VESPA / Virtual Observatory Tools



VESPA-related tools

Aladin

Image plotting tool, developed by CDS/Strasbourg (includes extra developments for VESPA)

AladinLite

A variation of Aladin running in a browser. Extra functionalities developed for VESPA include identification of Planetary features by coordinates

CASSIS

Spectral data analysis tool, developed at IRAP/Toulouse (includes extra developments for VESPA)

TOPCAT

Tabular data analysis tool, University of Bristol (includes extra developments for VESPA)

3Dview

3D viewer for planetary objects, spacecraft trajectories and data developed by GFI/Toulouse and CDPP/IRAP/Toulouse (initiated under CNES contract, with extra VESPA developments in Europlanet-2020)

APERICubes

PDS3 on-line reader & viewer - supports VIRTIS Venus-Express & Rosetta data (spectral cubes), and similar fits files from ALMA (PADC / ObsParis))

SSHADE

Includes plotting and comparison tools for lab spectroscopy, IPAG/Grenoble

AMDA

Includes plotting and comparison tools for plasma and radio observations, IRAP/Toulouse (includes extra developments for VESPA)

Planetary Cesium Viewer

On-line 3D viewer for generic planetary surface analysis, developed by GEOPS/Orsay

iPECMAN

Analyser of multi-dimensional measurements of planetary electromagnetic fields (IAP-CAS, Prague).

MATISSE

3D viewer for planetary objects, initiated under contract from ASI (Italian Space Agency, includes extra developments for VESPA in Europlanet-2020)

DaCHS

Framework used to distribute TAP services, Heidelberg University (includes extensive support of EPN-TAP)




Other relevant VO tools in Planetary Science context

SPLAT-VO

Spectral Analysis Tool (Durham University)

SAOImage / DS9

Astronomical image and data visualization application, compliant with VO standards (Smithsonian, Cambridge)

Autoplot

Interactive plotting tool for space physics data and time series (University of Iowa)

WebGeolCalc

Web-based graphical user interface to SPICE geometry computations (JPL)

PSWS tools

Tools from PSWS in Europlanet2020

Mizar

On-line 3d viewer for sky and planets, developed at CNES

QGIS

Open Source GIS (with SAMP plug-in provided by VESPA)

ImageJ

Image analysis software (with SAMP plug-in provided by VESPA), open source

AstroImageJ

Astronomy variation on ImageJ, open source





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

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