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Is there a download for new map of the moon from China? (www.ecns.cn)

submitted 6 months ago by Zepfanman@beehaw.org to c/space@beehaw.org

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Seems similar to the one released in 2022. I've searched for 15 minutes to try to find a new download or purchase link, without any luck! All the news stories just have low-res previews.

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[–] e0qdk@reddthat.com 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I spent a while looking thanks to your post and only found stuff from 2022 as well. My Chinese is basically non-existent though. (I can pick out a word here and there from knowing some Japanese, but that's about it.) Someone who knows Chinese might have better luck digging.

I did find this file from 2022 (14999x6982 -- ⚠️ 100+ MB PNG): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/The_geologic_map_of_the_Moon_at_1-2.5M_scale.png

Associated information (and preview): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_geologic_map_of_the_Moon_at_1-2.5M_scale.png

I assume that's the one you're referring to from 2022?

All the news stories just have low-res previews.

Is there a preview that looks different from this? I don't see a preview at all (just a picture of people at some sort of presentation) in your link -- but my browser might just not be loading it if there is one. (I generally block scripts.)

Edit: tweaked wording slightly

[–] Zepfanman@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago

Thanks for looking into it. The "low-res previews" are on sites like this https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01223-0