MESSENGER MDIS Wide-angle and Narrow-angle Camera (MDIS-WAC/NAC)

ODE:Mercury, Venus

Mission:MESSENGER

Instrument: MESSENGER MDIS

PDS Geosciences Node: PDS Source Information

Search MESSENGER MDIS data in Mercury ODE: Product Search • Map Search

The MESSENGER Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) instrument consists of two cameras, a multispectral Wide Angle Camera (WAC) and a monochrome Narrow Angle Camera (NAC), mounted on a common pivot platform. MDIS data will be used to construct a global image base map, a digital terrain model, global maps of color properties, and mosaics of high-resolution image strips.

MESSENGER MDIS-WAC/NAC Products:

Type	Description	PDS4 Bundle Collection	Data Archives at
RDRBDR	Map Projected Basemap Reduced Data Record. For more information: MDIS CDR RDR Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_4001:bdr_rdr	PDS Imaging Node
MAPHIE	High solar incidence angle basemap illuminated from the east reduced data records for the MDIS camera system on MESSENGER. For more information: MDIS MAPHIE Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_7001:hie_rdr	PDS Imaging Node
MAPHIW	High solar incidence angle basemap illuminated from the west reduced data records for the MDIS camera system on MESSENGER. For more information: MDIS MAPHIW Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_7101:hiw_rdr	PDS Imaging Node
MAPLOI	Map Projected Low-Incidence Angle Basemap Reduced Data Records (LOI) for the MDIS camera system on MESSENGER. For more information: MDIS MAPLOI Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_7201:loi_rdr	PDS Imaging Node
DEM	MDIS Digital Elevation Model. For more information: MDIS DEM Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_dem_1001:elev	PDS Imaging Node
Nathair Facula Topography and Photometric Cube Data	Derived regional topography and photometric data for two locations within Nathair Facula, Mercury. Product Description File	urn:nasa:pds:nathairfacula_messenger_mdis_topography_domingue_2022	PDS Geosciences Node

Most MDIS data sets are archived at the PDS Imaging Node. The derived Nathair Facula topography and photometric cube data bundle is archived at the PDS Geosciences Node. In addition to ODE, you may also search MDIS images through the PDS Cartography and Imaging Sciences Discipline Node's various search tools. The ODE website complements the PDS Cartography and Imaging Sciences Discipline Node's Atlas website by providing cross mission and instrument searches for imaging and non-imaging data products.

ACT-REACT QuickMap allows users to explore images and data from MESSENGER's orbital mission. Once data are publically available at the PDS, the images are also available to be explored here in QuickMap. An online tutorial for using ACT-REACT QuickMap is available at https://messenger-act.actgate.com/msgr_public_released/act_docs/qmap.pdf .

MESSENGER MDIS Data Users Workshop, 44th LPSC, March 17th, 2013:

• Overview of the MESSENGER Mission, MDIS Instrument, and Imaging Campaigns (PDF)

• MDIS Calibration Workshop (PDF)

• Finding MESSENGER MDIS Data in the PDS (PDF)

• Fast & Easy Interface to MESSENGER Mission Data (PDF) - ACT-REACT QuickMap overview.

• ISIS Guide to Working with MESSENGER MDIS Data (PDF) - Provides an introduction to the U.S. Geological Survey's ISIS3 software and demonstrates its use in processing of MESSENGER MDIS data.

• ISIS Demos and Materials for MDIS Data Users

• ISIS Support Board for MDIS

More information about MDIS can be found in:

• Hawkins, S. E., et al., 2007, The Mercury Dual Imaging System on the MESSENGER Spacecraft, Space Science Reviews, 131, p. 247-338, doi: 10.1007/s11214-007-9266-3.