Shaded Relief Map of Amalthea

Positions in the map are controlled by a digital shape model, described in that paper. For this map, the three dimensional convex hull of the shape model was projected into the Morphographic Conformal Projection (the conventional Stereographic Projection modified for non-spherical worlds). The leading side (longitude 90 runs vertically down the centre) faces forwards in the orbit of Amalthea. The trailing side (longitude 270 runs vertically down its centre) faces backwards along the orbit. Longitude 0 is at the righthand end of the leading side, and faces Jupiter. As with all conformal (true shape) projections, the scale in these maps varies, increasing from the centre to the outer edge.

The map projection is described in:

Stooke, P.J. and Keller, C.P., 1990. "Map Projections for Non-Spherical Worlds / the Variable-Radius Map Projections", CARTOGRAPHICA, V. 27, No. 2, pp. 82-100.

This version of the file, with labels intact, is in the public domain.

Philip Stooke,
Department of Geography,
University of Western Ontario,
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2
stooke@sscl.uwo.ca

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