Hi,

>you plan to provide hosting space for these huge files? That's very 
>generous :) 

I plan to use the Sourceforge mirror network for that. This is directly related 
to open source software use and not worst than the many boot CD you can get 
there. 

>I asked for the UCAC3 catalog so I could write a conversion 
>program and catgen file for CdC. Clearly if you're already planning to 
>do that I can just sit back :)

Or we can do that together :) 
 
>I think the various options you're suggesting are great. I hope you'll 
>make available the tools needed to splice our own catalogs based on the 
>DVDs. I suspect the data will be shared at various clubs.

Sure, all the tools to build the catalog are also open source. Last year I add 
to the Sourceforge repository all the tools I use to build the old catalog, 
including UCAC2:
http://skychart.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/skychart/trunk/tools/cat/

Patrick

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