Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: pygacs
Version: 0.2.1
Summary: Toolkit to access and manipulate Gaia catalogue tables hosted at ESA's Gaia Archive Core Systems (GACS)
Home-page: https://github.com/Johannes-Sahlmann/pygacs
Author: Johannes Sahlmann
Author-email: Johannes.Sahlmann@esa.int
License: LGPLv3+
Description: 
        pygacs
        ======
        
        **Python toolkit to manipulate Gaia catalogue tables hosted at ESA's Gaia Archive Core Systems (GACS)**
        
        pygacs provides python modules for the access and manipulation (e.g. crossmatch) of
        tables in GACS. It employs the TAP command line access tools described
        in the 'Help' section of the GACS web pages (`<https://geadev.esac.esa.int/gacs-dev/index.html>`_). 
        
        So far, only synchronous and authenticated access has been
        implemented. To fully use pygacs, in particular to upload a table for
        crossmatch operations, you will need to be a registered user of GACS
        and call the example script with your access credentials.
        
        
        
        Documentation
        -------------
        
        All classes and methods/functions include basic documentation. 
        
        
        Installation notes
        ------------------
        
        This package was developed in a python 2.7 environment.
        
        The following python packages are required:
        
        * `numpy <http://www.numpy.org/>`_
        * `astropy <http://www.astropy.org/>`_
        * `xmltodict <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xmltodict/>`_
        
        Optional (for plotting in the example script):
        
        * `matplotlib <http://matplotlib.org/>`_
        * `pylab <http://matplotlib.org/pylab/>`_
        
        
        How to run the example script
        -----------
        
        Get the source files, e.g.: 
        
        > git clone https://github.com/johannes-sahlmann/pygacs
        
        Install pygacs:
        
        > cd pygacs
        
        > python setup.py install --user
        
        To run the example script, do:
        
        > cd examples/
        
        > ./pygacsExample.py --help
        
        > ./pygacsExample.py yourGacsUserName yourGacsPassword
        
        
        You may also use pip for installation:
        
        > pip install pygacs
        
        
        
        
        Attribution
        -----------
        
        Please acknowledge the ESA Science Archives Team and the Gaia Data
        Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC) if you used this code in your
        research.
        
        License
        -------
        
        Copyright (c) 2015 Johannes Sahlmann, Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium
        
        pygacs is open source and free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
        it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
        Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
        any later version.
        
        This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
        WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
        PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
        
        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
        this program. If not, see `<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>`_.
        
        
        Changelog
        ---------
        
        .. :changelog:
        
        0.0 (September 2015)
        ++++++++++++++++++
        
        - Creation.
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later (LGPLv3+)
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Astronomy
