New Mars map could provide directions for a visitor's walk on the red planet

British mapping agency Ordnance Survey creates easy-to-read map using Nasa open data, which could be used while walking on the surface of Mars

The British mapping agency Ordnance Survey has created an easy-to-read map of Mars' surface using Nasa open data.

The map - posted to Flickr on Friday - covers 3.8m sq miles or approximately 7% of the red planet's surface. It was produced to a scale of one to 4m.