Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India VOCat Developed By Deoyani and Mohasin

Beijing May 2007 Virtual Observatory India Deoyani Nandrekar

VOCat

Developed By

Deoyani and Mohasin


Introduction

• Tool to query Catalog data

• Simple customizable, Graphical User interface

• Stand alone Desktop Application

• Developed in java technology

• MySQL Database server is used


System Requirements

• Java 1.4 +

• MySQL

• JAVA 3d

• Internet connection


Features

• Connect to any MySQL database server

• Create and Save view of data

• Numerical constraints on the data

• Different tools available for analyzing query results

• Save query results in different file formats

• SQL query for expert user (For more complex queries)


Connect to database server

• Connect to MySQL server on local machine or any remote server

• Lists out the databases available on that server

• Data bases in metadata and data tables

• User can select any dataset with attributes required

next


Connect to database server


Connect to Database server


Connect to Database Server


Connect To Database Server


Create and Save View

• Select database metadata

• Select attributes

• Create view and save for future use

• Launch view

Next


Select Metadata table


Create and Save View


Launch View


Tools Available

• Launching view will display different tools

• VOPlot – Visualization tool

• VOPlot_3d – Three dimensional visualization tool

• Simbad and NED query tools

• Aladin – Image database

• Cone Search – A query for information related to a Cone

Next


Tools


VOPlot

Tools


VOPlot_3D

Tools


Aladin

Tools


Simbad

Tools


NED

Tools


Cone Search

Tools


Help

• Inbuilt help on button click

• Context sensitive help at each step


Future Enhancements

• Integrate with PLASTIC

• Improve with suggestions and feedback


Thank You

Documents

Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India VOCat Developed By Deoyani and Mohasin