# PDS

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## [About the PDS category](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/about-the-pds-category/72)

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**Author:** [@nmanaud](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/nmanaud)\
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## [PDS tabular data to shapefile and images (MESSENGER Magnetic Crustal Field Maps)](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/pds-tabular-data-to-shapefile-and-images-messenger-magnetic-crustal-field-maps/547)

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**Author:** [@thare](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/thare)\
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**Last updated:** [February 15, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/pds-tabular-data-to-shapefile-and-images-messenger-magnetic-crustal-field-maps/547 "2022-02-15T22:04:53Z")

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Quite often PDS “map” data is released in a simple Latitude/Longitude table format. Conversion to another form (say for a GIS) can be trickier than most would think. It can also be hard to visualize some of this data if …

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## [Update for Python PDS4 reader and viewer](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/update-for-python-pds4-reader-and-viewer/316)

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**Author:** [@thare](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/thare)\
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**Last updated:** [October 15, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/update-for-python-pds4-reader-and-viewer/316 "2020-10-15T00:39:23Z")

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New version of the Python PDS4 reader and viewer has been made available from Small Body PDS Node: https://sbnwiki.astro.umd.edu/wiki/Python\_PDS4\_Tools Note pds4\_viewer does not understand map projections. For map proj…

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## [Clarifying the Equirectangular projection for PDS4](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/clarifying-the-equirectangular-projection-for-pds4/205)

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**Author:** [@thare](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/thare)\
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**Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/clarifying-the-equirectangular-projection-for-pds4/205 "2019-11-06T16:35:38Z")

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With the advent of PDS4 there continues to be confusion for the Equirectangular (Equidistant Cylindrical). First depending on the projection implementation this projection can have 3 parameters. Note for planetary we do…

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## [PDS Data Release Calendar](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/pds-data-release-calendar/98)

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**Author:** [@emily.s.law](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/u/emily.s.law)\
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**Last updated:** [June 8, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://openplanetary.discourse.group/t/pds-data-release-calendar/98 "2019-06-08T17:37:05Z")

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For PDS data release, please visit: https://pds.nasa.gov/datasearch/subscription-service/data-release-calendar.shtml