Coordination of Planetary Coordinate System Recommendations by the Iau Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements – 2020 Status and Future
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: . Our goal is to request input from the lunar and planetary community regarding issues of planetary coordinate systems and cartography standards. We begin with an overview of the work of the International Astronomical Union Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements. We briefly describe the operations and membership of the Working Group, some of the various uses of the recommendations it makes, our most recent (2018) published report and the recommendations therein, and the outlook for our next such report. We then consider several issues and questions regarding the future of the Working Group and regarding planetary cartography and planetary data spatial infrastructure in general. This includes possible near-term projects, how we and others might collect and consider community input and includes some ideas regarding possible outcomes or future work that will need to be addressed by the Working Group or other organizations.
Institutions: United States Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, Met Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of Arizona, George Mason University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Lille, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Université, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides, United States Naval Observatory, Aix-Marseille Université, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Technische Universität Dresden, University of California, Los Angeles, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), Technische Universität Berlin, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Astronomical Observatories, University of Virginia, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Hawaii System, Queen Mary University of London
Language: English
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3081369931