New Tiles for the Moon

Version 11 adds an improved set of tiles for the Moon, with zooms from 1 to 9.

This is the location of the landing site for the Apollo 15 mission.

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landing = Entity["MannedSpaceMission", "Apollo15"][ EntityProperty["MannedSpaceMission", "LandingPosition"]]

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Plot a geo marker on an orthographic map of the near side of the Moon.

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GeoGraphics[GeoMarker[landing], GeoProjection -> "Orthographic", GeoRange -> All, GeoGridLines -> Quantity[20, "AngularDegrees"], GeoGridLinesStyle -> Directive[Opacity[0.3], LightBlue], Background -> Black]

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The landing site is located near the eastern edge of the Mare Imbrium.

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GeoGraphics[GeoMarker[landing], GeoProjection -> "Orthographic", GeoRange -> All, GeoGridLines -> Quantity[20, "AngularDegrees"], GeoGridLinesStyle -> Directive[Opacity[0.3], LightBlue], Background -> Black]; Show[%, GeoRange -> Quantity[200, "Miles"], GeoGridLines -> Quantity[2, "AngularDegrees"]]

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Zoom in further.

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landing = Entity["MannedSpaceMission", "Apollo15"][ EntityProperty["MannedSpaceMission", "LandingPosition"]]; Show[%, GeoRange -> Quantity[200, "Miles"], GeoGridLines -> Quantity[2, "AngularDegrees"]]; Show[%, GeoRange -> Quantity[15, "Miles"], GeoGridLines -> Quantity[.2, "AngularDegrees"]]

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