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− | + | * Summary View: display a summary of the available data structures in the label, giving various options to view them | |
+ | * Image View: display N-dimensional images and spectra, allowing for zoom, rotation, pan, axis-inversion, colormap manipulation, scaling, etc. | ||
+ | * Table View: display PDS4 character and binary data tables, including arbitrarily nested GROUP fields (sub-tables). <br> | ||
+ | * Plot View: Not currently available but in the future will allow plotting columns against each other. | ||
+ | * Label View: Easy, human-readable, access to meta-data (such as object labels, display settings and spectral characteristics, etc.) | ||
Contact [[User:lnagdi1|Lev Nagdimunov]] with questions or comments regarding this tool. | Contact [[User:lnagdi1|Lev Nagdimunov]] with questions or comments regarding this tool. |
Revision as of 17:32, 29 January 2016
Contents
PDS4 Viewer
- A read-in and visualization tool for PDS4 data
- Available stand-alone, no installation necessary, on Windows and Mac (Linux planned)
- Supports all** PDS4 data (images, spectra, arrays, tables)
Features
- Summary View: display a summary of the available data structures in the label, giving various options to view them
- Image View: display N-dimensional images and spectra, allowing for zoom, rotation, pan, axis-inversion, colormap manipulation, scaling, etc.
- Table View: display PDS4 character and binary data tables, including arbitrarily nested GROUP fields (sub-tables).
- Plot View: Not currently available but in the future will allow plotting columns against each other.
- Label View: Easy, human-readable, access to meta-data (such as object labels, display settings and spectral characteristics, etc.)
Contact Lev Nagdimunov with questions or comments regarding this tool.
Download
Latest version, 0.4, was released on December 3, 2015.
Windows
Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 10 are supported. Download for Windows 64-bit: File:PDS4 viewer windows-0.4.zip.
Mac OS X
Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) through 10.11 (El Capitan) are supported. Download for Mac OS X: File:PDS4 viewer mac-0.4.zip.
Linux
A Linux binary version is not yet available. A Python version is available for download.
Source
The source code, which is written in Python, is available for download.
Installation
Windows
Extract the ZIP file. Double click on "pds4_viewer.exe".
On newer Windows versions a Security Warning may popup. Click 'Run' or click 'More Info' and then 'Run' to ignore the warning.
Mac OS X
Extract the ZIP file. Double click on "pds4_viewer.app"
On newer OS X versions a Security Warning may popup, which will not allow you to proceed. Instead hold the 'Control' key, then click on the app icon again and choose 'Open' from the shortcut window.
Linux
Installation instructions are available here.
Supported Data Structures
PDS4 Data Standards >= v1.0 are supported.
PDS3 Data Standards are not supported.
The table below lists the main PDS4 data objects and the current status.
Structure | Read-in | Display as Table | Display as Image | Display Columns as Plot |
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Array | Yes | Yes | Yes, N-dims | Future Development |
Array_2D | Yes | Yes | Yes | Future Development |
Array_2D_* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Future Development |
Array_3D | Yes | Yes | Yes | Future Development |
Array_3D_* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Future Development |
Table_Character | Yes | Yes | No | Future Development |
Table_Binary | Yes, except BitFields | Yes | No | Future Development |
Table_Delimited | Under development | Under development | No | Future Development |