Plans and Activities

Top priority items

INSPECTOR

Convert from Xlib to Xtoolkit environment. Make program user friendly for overlay of rotation curves over slices.
Status: in progress

XGAUFIT, XGAUFIT

Upgrade old programs gaufit, profit, and gauprof with new graphical user interface and new functionality.
Status: READY

RENDER

Render 2d- and 3d GIPSY data and display 2d-slices at any angle.

ROTMAS

Determine mass components of a galaxy from its rotation curve.
Status: READY

Hermes

Implement event-driven user interaction, including a simple graphical user interface which allows parameters to be set, options te be chosen, etc.
Status: READY

Miscellaneous tasks

Fit with the new graphical user interface. First identify which tasks are suitable and which tasks benefit most.
Status: in progress

FITS, AIPS++

Upgrade GIPSY's FITS interface so that the interchange of data with other packages like AIPS++ will become more flexible. See also: Proposal.
Investigate the possibility of accessing FITS files transparantly.
Status: in progress

PGPLOT

Install latest version (5.2.0) of library and some new drivers, e.g. the GIF driver. Decide whether PGPLOT's own ANSI-C interface should also be implemented.
Status: READY

Second priority items

ANTPAT

Implement fitting of one-dimensional antenna patterns.
Status: waiting

CONVOLV

New program to do a convolution in the Fourier domain. It would be faster than SMOOTH for big maps and/or convolution functions.
Status: waiting

GIDS

Improve
Status: waiting

REPORT

General revision. Allow selection on basis of report category: `outstanding/fixed', `bug/wish', etc. Implement ``responsible person'' for cases where this is different from ``author''.
Status: waiting

SMOOTH

Optimize for speed. Fix bug in pre-smoothing in case of circular beams.
Status: waiting

GETGSCP

New program. Obtain information from the Guide Star Catalog.
Status: waiting

GTAR

Archiving of GDS-sets in `tar' format.
Status: testing

fie (subroutine)

Implement descriptor functions for use in tasks COMBIN, CREATE and EDITSET.
Status: waiting

task library

Separate `kernel tasks' and unsupported tasks in order to allow users to contribute tasks more easily.
Status: waiting

Items with no assigned priority

TAU

Migrate VMS version to Unix

3-D window

New program.