Hello all,
I'm been trialing OpenDX and Java Explorer in the hope of providing a
web-based visualisation tool for astronomers. Without too much trouble
we can produce a Java applet to do some simple volume rendering. Next
step is to write an input module for FITS (an astro format) and create a
full applet. But first, I've a few questions:
- Is Java Explorer being actively developed and/or used? Initial
searching indicates it's not being used a lot, nor is documentation
up-to-date (? not a criticism, just an observation ...)
- Has anyone produced a FITS import module already - Starlink (linked at
www.opendx.org) seemed to, but it was actually a pre-processor.
- It's not clear to me how to customise applet behaviour. For instance,
I'd like to allow a user to type a URL, then fetch this file. I believe
this wouldn't be contained in the network setup but would require
customising java source. Is there any docs/pointers/samples on this
kind of work?
Thanks in advance,
Brett Beeson
