From Pierre.Fernique at astro.unistra.fr Wed Jun 3 10:24:05 2026 From: Pierre.Fernique at astro.unistra.fr (Pierre Fernique) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 10:24:05 +0200 Subject: HiPS3D standard and tools Message-ID: <21908191-fccc-43ed-bf7d-2cb009bb484f@astro.unistra.fr> Dear Apps and TD members, The CDS is pleased to announce the release of a *new version of Hipsgen and Aladin Desktop* (beta version). These tools implement the extensions described in the recently publishedHiPS 2.0 Working Draft ,?notably the *spatio-temporal HiPS3D*?support,which will be presented next week at Interop IVOA in Strasbourg (Application/TimeDomain session). * *Key new features in Hipsgen*: generation of spatio-temporal HiPS3D (in addition to spatio-frequential), faster (3-4x), more robust * *Key new features in Aladin Desktop*: visualization of spatio-temporal HiPS3D (in addition to spatio-frequential), smoother rendering, new HiPS3D branch in the resource tree These two tools are currently packaged together under the name AladinBeta version 12.675 at https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/java/AladinBeta.jar The associated documentation has been updated: * The Hipsgen manual: https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/hips/HipsgenManual.pdf * The HiPS3D tutorial: https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/java/TutoHiPS3Den.pdf Enjoy testing and experimenting Pierre Fernique -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: