary job. Take this opportunity to congratulate everyone, especially Teehseiner.

The doubt is that when you load the KML in Google Earth does not get a high resolution map of the latter sites the Rover. Specifically since the route began in Sol 2042.

How can I get it to load in the background?.

Thanks

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&p=148927

This section of the background is not part of GE itself but another KML layer created by UMSF member SFJCody based on HiRISE maps.
You should download it with uTorrent. The link is, ..., mmm, somewhere here in this very same thread (edit: already answered by James).

Thank you both. Everything perfect now.

Our position on sol 2138.
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I can't believe found this forum only recently, after following Oppy's progress on JPL's website for the last 5 years, where maps are updated every few months. Very cool to see these maps updated in real time here! Thank you.

Welcome on board!

If admins approve, and to celebrate the opening up of wide horizons, I suggest a new thread called 'distant vistas' or something like that to hold discussions of this kind. We don't want to clutter up this thread or other location-specific ones. With that in mind here are a couple of links to start off:



http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...amp;qpid=154408

http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...amp;qpid=141505

In passing I note that the nearest Endeavour 'rim' hills actually rise from some way down inside the hole so we won't see their feet till we're almost there. In the Endeavour Crater thread there was a very nice HRSC 3D view of Endeavour which somebody annotated with elevations. I wanted to look at that again but the HRSC links no longer work for me. Can anybody help with that?

You are right, and I was wondering the same yesterday.

New thread Distant vistas: Endeavour, Iazu and beyond created.

Map update after sol 2143.
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Tesheiner, your maps look just like the official ones on JPL's website. Are you the real thing? If so, that is awesome that you post them here for us, and so up-to-date. As I've said in a previous post, I can't believe I just found this forum. It's a privilege to be following this historic expedition, and to read posts from "insiders," if that's the case. Thanks again.

Huh?
Sorry, but I don't see the coincidence.

And no, I'm just a "space enthusiast", no "insider".

I think this says a lot about ET's talent. But at some level, when you're drawing points ( which you know to be right ) on the same reference image, two maps are going to look pretty much alike.

ETs map's were not always as awesome as this....but they have always been awesome

You're right, they are a little different.
I didn't compare them closely...

Map update after sol 2145.
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Tesheiner, I wonder if it might be useful for some (those not actively using GE?) to provide a larger-scale closeup map showing our route as we circumnavigate Concepcion?

Maybe I'll post a close-up after this stop is over. I made them for some of our other stops.

Phil

Map update after sol 2147. The rover's position change is barely visible on the 1m/pix map so here's a snapshot taken from the GE version.
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For those of you who want to follow Eduardo's latest maps in GE since Oppy wandered off the included HiRISE base map, I've mirrored the HiRISE image map update here (256 MB Zip file; download, unzip, and then open "MER-B map extension version 2.0.kml" within Google Mars).

Great, Emily!
Perhaps I should include a link to it on the route map...

Folks...

I am in GOOGLE MARS doing the a slow roll along Tesheiner's route mapping for Oppy and listening to "Winds of Mars" CD.
Highly recommend the experience
WOW... what a relaxer ........

Craig

That's really useful, thanks Emily!

thx Emily! It's like living a dream to fly around G.Mars

Hi all!

I've been trying to find a streamlined way of posting my Opportunity location maps for public access for some time now, and hopefully that's going to start happening soon (today?). In the meantime, here are my latest (remember that Oppy hasn't moved in a few sols). First is the map at the HiRISE mosaic resolution of 25cm/pixel. Second is a 5cm/pixel projection of the Navcam panoramas onto the HiRISE image, around Concepcion.

your data is perfect as usual, Tim !

KML files for Google Mars on the MER website maybe? That would be great!


I presume that's a projection of the 3D meshes generated from both L&R images. I would love to put my hands on such tools...

I'm hoping to do that at some point soon, but need to get the paper writ first that includes contributions from JPLers to the planning software used to make the maps.

-Tim.

Forgot to comment on this. Yes, that is from the project's planning software. But I believe there is commercial software out there to do something similar, provided the camera models can be generated. For example, I use Point Grey Research firewire cameras for planetary imaging (I'm an amateur astronomer), and Pt Grey has stereo camera systems and software to build 3-D files from stereo pairs.

There must be others, but I haven't had any opportunities (sorry for the pun) to explore these myself.

-Tim.

Update after sol 2161.
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... and after sol 2165.
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Looks like we're leaving already!? Or are they stopping to examine the eject 'tail'?

I think just going around all the rocks in this ray. A little dangerous to cross rock piles.

Here's the GE map update after sol 2167.
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Guys - a polite reminder -this thread is for maps, or discussion of making/tweaking/interpreting the maps. There are routine threads for discussion of actual rover ops.

Yet another update. Sol 2170 i.e. yestersol.
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Here's the map for sol 2172.
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I've included Santa Maria (Mini-Endurance) too. Note that the label is really displaced wrt the default low-res map; you must load SFJCody's maps to see if properly.

Congratulations Tesheiner. Emily Lakdawalla has a link to one of your route maps for Opportunity in an article in the Planetary Society Blog.

Thanks Dig.
I read the article before your post but didn't realized the link was pointing here. In any case, I suppose that map was not the one used by SS on the conference but he would have used one from the project itself. That would be too much for the heart!

Sol 2173.
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Since we are moving towards another "waypoint" I thought it was time to include it in the big map.
Here's the latest version, updated up to sol 2177.
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Edit: GE version corrected.

One day, when these missions are over, it would be great to have route maps showing all the tiny wiggles and turns of the actual rover movements instead of the "straight-line" representations in Tesheiner´s day-to-day updates. We have the data (hazcam pics) to draw in the actual micro-scale wiggly routes the rovers have taken. I am thinking of the slight deviations from straight lines that happen when dunes are crossed, when the navigation software works independently, etc.

Here's the map update corresponding to sol 2179.
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Sol 2181.
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