VESPA / Data access



Search interfaces

VESPA main portal

Optimized user interface for EPN-TAP services and cross-searches.
Extended help here

VESPA discovery portal

Currently reserved for maintenance of EPN-TAP services (in test)

VESPA geoportal

Focused on spatial searches (georeferenced data only) (in test)
Select a target, draw a MOC or drop a contour file

TapHandle

A more general interface for individual TAP services (Univ. Strasbourg)
Provide server URL in search field

DaCHS ADQL interface

Low level search interface available on every DaCHS server (replace with your server's URL)

Planets explorer

Online planetary HiPS viewer in AladinLite (Univ. Strasbourg)


Desktop tools with EPN-TAP client


See how to setup VO tools for planetary context


Aladin

Image plotting tool, developed by CDS/Strasbourg
Click Collections > Solar System in the data tree to load planetary HiPS
In the Select field, search for "EPN" in all collections to list the EPN-TAP services declared in the registry

CASSIS

Spectral data analysis tool, developed at IRAP/Toulouse
In the VO menu, select EPN-TAP query or provide server URL

TOPCAT

Tabular data analysis tool, University of Bristol
Open the TAP client, search for "EPN" to list the EPN-TAP services declared in the registry (or provide server URL)


Command line access (tutorials)

Accessing an EPN-TAP service

Jupyter notebook: python search + IDL access (optional)

Cross-searches in all EPN-TAP services

From python / Jupyter notebooks



Context

• VESPA description
• Glossary
• Related links and services

Accessing data

• VESPA main portal
• Other data access
• Tutorials, use cases
• Tools


Sharing data

• Standards and procedures
• Developments


Europlanet programmes

• Publications & presentations
• Legacy activity / Europlanet

Credits


  • Citing VESPA
    If your research benefits from the use of VESPA, we would appreciate if you could include the following acknowledgement and reference in your publication:
    "This research has made use of the VESPA portal and services (https://vespa.obspm.fr) funded by European Union's under grant agreement No 871149"
    VESPA: A community-driven Virtual Observatory in Planetary Science. Erard S et al., 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2017.05.013
    Please also acknowledge the original data providers.
    Except where explicitly mentioned, data are distributed under Etalab Open License 2.0 (compliant with CC-BY 2.0 license).

    • The Europlanet 2024 Research Infrastructure project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 871149.
    The Europlanet 2020 Research Infrastructure project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654208.
    This work used the EGI Infrastructure with the dedicated support of IN2P3-IRES and CESNET-MCC.
    VESPA has first been designed in the frame of Europlanet-RI JRA4 work package (IDIS activity).
    Additional funding was provided in France by the Action Spécifique Observatoire Virtuel and Programme National de Planétologie / INSU.



    Europlanet Project supported by the European Union VOParis Observatoire

    support.vespa@obspm.fr