2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/4219The SAURON project will deliver two-dimensional spectroscopic data of a sample of nearby early-type galaxies with unprecedented quality. In this paper, we focus on the mapping of their stellar populations using the SAURON data, and present some preliminary results on a few prototypical cases.12 pages, 6 figures. ASP Conference, Galaxies: the Third Dimension, Cozumel. Version with higher resolution figures available at http://www-obs.univ-lyon1.fr/eric.emsellem/papers/cozumel_emsellem.ps.gzAstrophysicsProbing the stellar populations of early-type galaxies: the SAURON surveytext