Next: Data Analysis Applications . ... The past decade has witnessed a movement within the astronomical software community towards Open Systems . ... We present examples of user-customizable systems that can be built from existing tools, based on commonly-used infrastructure: a parameter interface library, FITS file format, Unix, and the X Windows environment. ... However, the currently available parameter file systems have serious limitations when inserted into a heterogeneous environment. ...
SAORD . SAO R (SAORD) software tree is mainly for astronomical analysis. ... SAOtng --- displaying IRAF images and FITS images, multiple frame buffers, region/cursor manipulation, several scale algorithms, many colormaps, and easy communication with external analysis tasks; . ASSIST --- a graphical user interface to IRAF and other analysis environments under the X Window System. ... SAL Home | Computer Graphics, Images Signals | Processing Visualization . ... SAL@KachinaTech.COM . ...