Tag Archives: Java

RGB Image Overlays using SkyView clients

SkyView provides two ways to generate images on local machines – the java based SkyView-in-a-Jar application and the Perl based skvbatch program. Most tasks are straight forward using either client. java -jar skyview.jar Position=m101  survey=DSS Return=jpg size=.25 Pixels=500 output=java_out skvbatch … Continue reading

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Java for SkyView-in-a-Jar

Every now and then we receive emails from SkyView users reporting problems running the SkyView-in-a-Jar application (skyview.jar) on a local machine. Most of the time the problems are due to a mismatched version of java being used to run the … Continue reading

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Moving to Java 1.6.

The current SkyView JAR files were compiled using Java 1.5. We’re likely to move to 1.6 in the next release unless we hear an outcry from our users. It should be a little faster but if you just download the … Continue reading

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