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Hello,<br>
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A <b>new version of Hipsgen</b>(*) was deployed on October 1, 2025,
available from the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/hips/#tools">CDS HiPS web</a> page.
New features have been added to the tool to facilitate the
generation of HiPS, particularly from complex surveys (numerous
overlays, highly heterogeneous exposure times, etc.). In addition,
this version of the software is more robust and a bit faster than
previous versions. <br>
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This version also <b>includes support for HiPS3D</b>, which has been
developed/prototyped (see <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/InterOpJune2025Apps">IVOA
discussions/presentations</a>) for the generation of <b>HiPS from
cubic spectral data</b>. A tutorial demonstrating/presenting
HiPS3D is available at the address below.
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<li>The executable: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/java/Hipsgen.jar">https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/java/Hipsgen.jar</a></li>
<li>The user manual:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/hips/HipsgenManual.pdf">https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/hips/HipsgenManual.pdf</a> (last
additions appear in green, and in brown)</li>
<li>The reference manual:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/hips/HipsgenReferenceManual.html">https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/hips/HipsgenReferenceManual.html</a><br>
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<li>The tutorial/demo for using and generating HIPS3D:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/java/TutoHiPS3Den.pdf">https://aladin.cds.unistra.fr/java/TutoHiPS3Den.pdf</a> (last
updates - sept 2025)</li>
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On behalf CDS - Pierre Fernique
<p>(*) Based on v.12.646 AladinDesktop code</p>
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