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SIMBAD', sourceSize: 8, onClick: 'showTable'}); aladin.addCatalog(prog); }); </script> <p> The <a href="/AladinLite">Aladin Lite</a> application above gives you an overview of what HiPS are. Zoom in on a particular region and better resolution tiles for the DSS2 background survey will be loaded. Red square represent SIMBAD objects. Zooming in will reveal more and more sources. </p> <p> <a href="list">1312 HiPS</a> are currently available from twenty <a href="list">HiPS servers</a>. </p> <!--------------------------------------------------------------------> <!-- Documentation --> <a name="doc"></a> <div class="page-header"> <h1>Documentation</h1> </div> <p> The HiPS method is developped by CDS since 2009. In October 2015, the International Virtual Observatory Alliance decided to standardize HiPS. The <a href="http://www.ivoa.net/documents/HiPS">HIPS Recommendation 1.0</a> is available on the <a href="http://www.ivoa.net/">IVOA</a> site.<br> A HiPS reference paper is also available since 2015 in A&A <A href="http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/abs/2015A%26A...578A.114F">→ 2015A&A...578A.114F</a>. </p> <!--------------------------------------------------------------------> <!-- Tools --> <a name="tools"></a> <div class="page-header"> <h1>Tools</h1> </div> HiPS can be visualized in <a href="/AladinDesktop">Aladin Desktop</a> (CDS), <a href="/AladinLite">Aladin Lite</a> (CDS), <a href="https://stellarium.org">Stellarium</a>, <a href="http://sitools2.github.io/MIZAR/">MIZAR</a> (CNES), <a href="https://hscmap.mtk.nao.ac.jp/hscMap4/app/">hscMap</a> (NAOJ) and various Web pages mainly based on <a href="/AladinLite/doc">Aladin Lite code</a> notably <a href="http://sky.esa.int/">ESAsky</a> (ESA), <a href="http://archive.eso.org/scienceportal/home">ESO Science portal</A> (ESO) and <a href="http://darts.isas.jaxa.jp/astro/judo2/">JUDO2</a> (JAXA)). <h3>Generate your own HiPS from image/cube data</h3> <p> <ul> <li><b>Batch mode:</b> download and use <a href="https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/java/Hipsgen.jar ">Hipsgen.jar</a>. <br>Take time to read the short introduction <em><a href="HipsIn10Steps.gml">Make your HiPS in 10 steps</a></em> and/or have a look at: <ul> <li> the <a href="HipsgenManual.pdf">User manual</a> (also available in <a href="HipsgenManuel.pdf">French</a>) <li> the <a href="HipsgenReferenceManual.html">Reference manual</a> </ul> <li><b>GUI mode:</b> for a quick test, you can use directly <a href="/AladinDesktop">Aladin Desktop</a>, <br> <em>Menu Tools → Progressive Sky builder</em> </ul> <!-- ul> <li>First, download <a href="http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/java/Hipsgen.jar ">Hipsgen.jar</a></li> <li>Generate the image HiPS, as explained <a href="http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/java/FAQ.htx#ToC107">in Aladin FAQ</a></li> <li>For testing the newly generated HiPS, simply enter the path of the root directory in Aladin Java</li> <li>Publishing your HiPS is simply a matter of transferring the whole directory structure on a public Web server</li> </ul --> </p> <h3>Generate your own HiPS from catalogue data</h3> <p> <ul> <li><b>Batch mode:</b> download and use <a href="https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/hips/Hipsgen-cat.jar">Hipsgen-cat.jar</a>. <br>Take time to read this short tutorial: <em><a href="https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/hips/HipsCat.gml">Your HiPS catalogue in a single command line</a></em>. </li> </ul> </p> <h3>Validate HiPS</h3> <p> <ul> <li><b>HiPS IVOA compatibility:</b> download and use <a href="https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/hips/Hipsgen.jar">Hipsgen.jar</a> with the action <b>LINT</b><br><code>java -jar Hipsgen.jar out="directory" LINT</code> </li> <li><b>HiPS list IVOA compatibility:</b> download and use <a href="https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/hips/Hipslint.jar">Hipslint.jar</a><br><code>java -jar Hipslint.jar "http://urlOfHiPSlist..."</code> </li> </ul> </p> <h3>Generate FITS images cutouts</h3> <p> The <a href="https://alasky.cds.unistra.fr/hips-image-services/hips2fits"><b>hips2fits</b></a> service allows one to generate FITS images cutouts of arbitrary size and resolution from a given HiPS. </p> <!--------------------------------------------------------------------> <!-- Ingestion strategy --> <a name="ingestionStrategy"></a> <div class="page-header"> <h1>Ingestion strategy</h1> <p>The document summarizing CDS strategy for HiPS ingestion and creation can be <a href="ingestion-strategy/">consulted here</a>.</p> </div> <!--------------------------------------------------------------------> <!-- Outreach --> <a name="outreach"></a> <div class="page-header"> <h1>Outreach</h1> </div> <ul> <li> <p>Immersive visualisation of all-sky surveys on your smartphone <a href="cardboard-photospheres/">with photospheres generated from HiPS</a>.</p> <p><a href="cardboard-photospheres"><img src="img/cardboard.jpg"></a></p> <br> </li> <li> <p><a href="rhombicuboctahedron">Download paper models</a> of sky surveys and planets<a href="rhombicuboctahedron"><img alt="Rhombicuboctahedron examples" src="img/rhombi-examples.jpg"></a></p> <br> </li> <li><a href="equirect/"/>Planetarium-friendly equirectangular all-sky maps generated from HiPS</a></li> </ul> </div> <!-- /span3 --> </div> <!-- /row --> </div> <!-- -- ####################################################################### -- # # -- # CDS FOOTER # -- # # -- ####################################################################### --> <footer class="cds-footer for-aladin" data-pagefind-ignore> <div class="cds"> <!-- CDS Logo and link --> <a class="cds logo" href="https://cds.unistra.fr" title="CDS - 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