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Off to Mars this summer? Don't forget your map

Ordnance Survey prints limited edition Red Planet guide

In outstanding news for those readers planning a hiking holiday on Mars this summer, Ordnance Survey has produced a limited edition print version of its 1 to 4 million view of the Red Planet's Western Arabia Terra.

Created at the behest of Dr Peter Grindrod of the University of London, who's involved in the European Space Agency's ExoMars Rover programme, the map features elevation data from the Mars Global Surveyor's Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA).

A detail of the OS Mars map

The map was initially an online-only release, but OS did say last month it'd consider knocking out hard copies were there sufficient demand.

Evidently there was, and we know readers were keen, so you can now enjoy OS's 980 by 840mm paper copy of its "first foray in to intragalactic mapping" for £24.99. ®

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