Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
Descriptive Information
Project and Contents Description
The objective of digitally archiving all 675 plates from Bowker and Hughes’ “Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas” is complete. Each Lunar Orbiter 16 in. x 20 in. print was captured using the Olympus D-600L digital camera and digitally recorded as a ~1 megabyte, grayscale, jpeg formatted image. Image resolution is 300 m/pixel or 60% lower resolution than the original hardcopy print.
Geographic Coverage
Moon
SuDocs Classification
NAS 1.21:206
LC Classification
QB595
Dewey Classification
523.3
Any non-U.S. Government Pubs
No
Publications Source
- Library's non-depository collection
Administrative Information
Owner
Project Contact Name
Mary Ann Hager
Institution Name
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Institution Type
Non-profit Institution not listed above
Address
3600 Bay Area Blvd, 77058-1113, USA
E-mail
Telephone
281-486-2182
Project Status
Complete
Digitization Conducted In-house
Yes
Visited
951
Technical Information
Meets Criteria for Preservation
No
File Formats
JPEG
Metadata Scheme in Use
None
Metadata Encoded As
None
Institution Has a Digitization Policy
No
Policy URL, if any
Restrictions on Access
No