Comments on: SkyView in the WWT https://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/blog/index.php/2008/05/15/skyview-in-the-wwt/ SkyView News and Discussion Thu, 19 Mar 2020 21:15:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Tins https://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/blog/index.php/2008/05/15/skyview-in-the-wwt/comment-page-1/#comment-1253 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:55:56 +0000 http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/blog/?p=19#comment-1253 My initial impression stands: WWT is a wonderful piece of software that excels at rendering Earth’s view of the universe onto the screen in a beautiful and compelling way. But it also has a set of more advanced features that should make amateur astronomers very happy.

It takes a few minutes to get used to the user interface, after which it feels very intuitive.

]]> By: Tom McGlynn https://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/blog/index.php/2008/05/15/skyview-in-the-wwt/comment-page-1/#comment-681 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:11:49 +0000 http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/blog/?p=19#comment-681 While the WWT runs in a proprietary operating system, it does not use proprietary data formats for the survey data. All of the SkyView survey data used by the WWT was provided in FITS and PNG formats both of which are open and public standards. The same data is available to all other users of SkyView.

The goal of this project is the widest possible dissemination of information from astronomical survey datasets. While we provide data directly to end-users we are always happy to work with other groups who wish to interface with SkyView data or to use it within their own projects. E.g., in addition to the WWT we have helped the sky-map.org team and the Aladin group at the CDS both of whom have developed user interfaces that provide access to SkyView information. We are very pleased that all of these projects have added to the community of users who can view the underlying datasets.

SkyView imposes no constraints on how users may use the data obtained from it though some of the data is copyrighted by its creators.

]]> By: Stephen Judd https://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/blog/index.php/2008/05/15/skyview-in-the-wwt/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:28:46 +0000 http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/blog/?p=19#comment-679 These data are made available only in Microsoft’s closed proprietary formats. To view them I must have a MS OS or I must install on my computer a piece of software (Sliverlight) that was designed (secretly) by MS and written (secretly) by MS whose major business purpose is to promulgate private encodings of data so that only they know how to open it. This is no way to publish public data.

We paid for NASA research through own own tax dollars, and we deserve to be able to obtain the results in OPEN PUBLIC STANDARDS.

]]> By: Tractor tom https://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/blog/index.php/2008/05/15/skyview-in-the-wwt/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:07:07 +0000 http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/blog/?p=19#comment-506 The stereo 3d views are awesome.

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