Friday, May 13, 2011

THE LUNAR MAPPING AND MODELING PROJECT (LMMP)

THE LUNAR MAPPING AND MODELING PROJECT (LMMP)

Back when we thought we were going to the Moon for real and would establish a Lunar Base, plans were made to help in the selection of lunar utilizing mapping data from various missions.  I have been looking for lunar mapping applications that might help us as observers. You can check what I have found so far at my WordPress blog.  If you know of more let me know at gmail address or comment on blog.

Take a look at the THE LUNAR MAPPING AND MODELING PROJECT (LMMP) pdf file.
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THE LUNAR MAPPING AND MODELING PROJECT (LMMP).  B. A. Cohen, M. E. Nall, R. A. French, K.
G. Muery, and A. R. Lavoie, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville AL 35812 (Barbara.A.Cohen@nasa.gov).
Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX (2008)  1640.pdf

Introduction: Two key focus areas for the Lunar Precursor  Robotic  Program  (LPRP)  at  MSFC  are  to provide a three-dimensional map to support lunar mission  site  selection  and  operations  and  to  provide  information  about  the  lunar  environment.  The  Lunar Mapping and Modeling Project  (LMMP) is an LPRP project tasked by the Exploration System Mission Directorate  (ESMD) Advanced Capabilities Division to develop  maps  and  tools  to  benefit  the  Constellation Program  (CxP) lunar planning by providing common, consistent  and  useful  access to  and  dissemination  of this information to the lunar  exploration  and  science communities.

Project scope and purpose: The LMMP will provide: 
1) a single, common, consistent, uniform, intuitive and easy to use NASA portal that accesses lunar mapping  and  modeling  products,  tools  and  data;  
2) transparent  conduits  to  appropriately  sanctioned  portions of the widely dispersed and distributed universe of lunar data, products and tools; 
3) registration to an appropriately  updated  control  network  for  data  products; and 
4) a database and collaborative environment for the collection of lunar data that does not necessarily vary  by  position/location  (e.g.,  a  lunar  wiki).  

The LMMP’s primary customers are the CxP designers and planners; therefore, the  project  philosophy is to  have the CxP customers identify the needs and requirements they have for lunar mapping and tools and to use this information to define content and prioritize objectives. A secondary purpose is to support the dissemination of and access to this data to support the science community,  potential  future  LPRP  missions,  international partners,  commercial  entities,  education  and  public outreach, etc. The LMMP will focus predominantly on data products resulting from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter  (LRO)  and  Lunar  CRater  Observation  and Sensing  Satellite  (LCROSS)  missions,  but  may  also utilize  historical  lunar  data  (e.g.,  Apollo,  Lunar  Orbiter, Clementine, Lunar  Prospector, Earth-based  observations) and international lunar mission  data  (e.g., SMART-1, Kaguya, Chandrayaan, Chang’e), as available and appropriate, to meet specific near-term product,  product type and/or  product  resolution and accuracy needs.

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Watching Star Trek: Enterprise with Archer being sent back and forward in time, and I feel like the same is happening here.
The above is 2008 and now here in 2011 we have some products that you can use to look at the Moon.  
- LRK -

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LMMP Public Portal Now Online
Added by Admin, LMMP 18 days ago
http://pub.lmmp.nasa.gov/redmine/users/1
The Lunar Mapping and Modeling Project Portal is online
Includes Datasets from the following Missions:
  • LRO
  • LunarObserver
  • Clementine
  • Chandrayaan
Includes a variety of Datatypes:
  • Imagery
  • Digital Elevation Maps
  • Resource Maps
Includes Tools:
  • LunarMapper - a light weight, browser-based GIS Tool
  • ILIADS - a java-based GIS application

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The on-line application uses Flash and Java and may require a high band width. 
There are two applications that can be down loaded to do mapping projects on your own computer.
Best to take a look at the Help Wiki
- LRK -

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LMMP Online Help

General Navigation

Click and Drag the Map to PAN around. Double-Click a point to ZOOM into that location by 1 Zoom Level. If your mouse has a wheel, scrolling up and down on the wheel will adjust the zoom level as well. Your last ZOOM option is to use the slider in the upper left of the portal.
You can also zoom into a specific area by holding down SHIFT+CLICK and DRAG a box around the area of interest.
bounding box image

Modal Windows

All of the features (My Layers, Search, Marker Tools, Extent Control) within the Browse portion of the UI are contained within Modal Windows. All features start in a fixed default location, but you can move the modal windows around the portal just by clicking and dragging them to a new location. You can also re-dock the windows by clicking and dragging them close to any edge of the portal. You will know the window is ready to re-dock when the outside turns blue.
All Modal Windows have a close button in the upper right corner, and the windows can be resized by clicking and dragging the bottom right corner of the window
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Make sure you check out the Tools information on the right hand navigation column if you are thinking of getting the desk top applications.
- LRK -

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Well the Valcons crashed on Earth in an early back story and I love Lucy is on TV.
Now that is a time warp.
And what will you be doing to change the future?
- LRK -

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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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