ALADIN new release

[Pierre Fernique]

Dear VO people,

This is an annoucement of the official ALADIN V3 MULTIVIEW release.

ScreenDump :     http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/java/m20a.jpg
Applet URL :     http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/Aladin
Installation :   http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/Aladin?frame=downloading
FAQ :            http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/java/FAQ.htx
Manual :         available in May

It is a major release. It integrates notably the following points:

     * MultiView, multiProjection: splits the main Aladin frame into 2, 
4, 9 or 16 panels in order to display simultaneously several images and 
catalog overlays. Also, Aladin V3 offers zooming synchronization 
functions associated to this new multiview mode.
     * Resampling: recomputes a pixel image according to another image 
astrometrical calibration.
     * Blinking: builds on the fly image sequences (slow movies)
     * Full pixel access: full pixel manipulation and not only 8 bits
     * GIF, JPEG and PNG support: compatibility with common image formats.
     * Scaling functions: log, sqrt, linear, pow2 functions for better 
pixel contrasts
     * Cut graph: along any segment
     * Region Of Interest generator: automatically builds small views 
around interesting catalog objects.
     * Cross match algorithm: for better object catalog analysis
     * Catalog column generator: allows you to compute new catalog 
columns via algebric expressions.
     * Extended script commands and new console facility: to support new 
Aladin V3 facilities
     * Grid algorithm: improves grid drawing in any coordinate frame
     * Demo trace mode: robot mode for "show you demonstrations"
     * IRAS/IRIS: Aladin image server provides IRAS/IRIS images.
     * SDSS: Aladin offers access to SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey)
     * Signed applet: Aladin is now a certified code. It means that the 
previous restricted functions (save, load, print...) are now allowed in 
applet mode.
     * HTTP authentication: Aladin supports HTTP data authentication 
scheme (RFC 2617) for restricted access data.

Do not hesitate to send remarks and bug reports to 
question at simbad.u-strasbg.fr

Regards
Pierre Fernique
for all the CDS staff