Other Relevant Documents

  There are several other documents relevant to the MIDAS system. General descriptions of the system can be found in the following references:

• Banse, K., Crane, P. Ounnas, C., Ponz, D., 1983 : `MIDAS' in Proc. of DECUS, Zurich, p.87
• Grosbøl, P., Ponz, D. , 1985 : `The MIDAS Table File System', Mem.S.A.It. 56, p.429
• Banse, K., Grosbøl, P., Ponz, D., Ounnas, C., Warmels, R., `The MIDAS Image Processing System in Instrumentation for Ground Based Astronomy: Present and Future, L.B. Robinson, ed., New York, Springer Verlag, p.431

Detailed technical information of software interfaces and designs used in MIDAS is given in the following documentation:

• MIDAS Environment
• MIDAS IDI--routines
• AGL Reference Manual

Users who want to write their own application programs for MIDAS should read the MIDAS Environment document which gives the relevant information and examples.

For users who have to work with both the IHAP and MIDAS systems a cross--reference document has been made for the most commonly used commands:

• MIDAS-IHAP/IHAP-MIDAS Cross-Reference

The above documents can be obtained by contacting the Data Analysis Group ( e.g. via the HOT-LINE).