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[Images & Maps]

Planetary images have a variety of uses, such as in creating geographic and geologic maps, and in finding landing sites for future missions. The image and maps shown here are of Mars.


For information on how to order USGS planetary maps, please refer to the our Planetary Mapping Program page Map Prices and Information.

Maps: Global | Regional | Other Maps & Resources
Imagery: Global | Regional | Other Imagery & Resources


Astrogeology Research Program

General Map Resources

Planetary Maps: Searchable comprehensive listing of published planetary maps, with links to digital versions when available.

Global Maps

Planetary Geomatics Group: Lunar and Venus topographical maps and daisy petal globes
Maps and Globes Gallery: Topographical and image mosaic maps and daisy-petal globes Lunar, Venus, Mars, and Jovian satellites
Planetary Geologic Mapping Program: Geologic map information for Mars, Venus, and outer planet satellites
Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Lunar, Venus, and Mars online interactive maps and GIS data downloads, plus tools and utilities, tutorials, and general information for the GIS community
Gazeteer of Planetary Nomeclature: Lunar, Mars, Venus, and Jovian satellite maps labelled with feature names
Planetary Maps: Download our planetary maps and other publications from USGS Geopubs

Regional Maps

Planetary Geomatics Group: Mars topographic maps and Mars Exploration Rover landing site support
Planetary Geologic Mapping Program: Geologic map information for Mars, Venus, and outer planet satellites
Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Lunar, Venus, and Mars online interactive maps and GIS data downloads, plus tools and utilities, tutorials, and general information for the GIS community
Planetary Maps: Download our planetary maps and other publications from USGS Geopubs

Other Maps & Related Resources

Planetary Geomatics Group: Geodesy, photogrammetry, photoclinometry, nomenclature, and GIS
Geographic Information Systems (GIS): GIS products, tutorials, papers, and information
Gazeteer of Planetary Nomeclature: The official list of planetary feature names and information about how names are approved
Planetary Geologic Mapping Program: Mapping guidelines, handbooks, and other reference materials
Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS): Aster satellite footprint maps of interest to the terrestrial glacial monitoring and research community
Regional Planetary Information Facility (RPIF): Information about our RPIF facility, which houses maps, imagery, and other resources
The View from an Astronaut's Eyes - Apollo Mission Lunar Exploration Media Gallery: Selected Apollo mission EVA maps

Global Imagery

Map-a-Planet: NASA Planetary Data System: Online, interactive global mosaics of Venus, the Moon, Mars, and Jovian satellites
Historical Lunar Data Archive: Download images and data from this collection consisting of products derived from Apollo, Lunar Orbiter, Galileo, Zond 8, and Earth-based observations.
MDIM 2.1: Mars Global Digital Image Mosaic - View and download the latest Mars Digital Image Model, a global image map designed to emphasize local topographic features
Mars Odyssey THEMIS Mosaics: Ongoing project to prepare for the creation of THEMIS global controlled mosaics. Download images, data, and access information about the project
Clementine Near-Infrared Global Lunar Mosaic: View and download the near-infrared global mosaic of the Moon from the Clementine mission data
Jupiter Satellites - Voyager and Galileo Global Image Mosaics: Global image mosaics of the galilean satellites created from Voyager and Galileo mission imagery
Saturn Satellites Voyager Global Image Mosaics: Global image mosaics of Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, and Rhea prepared for the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn

Regional Imagery

Valles Marineris - the Grand Canyon of Mars: Various image products of Ophir and Candor Chasmata region of Mars' Valles Marineris
Martian Hemisphere Images: Hemisphere point perspective images of several regions of Mars
Reviving Lunar Orbiter Photographs: Download recently completed imagery, see the project status, and learn more about the history of this project to scan, enhance, and mosaic Lunar Orbiter photographic film.
Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) Image Collection: Information about MOC and access to MOC data archive

Other Imagery & Resources

Io's Aurorae: Images and observations about Cassini images of Io's visible aurorae during an eclipse
NASA Planetary Photojournal: Extensive searchable collection of regional and global planetary images collected from a wide variety of missions and the Hubble Space Telescope, and image products produced by a wide variety of agencies, including USGS, JPL, NASA, and ASU

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