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* Able to display 2-D and 3-D images and spectra, allowing for zoom, rotation, pan, axis-inversion, colormap manipulation, scaling, etc.  
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* Able to display N-dimensional images and spectra, allowing for zoom, rotation, pan, axis-inversion, colormap manipulation, scaling, etc.  
 
* Able to display PDS4 character and binary data tables, including arbitrarily nested GROUP fields (sub-tables). In future, will allow plotting table columns against each other.
 
* Able to display PDS4 character and binary data tables, including arbitrarily nested GROUP fields (sub-tables). In future, will allow plotting table columns against each other.
 
* Consistent interface allows for easy access to meta-data (such as object labels, display settings and spectral characteristics, etc.)
 
* Consistent interface allows for easy access to meta-data (such as object labels, display settings and spectral characteristics, etc.)
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[[PDS4 Viewer#Screenshots|See screenshots of the tool.]]
  
 
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 14:50, 3 December 2015

PDS4 Viewer

  • A read-in and visualization tool for PDS4 data
  • Available stand-alone on Windows and Mac (Linux planned)
  • Supports all** PDS4 data (images, spectra, arrays, tables)

Features

  • Able to display N-dimensional images and spectra, allowing for zoom, rotation, pan, axis-inversion, colormap manipulation, scaling, etc.
  • Able to display PDS4 character and binary data tables, including arbitrarily nested GROUP fields (sub-tables). In future, will allow plotting table columns against each other.
  • Consistent interface allows for easy access to meta-data (such as object labels, display settings and spectral characteristics, etc.)

See screenshots of the tool.

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 < v1.3 are not officially supported but may work.
PDS4 Data Standards >= v1.3 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
Array Yes Yes Yes, N-dim Under Development
Array_2D Yes Yes Yes Under Development
Array_2D_* Yes Yes Yes Under Development
Array_3D Yes Yes Yes Under Development
Array_3D_* Yes Yes Yes Under Development
Table_Character Yes Yes No Under Development
Table_Binary Yes, except BitFields Yes No Under Development
Table_Delimited Future development Future development Future Development Future Development

Screenshots

PDS4 Viewer
PDS4 Viewer's Image View example
PDS4 Viewer
PDS4 Viewer's Label Image View example (with additional options shown)
PDS4 Viewer
PDS4 Viewer's Label Table View example (with sub-table shown)
PDS4 Viewer
PDS4 Viewer's Label Summary and Label View example