fv: New Features

The latest version of fv is version 5.0 released on September, 2007.

fv

  • Overhauling POW world coordination calculation logics. Now fV/POW use standard WCSLIB library to generate world coordinates/pixel positions.
  • Allow generating of plots that retains its world coordinate projection information.
  • Allow limited editing capability on the property of graph objects (projection, rotation, etc) of a graph/image on the fly.
  • Allow switching between multiply world coordination system (i.e. WCSa, WCSx, etc.) on the fly.
  • Allow the flipping of image/plot of direction on X or Y or Both axes.
  • Allow display of 64 bits integers in fv data table and in POW imagery.
  • Fix white-wash grey-out POW imagery on Scientific Linux platform bug.
  • Fix saving 64 bits integer data to a text file bug.
  • "Run Ftools..." option is no long available. Users are encouraged to use the new "fgui" task that is distributed with ftools.
  • "Skyview..." catalog selection is now only available via "Catalog..." option.

Go to release notes for version 4.4.


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