Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects

Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon

Descriptive Information

URL
www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/
Project and Contents Description
The objective of digitally archiving all 675 plates from Bowker and Hughes’ “Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas” is complete. Each Lunar Orbiter 16 in. x 20 in. print was captured using the Olympus D-600L digital camera and digitally recorded as a ~1 megabyte, grayscale, jpeg formatted image. Image resolution is 300 m/pixel or 60% lower resolution than the original hardcopy print.
Geographic Coverage
Moon
Language(s)
  • English
SuDocs Classification
NAS 1.21:206
LC Classification
QB595
Dewey Classification
523.3
Resource or Material Type
  • Print
  • Maps
Any non-U.S. Government Pubs
No
Publications Source
  • Library's non-depository collection

Administrative Information

Owner
mhager
Project Contact Name
Mary Ann Hager
Institution Name
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Address
3600 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, 77058-1113, USA
E-mail
Telephone
281-486-2182
Visited
156
Institution Type
Non-profit Institution not listed above
Project Status
Complete
Digitization Conducted In-house
Yes

Technical Information

Meets Criteria for Preservation
No
File Formats
JPEG
Metadata Scheme in Use
None
Metadata Encoded As
None
Institution Has a Digitizaiton Policy
No
Policy URL, if any
none
Restrictions on Access
No

Other Information