Product Coverage Shapefiles Download for Mars

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The derived shapefiles can be downloaded for each separate PDS product, including data listed as follows. The shape files including *. shp, *.shx, *.dbf, and *.prj are zipped into *.zip or *.tar.gz format. After download, they need to be unzipped first. Then, shape files can be loaded in ESRI ArcGIS.

Shape files
Because many of the coverage maps are quite large, in addition to the coverage file encompassing the entire planet, ODE provides a set of 45x45 degree coverage tiles. The tiles have their upper left corner in latitude/longitude included in their file names. These tiles are generated by selecting all products with their CENTERS inside the tile. NOTE: FOOTPRINTS THAT CROSS INTO A GIVEN TILE BUT WHOSE CENTERS ARE IN THE NEIGHBORING TILES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE GIVEN TILE. Users should load the neighboring tiles when working close to a tile edge or products with large footprints.

Please review the coverage file naming convention in the ODE help.

The following folders contain ODE generated footprint coverage files grouped by mission, instrument, and product type.

 MEX (Mars Express) mission
   HRSC (High Resolution Stereo Camera)
     HRSC DTMRDR Coverage Files
     HRSC RDR Coverage Files
     HRSC REFDR Coverage Files

     HRSC Cale_d Coverage Files (MSL landing site selection section)
     HRSC Gwin_d Coverage Files (MSL landing site selection section)

   MARSIS (Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionsphere Sounding)
     MEX MARSIS EDRnom Coverage Files
     MEX MARSIS EDREx1 Coverage Files
     MEX MARSIS RDRSS Coverage Files

   OMEGA (Observatoire Mineralogie, Eau, Glaces, Activite)
     MEX OMEGA EDRNom Coverage Files
     MEX OMEGA EDREx1 Coverage Files
     MEX OMEGA EDREx2 Coverage Files

   PFS (Planetary Fourier Spectrometer)
     MEX PFS EDREx1 Coverage Files
     MEX PFS EDREx2 Coverage Files
     MEX PFS EDREx3 Coverage Files
     MEX PFS EDRNorm Coverage Files

 MGS (Mars Global Surveyor) mission
   MOC (Mars Orbiter Camera)
     MGS MOC-NA_WA NADSDP Coverage Files
     MGS MOC-NA_WA NASDP Coverage Files
     MGS MOC-NA_WA WADSDP Coverage Files
     MGS MOC-NA_WA WASDP Coverage Files

   MOLA (Mars Orbital Laser Altimeter)
     MGS MOLA MEGDR Coverage Files

   TES (Thermal Emission Spectrometer)
     MGS TES Band_d Coverage Files (MSL landing site selection section)

 MRO (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) mission
   CRISM (Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars)
     MRO CRISM DDR Coverage Files
     MRO CRISM LDR Coverage Files
     MRO CRISM MRDR Coverage Files
     MRO CRISM TRDR Coverage Files

   CTX (Context Camera)
     MRO CTX EDR Coverage Files

   HiRISE (High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment)
     MRO HiRISE Anaglyph Coverage Files
     MRO HiRISE DTM Coverage Files
     MRO HiRISE RDR Coverage Files
     MRO HiRISE RDRV11 Coverage Files

   RSS (Radio Science Subsystem)
     MRO RSS RSDMAP Coverage Files

   SHARAD (Shallow Radar)
     MRO SHARAD EDR Coverage Files
     MRO SHARAD RDR Coverage Files

 Mars Odyssey
   Themis (Thermal Emission Imaging System)
     Odyssey THEMIS Band_D Coverage Files (MSL landing site selection section)
     Odyssey THEMIS Ferg_D Coverage Files (MSL landing site selection section)
     Odyssey THEMIS Oste_D Coverage Files (MSL landing site selection section)

 Multiple Sources
     Cale_d Coverage Files (MSL landing site selection section)
     Mxdmap Coverage Files (MSL landing site selection section)