Multi-Mission Geographic Information System (MMGIS): an Open Source Spatial Data Infrastructure for Spacecraft Science Operations

Multi-Mission Geographic Information System, MMGIS, is a new science operations software tool from the NASA Advanced Multi-Mission Operations System (AMMOS). MMGIS provides geospatial tools as part of a spatial data infrastructure for spacecraft science operations. It is now a low-cost, effective solution for any spacecraft mission, released as a free open source (FOSS) project. This collection of programs, workflows, and web-based interfaces combine various basemaps with science data products in their geospatial context with 'quicklook' instrument results. The software is now deployed on three active spacecraft missions: the Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) rover for daily strategic science operations, the InSight lander for analyzing the successful deployment of a seismometer (SEIS) and heat probe (HP3) on the martian surface, and for pre-landing geologic mapping for the Mars2020 rover. In addition, MMGIS is being adapted for the Mars2020 rover mission with a new module called CAMP (CAmpaign Mapping and Planning) for strategic science operations that will be a fully Dockerized and cloud-deployed using an RDS PostgreSQL/POSTGIS database to store science team member spatial annotations as well as strategic science targets and drive paths. We're also developing a new tool for viewing seismic time-series data on Earth. MMGIS

Our first open source release is posted on github under an Apache 2.0 license: https://github.com/NASA-AMMOS/MMGIS. Periodic updates are made several times a year. We welcome code contributions to our software.