Geologic Mapping Techniques in the Era of Space Exploration: Mapping the Earth and other Worlds.

Co-organized by PS7

Convener: Alessandro Frigeri | Co-conveners: Jens Klump, Alexandra Huff, James Skinner Jr., Wajiha Iqbal

Abstract submission

In the last ten years, space exploration has evolved towards a relevant number of landed missions to Mars and the Moon. The lunar exploration program plans to land human crews on the Moon as the first step in the exploration of Mars. On Earth, geoscientists and geologists now have access to remote sensing data, UAVs with imagers, and GNSS positioning and navigational support.

Geologic mapping is happening in the digital domain for planetary and terrestrial geology, but the communities have been generally separated since the Apollo era.

This session will gather Earth and Planetary geoscientists to discuss methods and techniques adopted abroad for modern basic and applied geologic mapping.

Topics:
- innovative techniques and methods for field and remote sensing data collection
- integration of non-common dataset
- digital formats and interoperability/usability of geological maps
- geologic mapping programs from national and space agencies.
- cartographic representation
- derived or specialized maps (alteration, ore/resources, geotechnical)

The outcome would be a broad view of similarities, differences, and open issues in both earth and planetary mapping, creating the opportunity to fill potential gaps.

We will invite some experts in the fields as Keynote Speakers.