Mars Orbiter Camera geodesy campaign

During the "geodesy campaign" in May and June 1999 the wide-angle system of the Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera imaged the visible surface of Mars from latitudes 70 degreesS to 90 degreesN. Over 90% of this portion o f the planet was covered at two viewing angles to obtain side-looking stere o at a resolution of similar to 250 m/pixel and convergence angles of 21 de grees -27 degrees. Continuous radiometric spacecraft tracking during this p eriod provided precise orbit determination of spacecraft location. This dat a set will become the basis of a new image mosaic of Mars, with the potenti al to exceed the geodetic precision and image quality of those presently av ailable.