Planetary map design: The Chang’E-1 topographic atlas of the moon

Abstract

This chapter presents how the Chang’E-1 Topographic Atlas of the Moon (Li et al. in The Chang’E-1 topographic atlas of the Moon. Sinomaps Press, Beijing China, 2013; Li et al. in The Chang’E-1 topographic atlas of the Moon. Springer, Berlin, 2016) was designed and produced covering map designing, data processing, atlas editing, and publishing subtasks. Under this mapping framework, China’s Lunar Exploration Program has released several maps and atlases with high efficiency and will carry out mapping of Mars in the future. The tasks described here can be used for any planetary map, from map design to map publishing.