References

Acknowledgements

This toolkit only wraps and indexes the work of others.

What Provided by
LROC NAC and WAC images Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team, Arizona State University
ShadowCam images ShadowCam team (Arizona State University and Malin Space Science Systems), a NASA instrument on KARI's Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (Danuri)
Kaguya Terrain Camera and Multiband Imager images JAXA SELENE (Kaguya) teams, distributed through JAXA's DARTS archive
Data archives and search NASA Planetary Data System Imaging Node, and the Geosciences Node's Orbital Data Explorer
LOLA 5 m site DEMs LOLA team, NASA GSFC Planetary Geodesy Data Archive
Published SfS DEMs and the SfS workflow Bertone et al. and the NASA GSFC LuNaMaps / Artemis III work, on Zenodo
ISIS and ALE USGS Astrogeology Science Center
Ames Stereo Pipeline NASA Ames Research Center
SPICE NASA Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility (NAIF)
GDAL and DuckDB their open-source communities

Please cite the instruments, data sets and software below when you publish results made with them.

Citations

Software

  • Beyer, R. A., Alexandrov, O., & McMichael, S. (2018). The Ames Stereo Pipeline: NASA's open source software for deriving and processing terrain data. Earth and Space Science, 5, 537-548. doi:10.1029/2018EA000409
  • Alexandrov, O., & Beyer, R. A. (2018). Multiview shape-from-shading for planetary images. Earth and Space Science, 5, 652-666. doi:10.1029/2018EA000390
  • Alexandrov, O., McMichael, S., Broxton, M., et al. (2024). NeoGeographyToolkit/StereoPipeline: ASP 3.4.0. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.12176190 (cite the version you use)
  • Laura, J., Acosta, A., Addair, T., et al. (2023). Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers (ISIS) 7.2.0. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7644616 (cite the version you use)
  • Acton, C. H. (1996). Ancillary data services of NASA's Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility. Planetary and Space Science, 44, 65-70. doi:10.1016/0032-0633(95)00107-7
  • Rouault, E., Warmerdam, F., Schwehr, K., et al. (2025). GDAL. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.5884351
  • Raasveldt, M., & Muhleisen, H. (2019). DuckDB: an embeddable analytical database. SIGMOD '19, 1981-1984. doi:10.1145/3299869.3320212

Instruments and missions

  • Vondrak, R., Keller, J., Chin, G., & Garvin, J. (2010). Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO): observations for lunar exploration and science. Space Science Reviews, 150, 7-22. doi:10.1007/s11214-010-9631-5
  • Robinson, M. S., Brylow, S. M., Tschimmel, M., et al. (2010). Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) instrument overview. Space Science Reviews, 150, 81-124. doi:10.1007/s11214-010-9634-2
  • Humm, D. C., Tschimmel, M., Brylow, S. M., et al. (2016). Flight calibration of the LROC Narrow Angle Camera. Space Science Reviews, 200, 431-473. doi:10.1007/s11214-015-0201-8
  • Smith, D. E., Zuber, M. T., Jackson, G. B., et al. (2010). The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter investigation on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. Space Science Reviews, 150, 209-241. doi:10.1007/s11214-009-9512-y
  • Robinson, M. S., Brylow, S. M., Caplinger, M. A., et al. (2023). ShadowCam instrument and investigation overview. Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, 40(4), 149-171. doi:10.5140/JASS.2023.40.4.149
  • Kato, M., Sasaki, S., Takizawa, Y., & the Kaguya project team (2010). The Kaguya mission overview. Space Science Reviews, 154, 3-19. doi:10.1007/s11214-010-9678-3
  • Haruyama, J., Matsunaga, T., Ohtake, M., et al. (2008). Global lunar-surface mapping experiment using the Lunar Imager/Spectrometer on SELENE. Earth, Planets and Space, 60, 243-255. doi:10.1186/BF03352788
  • Ohtake, M., Haruyama, J., Matsunaga, T., et al. (2008). Performance and scientific objectives of the SELENE (KAGUYA) Multiband Imager. Earth, Planets and Space, 60, 257-264. doi:10.1186/BF03352789

Topography

  • Mazarico, E., Neumann, G. A., Smith, D. E., Zuber, M. T., & Torrence, M. H. (2011). Illumination conditions of the lunar polar regions using LOLA topography. Icarus, 211, 1066-1081. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.10.030 (PGDA site numbering)
  • Barker, M. K., Mazarico, E., Neumann, G. A., et al. (2021). Improved LOLA elevation maps for south pole landing sites: error estimates and their impact on illumination conditions. Planetary and Space Science, 203, 105119. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2020.105119
  • Henriksen, M. R., Manheim, M. R., Burns, K. N., et al. (2017). Extracting accurate and precise topography from LROC narrow angle camera stereo observations. Icarus, 283, 122-137. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.012
  • Bertone, S., Barker, M., Mazarico, E., McKenna, T., & Petro, N. (2026). Enhanced topography models for selected lunar south pole regions with shape-from-shading. The Planetary Science Journal, 7, 118. doi:10.3847/PSJ/ae5b70. Data: doi:10.5281/zenodo.17954508