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Rocky Persaud

ExAlpha Scouting Datasets

D4	D5	D6
C4	C5	C6
B4	B5	B6

ExAlpha Scouting Areas

explore.shp | explore.shx | explore.dbf
circles.jpg | circles.jgw
training.jpg | training.jgw Training Area (B4 to D6)
circle-b4.jpg | circle-b4.jgw
circle-b5.jpg | circle-b5.jgw
circle-b6.jpg | circle-b6.jgw
circle-c4.jpg | circle-c4.jgw
circle-c5.jpg | circle-c5.jgw
circle-c6.jpg | circle-c6.jgw
circle-d4.jpg | circle-d4.jgw
circle-d5.jpg | circle-d5.jgw
circle-d6.jpg | circle-d6.jgw

MDRS Maps

Map Mosaics

The JGW and TFW are worldfiles for positioning the image in a GIS according to the NAD83 datum in UTM coordinates.

Digital Elevation Models

Self-extracting DEMs. MDRS is located within the Skyline Rim files.

Hunt Draw 38110e8.exe 3.0M	Little Wild Horse Mesa 38110e7.exe 2.9M	Goblin Valley 38110e6.exe 2.1M
Factory Butte 38110d8.exe 2.3M	Skyline Rim (MDRS) 38110d7.exe 2.3M	The Notch 38110d6.exe 2.4M
Town Point 38110c8.exe 2.5M	Steamboat Point 38110c7.exe 2.3M	Hanksville 38110c6.exe 2.1M

DEMs in BIL format. MDRS is located within the Skyline Rim files.

Hunt Draw 38110e8.bil 2.9M 38110e8.hdr 1k	Little Wild Horse Mesa 38110e7.bil 2.9M 38110e7.hdr 1k	Goblin Valley 38110e6.bil 2.9M 38110e6.hdr 1k
Factory Butte 38110d8.bil 2.9M 38110d8.hdr 1k	Skyline Rim (MDRS) 38110d7.bil 2.9M 38110d7.hdr 1k	The Notch 38110d6.bil 2.9M 38110d6.hdr 1k
Town Point 38110c8.bil 2.9M 38110c8.hdr 1k	Steamboat Point 38110c7.bil 2.9M 38110c7.hdr 1k	Hanksville 38110c6.bil 2.9M 38110c6.hdr 1k

Aerial Maps

MDRS is located within the Skyline Rim files.

Hunt Draw q3027_27.jgw 1k q3027_83.jgw 1k q3027_83.jpg 23.3M q3027_83.met 21k	Little Wild Horse Mesa q3028_27.jgw 1k q3028_83.jgw 1k q3028_83.jpg 24.8M q3028_83.met 21k	Goblin Valley q3029_27.jgw 1k q3029_83.jgw 1k q3029_83.jpg 19.3M q3029_83.met 21k
Factory Butte q3127_27.jgw 1k q3127_83.jgw 1k q3127_83.jpg 21.3M q3127_83.met 21k	Skyline Rim (MDRS) q3128_27.jgw 1k q3128_83.jgw 1k q3128_83.jpg 21.6M q3128_83.met 21k	The Notch q3129_27.jgw 1k q3129_83.jgw 1k q3129_83.jpg 19.0M q3129_83.met 21k
Town Point q3227_27.jgw 1k q3227_83.jgw 1k q3227_83.jpg 23.7M q3227_83.met 22k	Steamboat Point q3228_27.jgw 1k q3228_83.jgw 1k q3228_83.jpg 21.7M q3228_83.met 22k	Hanksville q3229_27.jgw 1k q3229_83.jgw 1k q3229_83.jpg 18.8M q3229_83.met 22k

ER-2 Data

Data provided by David Bushman, courtesy NASA Dryden. There is also a roll of film at MDRS containing overflight photos, which requires a light table in the hab to look at them.

December 12, 2002 Overflight

Palettes

Colour palettes for ArcView.

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