On-line Archive
 Science Information Services

OASIS On-Line Help Documents

The following documents constitute the on-line help that is distributed
with the Oasis software package and is provided here as well simply as an
overview of that functionality.

• Introduction and Quick-Start Guide
• Archive Access and Data Retrieval
  • Image Archives
    • IRAS Sky Survey Atlas (ISSA)
    • Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS)
    • STScI Digital Sky Survey (DSS)
    • Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX)
    • IRAS Galaxy Atlas (IGA)
    • VLA FIRST
    • NVSS
  • Catalog Archives
    • IRSA Catalog Search
    • CDS VizieR Search
    • NED Catalog Search
  • Image Metadata
  • One-Dimensional Data Collections
  • Third-Party Data Services (OasisLink)
    • Oasis Link Technical Documentation
  • Request Manager and Cache
  • Reading from Disk
• Data Processing
  • Contour Map Generation
  • Coordinate History
  • Image History
• Data File Formats
  • FITS Images
  • ASCII Source Table Files
  • Shape Drawing Tables
  • Image Metadata Tables
  • Sky Drawing XML (e.g. contour) Files
  • XY Plot XML Files
• Data Visualization
  • Image Display
    • Image Resampling
    • Data Input Transforms
    • Color Manipulation
    • Zooming and Panning
    • FITS Header Display
    • Cursor Feedback
      • Coordinates
      • Source Information
      • Pixel/Area Definition
      • Moveable Overlay
  • Map Layers
    • Base Image
    • Coordinate Grids
    • Astronomical Source Tables
    • Parameterized Shape Display
    • Sky Drawing
    • Image Outlines
    • Focal Planes
    • Layer Control
  • Table Display
  • XY Plots
• System Information
  • Memory Management