Mars 7x Globe in 2,000,000 Facets

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Mars Global Surveyor sent stuff to the PDS, The Planetary Data System. The PDS and me are acquainted. Exaggeration of 7 times makes the canyons look deep. (The 2 canyon photos are not on this globe, they are close-ups at 128 data points per degree, not 4 pt/deg). The data points are 1/4 of a degree apart for longitude and latitude. LABEL_REVISION_NOTE = "S. SLAVNEY, 2002-04-08; S. SLAVNEY, 2004-11-24; Added citation, S. SLAVNEY, 2005-08-17;" RECORD_TYPE = STREAM OBJECT = DATA_SET DATA_SET_ID = {"MGS-M-MOLA-5-MEGDR-L3-V1.0"} OBJECT = DATA_SET_INFORMATION DATA_SET_NAME = "MOLA MISSION EXPERIMENT GRIDDED DATA RECORD" DATA_SET_COLLECTION_MEMBER_FLG = "N" START_TIME = 1997-09-15T19:10:00.000 STOP_TIME = 2001-06-30T11:10:40.000 DATA_OBJECT_TYPE = IMAGE DATA_SET_RELEASE_DATE = 2003-04-19 PRODUCER_FULL_NAME = {"DAVID E. SMITH", "MARIA T. ZUBER", "GREGORY A. NEUMANN"} CITATION_DESC = "Smith, D.E., M.T. Zuber, G.A. Neumann, E.A. Guinness, and S. Slavney, Mars Global Surveyor Laser Altimeter Mission Experiment Gridded Data Record, MGS-M-MOLA-5-MEGDR-L3-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 2003." Instructions Instruction to make your own globes: my Perl program to make .stl files for planets can licensed by the month or purchased with full ownership. I am available to consult on globe design at an hourly rate of $40. Here is a link to all data that I used for Mars:http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/mgs/mgs-m-mola-5-megdr-l3-v1/mgsl_300x/meg004/ It has 4 files of Mars elevations, and instructions about format.