> ADASS is the proper forum for this stuff, the people at NAM won't care.
Must say I agree with Al. They want to know what the features are to
solve their everyday reduction and analysis problems, not how it's
achieved.
Are there any hot-off-the-press new data sources, like space missions,
whose products we can incorporate into the demonstrations? New data
makes the show appear more topical and relevant.
> > The CATSELECT stuff Al's working on only touches the polarimetry DR, but
> > polarimetry (imaging, at least) would probably be good for a demo
Yes and the only co-ordinates in the table columns are pixel to address
Mark's concern.
> happening natively on Aqua (remember there is an Aqua native port of
> PGPLOT) would be very impressive, especially if Norman is there to demo
> it with his Mac.
Yeah having a Mac on hand is rather important for such a demo. (-:
> > I don't know how dry they'd be, but would there be interest in bugging
> > Andy Adamson to allow you guys to put some DR-related quotes from
> > observers on the poster? Recently we got one that read:
> >
> > "I really like this....I'm starting to wonder how I ever got along
> > without it! Seriously though, it is a BIG help, especially when
> > observing at L band when I really don't know how bright my targets are
> > going to be. It completely eliminates the guess work of "did I go deep
> > enough..." or "did I spend too long there...". I have a run coming up
> > with Michelle, and without the DR pipeline I'd more or less just be
> > shooting in the dark. I don't know how other telescope get along without
> > something like this!"
I compiled a list of quotes from UKIRT observers for the e-science bid,
but JCS decided that we couldn't include them. Since then we've had
quite a few more positive comments (and barely a criticism usually not
the DR's fault). Here's another recent one from the same University of
Hawaii person. "Once again, I am suitably impressed with the DR
software. It's one of those things where now I wonder how I got along
without it."
Malcolm
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