First OS Contour Map For A Mars Region – With ExoMars 2018 Landing Ellipse In Oxia Planum Superimposed

 

The Ordnance Survey (national mapping agency for the UK) has just released their first map of a region on another planet. It’s a high resolution relief shaded contour map, and includes the area of Mars where ExoMars will land in 2018. Here is a close up view of it with the ESA landing ellipse in Oxia Planum superimposed.

Source: First OS Contour Map For A Mars Region – With ExoMars 2018 Landing Ellipse In Oxia Planum Superimposed