Talk:List of quadrangles on Mars

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For future reference, the template Mars quadrangle can be used to convert geographic coordinates into the name of the quadrangle they're in. It's used for the categorization of many Mars-related articles. Bryan Derksen (talk) 22:24, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Why are they notable
Who uses them ? What alternatives ? Any pre/post discussion on their definition ? Shouldn't we rename this article to List of USGS Martian quadrangles ? - Rod57 (talk) 10:56, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * They were approved by IAU (see ) and now are widely used, for example, by USGS. You can see them in Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. But I agree that they do not merit such a big attention which they have in en-wiki (separate articles, mentions in the articles about geological features etc.). They are purely artificial things, not natural. Stas (talk) 21:04, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

AFAIK - Quadrangles on Earth, Mars and elsewhere, including the planets, such as Mercury and Venus, as well as moons, such as the Moon and Tethys, are useful, not only with the USGS, but also with NASA, JPL and many others, for better locating specific geographic areas - to land and explore - such listings for Mars may be especially important (and notable) since Mars exploration and a possible human mission to Mars (list) seems to be a very high priority for the world at the moment - hope this helps in some way - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 22:13, 17 September 2015 (UTC)