Abstract
The Need for Recommendations in Support of Planetary Bodies Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements Standards
Highlights
The WGCCRE relied on these groups previously, and currently does not have enough personnel to address these issues in a timely way, so confusion about all Mars and lunar mapping products, including critical landing site mapping products on both bodies, may result
The WGCCRE efforts are already cited as the likely foundational standards portion of such work, but other planetary spatial data infrastructures (PSDIs) topics are relevant, such as policies, people, access networks, and data, in the form of reference frame, elevation, and mosaic foundational data products, and framework products for other data types
We recommend that NASA give serious consideration to the creation of a planetary cartographic and rotational standards service, in close consultation with the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the partner space agencies that would be called to recognize and contribute financial support to such a body
Summary
Can the WGCCRE interact more closely with other professional societies, space agencies, and working groups to foster international agreement on consistent use of cartographic standards and obtain the feedback needed to establish community consensus? As the volume and complexity of planetary datasets and the number of mapped bodies increase, the WGCCRE has had great difficulty as a mostly volunteer organization in keeping up with addressing the resulting issues and questions regarding planetary coordinates and rotational elements, and other high-level cartographic standards.
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