MESSENGER Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)

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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-NAC Products:

Type	Description	PDS4 Bundle Collection
EDRNAC	Narrow Angle Camera Experiment Data Record. For more information: MDIS EDR Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_1001:nac_edr
CDRNAC	Narrow Angle Camera Calibrated Data Record. For more information: MDIS CDR Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_2001:nac_cdr
DDRNAC	Narrow Angle Camera Derived Data Record. For more information: MDIS DDR Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_3001:nac_ddr
RTMNAC	Narrow Angle Camera Map-projected Regional Targeted Mosaics. For more information: MDIS RTM Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_8001:rtm_rdr
DEMNAC	MDIS Digital Elevation Model. For more information: MDIS DEM Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_dem_1001:elev

MESSENGER MDIS-WAC Products:

Type	Description	PDS4 Bundle Collection
EDRWAC	Wide Angle Camera Experiment Data Record. For more information: MDIS EDR Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_1001:wac_edr
CDRWAC	Wide Angle Camera Calibrated Data Record. For more information: MDIS CDR Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_2001:wac_cdr
DDRWAC	Wide Angle Camera Derived Data Record. For more information: MDIS DDR Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_3001:wac_ddr
MDRWAC	3-Color Multispectral Reduced Data Records for the WAC. For more information: MDIS MDR Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_6001:md3_rdr
RTMWAC	Wide Angle Camera Map-projected Regional Targeted Mosaics. For more information: MDIS RTM Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_8001:rtm_rdr
MAPMP5	5-color Map Projected Multispectral Reduced Data Records (MP5) for the MDIS camera system on MESSENGER. For more information: MDIS MAPMP5 Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_7301:mp5_rdr
RDRMDR	Map Projected Multispectral Reduced Data Record. For more information: MDIS CDR RDR Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_5001:mdr_rdr

MESSENGER MDIS-WAC/NAC Products:

Type	Description	PDS4 Bundle Collection
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
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
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
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
DEM	MDIS Digital Elevation Model. For more information: MDIS DEM Data Product SIS (PDF)	urn:nasa:pds:messenger_mdis_dem_1001:elev

The MDIS data sets are archived at the PDS Imaging 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.

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.