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AVO Prototype Change history

v. 2.002(current)

• Integration of VOSPec V.1.3
• Improved GUI to write filters
• Bug fixes in Specview
• Misc
  • addition of a "draw rectangle" function for filters
  • Cosmetic change for the tooltips in the measurement frame
  • Aladin scripts (.ajs files) loaded from within other scripts work properly now

v. 2.000

• Integration of VOSPec V.1.2 (including the SSAP Wrapper Tool)
• Bug fix in Aladin : no more NullPointerException when loading images
• Modification of AlaGlu.dic in order to ask for A,q_A,C,q_C,D,q_D,E,q_E columns when querying VizieR
• "Refreshing" the MySpace browser preserves the state of the nodes (open or collapsed)
• Removal of ACE plugin
• VizieR query by list : ability to ask for all matches or to restrict to the n nearest matches
• "EXPORT" button available (again) from the filter properties window
• Bug fixes in Specview (no more NullPointerException when trying to fit with a model twice)
• RGB composition : selected planes for blue and green are no more inverted
• Misc
  • "ESAC" added in the copyright at the bottom of the main window
  • No more warning message from log4j when logging in the MySpace browser
  • Cosmetic change in MySpace browser : items "Add a container node" and "Upload a plane" are shown before "Expand/Collapse this subtree"
  • Help on script commands works properly even when no plane is loaded

v. 1.112

• Integration of Specview v.2.10.2
• VizieR query by list available from the "Plugins..." menu
• In MySpace browser : ability to load a file into Specview by right clicking on it and selecting Open with --> Specview
• Simbad query by list:
  • Bug fix : some matches were not found
  • A radio button allows one to choose between closest match and all matches
• Extensive help on script commands available from the "Help..." menu
• Integration of new Astrogrid CDK --> debug messages are no more printed on stdout
• Integration of SWIRE SIA cutout server in VOdemo tab
• Misc
  • "Refresh" button in MySpace browser works properly
  • Bug fixes in multiview mode
  • Tree interface improvement:
    • "Create catalog plane with all spectra" only appears if there are spectra in the tree
    • If you right click on a node with spectra in the data tree (history tree), you can select "Create catalog plane with spectra of this subtree"
    • Right clicking on a node shows 2 new items : "Collapse this subtree" and "Expand this subtree"

v. 1.108

• Maximum number of sources for Simbad query by list increased from 5.000 to 30.000
• astrogrid.properties (config. file for MySpace browser) now points to the server deployed at ESO
• Bug fixes for filters in multiview mode
• Simbad query by list is slightly faster. The result plane can now be "imported" into VOPlot
• Proper encoding of special characters (&, <, >, ...) in the VOTable saved/sent to plugins

v. 1.107

• Integration of VOSpec v.1.0.2
• Integration of Specview v.2.10.1
• Query Simbad around a list of objects (available from the Plugins... menu)
• '*' character can be used in Aladin filters as a single character (must be prefixed by a backslash), e.g.: ${otyp}="\*in\*\*" {draw blue}
• Bug fixes for AITOFF, TAN, SIN, NCP and ARC projections (especially when displaying an all-sky catalogue)
• ELAIS trees are created only if needed (reduces memory usage at startup)
• Removal of SED plugin
• Pad tool available from the Plugins... menu (was missing in previous release)
• Improved log mechanism

v. 1.106

• Integration of updated ELAIS data trees

v. 1.105

• Update/fix related to new Aladin features :
  • blink sequences
  • synchronized mode (reticle always visible if possible)
  • simplified management of stack
  • catalogue plane is displayed if loaded without underlying image
  • resampling in the grid of another image
  • ability to measure FWHM
  • several bug fixes
  • view can be "sticked"
• Integration of Specview 2.10.1 beta
• Integration of ZPN projection
• Integration of SIA server for WFS images in VOdemo panel
• Integration of 3 ELAIS trees in the VOdemo panel
• Misc :
  • Access to SIA/SSA servers is launched in a separate thread
  • Spectrum loading is threaded
  • Fix to correct a bug preventing to load catalogues with fields "RAJ2000" and "DEJ2000" but without fields "_RAJ2000" and "_DEJ2000"
  • Cosmectic changes for MySpace browser (e.g "directory" nodes are displayed before "file" nodes, new "Refresh" and "Detach" buttons)

v. 1.101

• Integration of new features of Aladin v.3 :
  • multi-view, multi-projections (the screen is splittable in 4, 9 or 16 views)
  • stampstage generator tool (creation of views around selected objects)
  • new forms to access SLOAN images and catalogues
  • new form "All VO" for automatical discovery of data
  • blinking, allowing one to compare images
  • catalogue planes can be saved as VOTable documents
  • ability to retrieve all columns of a VizieR table
• Integration of VOSpec as a plugin
• Integration of MySpace browser
• Integration of new version (2.10) of SpecView
• VOdemo tab : addition of :
  • SSA server for INES spectra
  • SSA server for HST/STECF FOS spectra
• Access to ISO spectra updated : the query is no more restricted to the LWS instrument
• Ability to join 2 tables on a common field/identifier (available from the Cross-match tool window)

v. 1.010

• Integration of new version (2.8.2) of Specview
• Integration of new version (1.2.1) of VOPlot
• Choice between local and distant cross-match. The local cross-match is able to manage larger catalogues
• Corrected URLs to access ISO SSA (spectra) server and XMM SIA (images) server
• Improved GUI to compute a new column
• Bug fix : the popup menu used to help to write filters did not work properly under Windows
• Add Specview under the Plugins menu : you can launch Specview directly, without loading a spectrum
• Exponential function exp added to the list of recognized functions. It can be used in filters and in the column calculator

v. 1.002

• Fix for the problem of the blank cross-match window under MacOS. This window now shows properly.

v. 1.001

• SIA/SSA access to ISO data is now provided through a production server (in previous versions, a development server was used)
• Copyright (origin) of images is now correctly described for the CGPS (when looking at the Properties of a CGPS image plane)
• More tolerance when reading/parsing VOTable files (previously, with some VOTables, it was impossible to see measurements associated with sources)

v. 1.0

• Change version number to 1.0
• Fix a bug in the cross-match service window : when changing the plane in the drop-down list, list of columns was sometimes not updated accordingly

v. 0.947

• Cutout center of ACS images is initially set to the center of the entire tile
• Additional entry in VOdemo tab for IDHA tree CGPS MF2
• Fixed size (in screen pixels) for spectrum symbols
• Lx expression was corrected in Column Calculator window (10^57 instead of 10^58)
• IDHA tree VLA NGC1333 renamed to IDHA tree MERLIN NGC1333
• Cross-match tool renamed to Cross-match service

v. 0.946

• Catalog planes can be exported as VOTable files :
  • in GUI : right click on the catalog plane you want to export, and select Export as VOTable
  • in script mode, syntax is : exportvot [x] [myfile]
    --> export the catalog plane x in VOTable format in file myfile
• Fix in Specview related to detecting units in FORS spectra
• "Do your own tree" facility : files and dirs are now sorted by alphabetical order
• For data cubes (load mf2.xml for instance): slice can be selected either by velocity or by image number
• Cosmetic changes :
  • VOtest tab renamed to VOdemo. It is now located just under the Aladin tab for a better visibility
  • SIA server for ISO spectra renamed to SSA server for ISO spectra
  • FORS spectra from ESO renamed to SSA server for VLT/FORS spectra
  • Titles in forms are no more truncated
• 3 additional entries under VOdemo tab : IDHA tree VLA NGC1333, IDHA tree VLA CDFS, IDHA tree HDFN

v. 0.945

• Access to ESO SSA server for FORS spectra (VOtest panel)
• Addition of the ColumnCalculator feature (GUI + script mode)
• Change in GLU dictionnary to allow a search by Energy Band in the SIAP compatible XMM-Newton AIO
• Change in GLU dictionnary to restrict search in ISO SIAP compatible server to LWS instrument
• Modified GLU entry for VizieR queries in order to obtain needed columns when loading Alexander catalogue (J/AJ/126/539)
• Other minor changes:
  • '<' character is now properly decoded in the measurement frame (notably for the Alexander catalogue)
  • As for the "Do your own tree" feature, it now reads informations in GZIPed FITS files
  • In the InfoFrame, adding of a whitespace delimiter between values and units
  • For SIA/SSA servers : fields with a type attribute equals to "hidden" will not appear in the InfoFrame

v. 0.944

• Integration of the new version of Specview which handles ISO SWS spectra better, as it won't crash even if it does not recognize the format
• Proper encoding of special characters (&, <, >, ...) in the VOTable sent to VOPlot (this problem prevented from loading data from the Alaexander catalogue into VOPlot)
• Minor changes :
  • The help label associated with each top button (Load..., Save..., Plugins...) is no more shifted
  • The label of the catalog plane created from a tree with spectra is now Spectra.[target], which is more descriptive for the user

v.0.943

• Integration of the updated version of Specview which includes :
  • faster loading of ISO LWS spectra
  • multi-color segments
• Access to XMM archive SIA server(VOtest panel in the server selector window)
• Access to H-alpha SuperCOSMOS server (Others... panel in the server selector window)
• Ability to create a "catalog plane" with spectra positions from a metadata tree (right-click anywhere in the tree, and select Create a catalog plane with all spectra). Then, you can easily load any spectrum from the button in the measurement window
• Updated version of VOPlot : fixes a bug which appeared when computing ratios with "small" numbers
• Inclusion of missing classes which prevented from using some fitting features in Specview

v.0.942

• Cross-match tool available under the "Plugins ..." menu. See CDSXMatchPlugin for more info
• Ability to load specview logs into VOPlot --> load the log into Aladin as any local file. Warning : this won't work with log files produced with previous releases
• integration of Specview v2.7 beta with segment selector
• updated version of VOPlot
• minor bugs correction

v.0.941

• access to ISO spectra (VOtest panel in the server selector window)

Upgrades between Jan. - July 2003 in preparation for IAU

v.0.919 and later.

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