Add-on Description:
**Orbiter BETA Only!**
**This is an alternative to martins' optional level 11 Moon textures from http://mirror.orbiter-radio.co.uk/orbiter/assets/moon.html, but does NOT replace the elevation data. This is the surface folder ONLY. This is why the file-size is a little smaller, but its resolution level is the same as the optional Moon textures.**
**Resolution levels 1 through 11**
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This new map was compiled with the 'Lunaserv' 100mpp WAC reflectance scraped from the LROC WAC WMS server and the new Hapke normalized reflectance for 643nm+566nm+415nm bands. Since the Hapke data was clipped for "scientific reasons", I had to cheat and colorize the rest of the data with GIMP. The Hapke data was scaled up by a factor of 473.8% to fit the dimensions of the Lunaserv mosaic, and I made a +15 Brightness/-20 Contrast edit to the Lunaserv map to match martins' old V1 moon map in brightness. The colorized data, as well as the Hapke data, were used as 'coloring layers' to the Lunaserv map.Â
Note that this map does not have any fixed shadows to hide the interpolated nature of the current elevation data, but conversely I feel this is a great test for the terrain engine and for any future revisions to the elevation data for the Moon.
To install:Navigate to your Orbiter folder and select 'Extract Here'.
Credit:
NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University provided data accessed via Lunaserv WMS
Data Sources:
'Lunaserv' global reflectance   http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/707 (first mentioned here)   http://webmap.lroc.asu.edu/lunaserv.html (via 108 manual WMS web queries)
Boyd, A.K. et. al., 2013, LROC WAC 100 Meter Scale PhotometricallyNormalized Map of the Moon, AGU Fall Meeting AbstractsEstes, N.M. et. al., 2013, Lunaserv Web Map Service: History,Implementation Details, Development, and Uses, 44th Lunar and PlanetaryScience Conference, pg. 2609.Robinson, M.S., Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Experimental DataRecord, LRO-L-LROC-2-EDR-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 2010Robinson, M.S. et. al., 2010, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC)Instrument Overview, Space Science Reviews, Vol 150, pp. 81-124
Normalized Hapke Parameter maps   http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc/view_rdr/WAC_EMP_NORMALIZED
Boyd, A.K., Robinson, M.S., and Sato, H. (2012), Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Wide Angle Camera Photometry: An Empirical Solution, In 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract #2795.
Mazarico, E., Rowlands, D.D., Neumann, G.A., Smith, D.E., Torrence, M.H., Lemoine, F.G., Zuber, M.T., (2012), Orbit determination of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Journal of Geodesy , Volume 86, Issue 3, pp.193-207, doi:10.1007/s00190-011-0509-4
Scholten, F., J. Oberst, K.-D. Matz, T. Roatsch, M. Wählisch, E.J. Speyerer, M.S. Robinson (2012), GLD100 â the n