Coordination of planetary coordinate system recommendations by the iau working group on cartographic coordinates and rotational elements-2020 status and future

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Contributors

  • B. A. ArChinal - , United States Geological Survey (Author)
  • C. H. Acton - , Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (Author)
  • A. Conrad - , Large Binocular Telescope Observatory (Author)
  • T. C. Duxbury - , George Mason University (Author)
  • D. Hestroffer - , Institute for Celestial Mechanics and Computation of Ephemerides (Author)
  • J. L. Hilton - , United States Naval Observatory (Author)
  • L. Jorda - , French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (Author)
  • R. L. Kirk - , United States Geological Survey (Author)
  • S. A. Klioner - , Research Group for Astronomy, Lohrmann Observatory, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • J. Obers - , University of California at Los Angeles (Author)
  • J. Oberst - , German Aerospace Center (DLR) (Author)
  • F. Paganelli - , SETI Institute (Author)
  • J. Ping - , CAS - National Astronomical Observatories (Author)
  • P. K. Seidelmann - , University of Virginia (Author)
  • D. J. Tholen - , University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (Author)
  • I. P. Williams - , Queen Mary University of London (Author)

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.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1091-1097
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives
Volume43
Issue numberB3
Publication statusPublished - 6 Aug 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title2020 24th ISPRS Congress - Technical Commission III
Duration31 August - 2 September 2020
CityNice, Virtual
CountryFrance

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-4682-7831/work/168206696

Keywords

Keywords

  • Cartographic Coordinates, Coordinate Frames, Coordinate Systems, Planetary Rotation, Planetary Spatial Data Infrastructure, Solar System