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Click here: Press F1 key (Windows) or Help key (Mac) for help Available from: NASA Center for AeroSpace Information 7115 Standard Drive Hanover, MD 21076-1320 (301) 621-0390 Click here: Press F1 key (Windows) or Help key (Mac) for help This report is also available in electronic form at http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/PlanetaryMapping/ Report of the Annual Mappers’ Meeting Trinity University San Antonio, Texas June 24-26, 2009 The Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers provides a unique opportunity for researchers and students to exchanges ideas, share experiences, and discuss methodologies and technological advances directly related to the endeavor that is geologic map making. The meeting also serves as the primary venue for Planetary Geology and Geophysics (PGG) funded Principal Investigators, and associated teams, to present the progress of their mapping projects. The 2009 meeting was convened by Les Bleamaster (Planetary Science Institute (PSI) and Trinity University), Ken Tanaka (US Geological Survey (USGS)), and Michael Kelley (NASA Headquarters) and was hosted by the Geosciences Department at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Approximately 30 people attended this year’s mappers’ meeting and associated geographic information system (GIS) workshop. This volume is the compilation of abstracts submitted by meeting attendees, abstracts submitted in absentia, and additional materials appropriate for distribution to the planetary mapping community and other interested parties. This year’s meeting kicked off on Wednesday, June 24th in Trinity University’s Integrated Learning Center, home to twenty-eight individual workstations running ArcGIS 9.3, which allowed each GIS workshop participant a unique hands-on experience. The workshop, organized and run by Trent Hare, Jim Skinner, and Corey Fortezzo (all of the USGS, Flagstaff, Arizona), provided review and instruction on 1) geodatabase design, organization, and management, 2) vector shape creation, annotation, and editing, and 3) querying and spatial analysis. GIS workshops should continue to accompany the mappers’ meeting (certainly when the meeting in convened in Flagstaff) as PGG-supported planetary mapping transitions to a 100% GIS publication format. Oral presentations and poster discussions took place on Thursday, June 25th and Friday, June 26th. Geologic Mapping Subcommittee (GEMS) chairperson, Les Bleamaster, welcomed everyone to Trinity and commenced the meeting. Ken Tanaka followed with a brief summary of the Planetary Geologic Mapping Program announcing the generation of a new planetary geologic mapping handbook (see appendix) and the restructuring of the USGS mapping website (anticipated update in 2010). Michael Kelley (PGG Discipline Scientist) provided a PGG program update highlighting several recently implemented changes and emphasizing his aim for balance within the program. Jim Skinner followed with a recap of the GIS workshop and a further introduction of USGS efforts to streamline the GIS base map generation and GIS products for use by new mappers. The first of several breakout sessions followed, allowing attendees to share printed map materials and solicit assistance from USGS personnel regarding the implementation of GIS technologies in their map preparation (a major theme of the meeting this year). Science presentations were arranged with respect to increasing planetary radius, and thus began with two lunar presentations. Tracy Gregg (University of Buffalo) reported on preliminary work in LQ-10 and opened a two-day discussion on the benefits and pitfalls of informal place names for lunar features (e.g., the informally named, yet very well known, Marius hills). Tracy, with assistance from Jen Blue and GEMS, will continue to investigate lunar nomenclature issues. Scott Mest (PSI) discussed his efforts on Schrödinger basin near the lunar south pole. Jumping moons, David Williams (Arizona State University) provided an update on his recently submitted global Io map. After lunch, the meeting proceeded with a Martian focus; Sharon Wilson and Jim Zimbelman (both of the Smithsonian Institution) presented new findings from the Uzboi- Ladon-Morava outflow system and the Medusae Fossae Formation, respectively. David Crown (PSI) discussed preliminary results of mapping and mineralogic investigations on the northwest side of Hellas Planitia, Mars. Corey Fortezzo (USGS) discussed the geologic evolution of highlands near Margaritifer, Arabia, and Noachis Terrae and Scott Mest returned to discuss Reull Vallis. David Williams wrapped up day one with an introduction to his new Olympus Mons mapping project. Friday continued where we left off - with Mars. Tracy Gregg reported on her continued mapping of Tyrrhena Patera and Hesperia Planum, and Jim Skinner (USGS) discussed year two results from his mapping in the southern Utopia Planitia region and introduced a new project of Libya Montes. Ken Tanaka rounded out the Mars presentations discussing midway results of the five-year project to produce a new 1:20M-scale global map of Mars and introduced a slightly unconventional approach to mapping the Scandia region in the northern hemisphere. Mapping presentations finished up with Venus. Les Bleamaster (PSI) presented progress on efforts in the Beta-Atla-Themis region. Jim Head (Brown University) summarized several efforts of his and co-authors in the Fortuna Tessera (V-2), Lada Terra (V-56), and Fredegonde (V-57) quadrangles. Debra Hurwitz (also of Brown University) wrapped up with her mapping of the Snegurochka Planitia (V-1) quadrangle. Kim Seelos (JHU/APL) ended the series of talks with a presentation of the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) website and offered guidance on how CRISM data could be integrated