NCSA Aipsview Visualization System

Aipsview Version 2.2.6

Downloading_Aipsview User_Guide

Aipsview is a tool for visual data analysis built at NCSA with support from the NSF/ARPA Grand Challenge project in Radio Astronomy Imaging, and in cooperation with the AIPS++ programming project. Aipsview is a tool for two-dimensional visualization and relies on Motif and Xlib for its user interface and drawing capabilities.

Aipsview 2.2.6 binaries are available for Sun Solaris and Intel based Linux systems.

Included below is a listing of the major Aipsview features. Also available are download instructions, the User's Guide to Aipsview, and information about the people who are building Aipsview.

Aipsview 2.2.6 is a minor maintenance release. Aipsview 2.2 is expected to be the last Aipsview release. Any inquiries concerning Aipsview may be sent to: aipsview@astro.uiuc.edu

Aipsview features:

  • Easy to use graphical user interface.
  • Input of FITS image files (including blanked pixels).
  • The AIPS++ version of aipsview can read AIPS++ files.
  • FITS image files are not read into main memory (i.e., such files are memory-mapped), enabling large files to be displayed and explored. However, Aipsview's operations and graphics do require a reasonably sized machine, with "reasonable" amounts of memory and swap space.
  • Display of 2D images, and display of any orthogonal 2D slice from a 3D cube. For example, from the 3D image cube with dimensions RA, DEC, and VELOCITY, display RA vs. DEC for a given VELOCITY.
  • Interactive display of pixel coordinates, world coordinates (e.g. RA and Dec), and data values as the mouse cursor is moved around the image.
  • Interactive vector (line drawing) plots of data value vs. coordinate value, e.g., for plots of line profile plots or intensity vs. spatial position.
  • Interactive specification of rectangular subregions and magnified display of subregions.
  • Image scaling (by pixel replication or subsampling).
  • Support for display of multiple images simultaneously.
  • Animated sweeping through slices along any dimension.
  • Synchronized sweeping for multiple data cubes. That is, the corresponding slices of each data cube are displayed during the animated sweep. Synchronized picking, for simultaneous display of data values, subregions in multiple data sets, or profiles from multiple data cubes based on selection of positions in a single image.
  • Blinking between two (or more) images.
  • Complete colormap editor for creation and editing of color look-up tables.
  • Built-in "Glish" functions for communication with external programs. (Glish support is a compile time option).
  • Overlays of vectors, markers and text from a user generated file.
  • Support for TrueColor windows.

Downloading Aipsview, Version 2.2.6

Binaries (including the manual) for Version 2.2.6 are available for the platforms listed below.

To automatically download any of these items:

  • hold down the Shift key and click with Button 1 on the link (Netscape), or
  • use the "Load to local disk" menu choice (NCSA-Mosaic).

    You will be prompted for a name for the saved file.

    Sun Solaris 5.8
    Intel Linux
    Mac OS X 10.3.5
    Source

    If you would like to download just the Aipsview User's Guide, it is available in PostScript or HTML Binaries and documentation are also available via anonymous ftp from

    ftp.astro.uiuc.edu:/pub/aipsview

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