Students / Space Enthusiasts

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The JMARS Team has developed a version of JMARS specifically for use by students and space enthusiasts. The Public Version contains all of the standard JMARS layers, such as the Map Layer, Stamp Layer, etc and pulls data from the servers at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility, which also supply data to the THEMIS, MRO and LRO versions of JMARS. Users must register for a free JMARS user account since the program requires access to the ASU servers.


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[edit] What Can JMARS Do For Me?

  • Students
  • K-12 Students: Target a THEMIS image as part of the Mars Student Imaging Project.
  • Undergraduate Students: Target and analyze THEMIS observations as part of your School of Earth and Space Exploration coursework.
  • Graduate Students: Target, locate and analyze observations made by THEMIS and other Mars-orbiting instruments as part of your individual research projects.
  • Space Enthusiasts
  • Navigate across the surface of Mars and view data collected by multiple instruments.
  • Locate specific observations made by various instruments for analysis outside of JMARS.
  • View the past, present or future location of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
  • As the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission gets closer to launch, users will be able to access maps of the Moon using JMARS. Stay tuned!


[edit] JMARS System Requirements

The JMARS client is designed to be small, but it can accumulate a lot of data from the server with heavy use. The minimum recommended system requirements are:

  • Java Runtime 1.5 or later (required)
  • A 24 bit video sub-system (required)
  • DSL, Cable, T-1 or better network connection (128Kbps) (recommended)
  • 512MB of RAM (recommended)
  • Display capable of a resolution of 1024x768 (recommended)


[edit] Create/Edit a JMARS Account

  1. Before downloading JMARS, go to: http://jmars.asu.edu/register.html to register for an account.
  2. Fill out the registration form. A confirmation email will be sent to the email address you provide.
  3. Follow the link in the confirmation email to activate your account. Once you have done so, you can use your account to log into JMARS.
  4. To edit your account:
  1. Go to: http://jmars.asu.edu/edit_profile.html
  2. Login to access and change your account information.


[edit] Download and Install JMARS

  1. Download and Install JMARS


  1. Install JMARS Through Your Web Browser
The JMARS Web Start version will install and start through a web browser. Web start is the best option for new JMARS users, but some advanced features, such as starting locations, will not be available. To use the web start version of JMARS:
  1. Click on the following link: JMARS Web Start
  2. Enter Your Email Address and Password (in the pop-up window shown below)
If you do not yet have a JMARS user account, return to the JMARS Wiki main page and follow the directions to "Create and Account".
  1. The JMARS Layer Manager and Viewing Window will open on your desktop.


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[edit] Starting JMARS

  1. From the Desktop Icon
Once JMARS has been installed on your computer, a JMARS icon will appear on your desktop. Simply click on the icon to start JMARS in its default mode.


  1. From the Command Line
The command line option gives advanced users options for starting JMARS in different configurations. To begin, change to the directory with the jmars.jar file (which you have already downloaded) and type: 
>java -Xmx512M -jar jmars.jar 0 0
If you would like to open jmars from a diffent directory, you can replace "jmars.jar" with "path/jmars.jar".
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