About SBIB - Vesta

Vesta Mission Phases (from end to beginning) covered in SBIB

TransC - Transfer from HAMO2 to Ceres (aka Departure)
HAMO2 - A second High Altitude Mapping Orbit
LAMO - Low Altitude Mapping Orbit; about 210 km
TransL - Transfer from HAMO to LAMO
HAMO - High Altitude Mapping Orbit; about 680 km
TransH - Transfer from Survey orbit to HAMO
Survey - Consists of a full and complete survey of Vesta; includes all FC filters and expansive VIR observations

Map Projection and Arc-GIS

Data can be imported into ArcMAP 10.1 by downloading the ISIS Map cubes.
Most images (PNG and thumbnails) were generated with an equirectangular projection. Images that are near the poles have been projected with a polar projection.

Maps

We use several different overview maps for the Image Browser. References for each:

Topographic - Gaskell et al., AGU Fall Meeting (2011)
Geological - Jaumann et al., Science 336, 687 (2012)
Color - Le Corre et al., Icarus 226,1568 (2013)
DLR Framing camera mosaic - Roatsch et al., P&SS 85, 293 (2013)

Data processing

We used the USGS software tool Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers (ISIS) as the main tool to process the data.
We used Gaskell's shape model and the ISIS software routines to convert images into map-based projections.

Coordinates

This software uses the PDS-Vesta-2012 coordinate system, as approved by the IAU (details). This system is also known as the "Claudia Double Prime."

Spin Pole of Vesta at RA=309.0 deg, Dec=42.2 deg
Rotation period 0.2226 days (Drummond et al., 1998)
Prime Meridian parameter W0=285.4 deg and Wdot=1617.33 deg/day