Operating Architecture Series
Matlas
An Operational Map of Human Mars
JB Bullock
Read the first public illustrated web edition of Matlas, organised into 22 chapters, five parts and nine appendices.
The book and illustrations are rights-retained. Technical specifications are a separate publication with independent release gates.
Begin with the preface →First Public Web Edition 1.0, October 2026. The complete illustrated book is freely readable; book text, maps and artwork remain copyright reserved. Technical specifications and engineering releases are separately scoped.
Contents
Copyright & permissions (source)DedicationAuthor’s PrefacePart 1 — A PLANET ALREADY MAPPED1. Mars Is Not Blank2. Why Earth Does Not Run on CoordinatesPart 2 — WHEN EXPLORATION BECOMES SETTLEMENT3. The First Two Centuries4. Twelve Jobs for Martian Geography5. Ten Rules for an Operating GeographyDo We Need Another System?6. Start With the Planet7. How Big Is a Place?8. The Planet Is Round. The Grid Is Not.Part 3 — THE MARS GRID9. The Mars Grid in One Page10. Twenty-Six Pieces of MarsThe Map Room11. From Zand to Click12. A Place That Stays Put13. Where the Grid BendsPart 4 — THE MARS BAR14. A Kilometre Is Not an Address15. From Click to Cell16. A Place in 44 Bits17. Three Words for MarsPart 5 — A GEOGRAPHY MARTIANS CAN OWN18. What Matlas Gives Up19. When the Grid Disappears20. Names, Borders and Memory21. From Proposal to Infrastructure22. Home Is Not a CoordinateAPPENDICESA. Matlas at a GlanceB. The Mars Surface: Zones & BandsC. The Twenty Six QuadsD. The Matlas Design BriefE. MGRID:1:MARS — Technical ReferenceF. Polar GRID — Geometry and RulesG. Mars BAR — Address ReferenceH. Triplet and M3B — Language ReferenceI. Interoperability and ImplementationAbout the Author
© JB Bullock 2026. All rights reserved. Book text and artwork are not licensed under the technical specification or software licences.