Dear VO people,
This is an annoucement of the official ALADIN V3 MULTIVIEW release.
ScreenDump : http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/java/m20a.jpg
Applet URL : http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/Aladin
Installation : http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/Aladin?frame=downloading
FAQ : http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/java/FAQ.htx
Manual : available in May
It is a major release. It integrates notably the following points:
- MultiView, multiProjection: splits the main Aladin frame into 2,
4, 9 or 16 panels in order to display simultaneously several images and
catalog overlays. Also, Aladin V3 offers zooming synchronization
functions associated to this new multiview mode.
- Resampling: recomputes a pixel image according to another image
astrometrical calibration.
- Blinking: builds on the fly image sequences (slow movies)
- Full pixel access: full pixel manipulation and not only 8 bits
- GIF, JPEG and PNG support: compatibility with common image formats.
- Scaling functions: log, sqrt, linear, pow2 functions for better
pixel contrasts
- Cut graph: along any segment
- Region Of Interest generator: automatically builds small views
around interesting catalog objects.
- Cross match algorithm: for better object catalog analysis
- Catalog column generator: allows you to compute new catalog
columns via algebric expressions.
- Extended script commands and new console facility: to support new
Aladin V3 facilities
- Grid algorithm: improves grid drawing in any coordinate frame
- Demo trace mode: robot mode for "show you demonstrations"
- IRAS/IRIS: Aladin image server provides IRAS/IRIS images.
- SDSS: Aladin offers access to SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey)
- Signed applet: Aladin is now a certified code. It means that the
previous restricted functions (save, load, print...) are now allowed in
applet mode.
- HTTP authentication: Aladin supports HTTP data authentication
scheme (RFC 2617) for restricted access data.
Do not hesitate to send remarks and bug reports to
question-at-simbad.u-strasbg.fr
Regards
Pierre Fernique
for all the CDS staff
Received on 2005-04-22Z10:22:04