PlanetaryGIS.org is a website created for, and maintained by, the planetary community with an interest in landing site characterization and selection. We aim to provide central location where planetary scientists and engineers can share news, ideas, initiatives, tools, datasets and documentation.
The development and maintenance of PlanetaryGIS is currently funded by Europlanet (JRA1) and focuses on exploration missions to Mars and the Moon. If you are new to landing-site selection, be sure to check the documentation. We invite everybody interested in planetary science and future space exploration missions to use and contribute to PlanetaryGIS.org. To contribute to and edit the site you need to register an account.
Images from the Shallow Radar (SHARAD) on board the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) are available online at the Planetary Data System website. Through PlanetaryGIS.org it is now possible to visualize these radargram images as vertical profiles within Google Earth.
Posted at: 23rd March 2009 by in Website