The Aladin team is pleased to announce Aladin 7 official release:
=> A quick overview: https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/java/NewInV7.png
=> Screen dump gallery: https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/java/Demo/AladinDemo.gml
=> Flash demo: https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/java/DemoAladinV7.htm
It integrates the following new features:
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All sky mode: Zoom and pan through surveys, catalogs, Healpix maps
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HEALPix: Support for HEALPix FITs maps, multifield, polarisation...
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GPL: Distributed under GPL V3 licence (sources available)
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Bookmarks: Store and reuse your usual jobs
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Crop: Crop tool for images or Healpix maps
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Phot: Phot tool for local source extraction
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Tag: Label tag tool for annotating views
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Scatter plots: For easy catalog analysis
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Tables: Splitting, merging, metadata edition...
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FITS integer 64 bits: Support for 64 bits integer FITS images...
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VOTable 1.2: Support for VOTable 1.2 including coordinate system frame support
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Calibrated PNG: AVM and FITS keywords support in PNG images for reading and writing astrometrically calibrated color images
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Colormap: Simultaneous adjustement of several images
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Console: New console managing history
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Script: Auto-synchronization, angular parameter for zoom (zoom 10arcmin), overlay control (setconf overlay=NE,label...), convolution kernel (kernel=gauss(fwhm=10arcmin))