Abstract

Improvements to the VIMS data search and calibration (VDSC) web interface

Dyer Lytle (University of Arizona)

Virginia Pasek (University of Arizona)

To facilitate the user interface to the data archive from the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) aboard the Cassini spacecraft, we are redesigning the current browser-based interface using recent web technologies to enhance the user experience.

We will provide the ability to search the database on a number of header keywords as well as allow quick look examination of the hyper-spectral image data. The calibration component of the interface allows the user many choices for processing, geometry generation, and final product packaging.

Modern web technologies enable the efficient development of browser interfaces to databases, providing rich user experiences. These technologies help simplify the tasks of searching, examining, selecting, and processing archived information. Our implimentation includes concepts from Ajax and SOA, using groovy/grails on the server side and complex javascript on the client side.

Initially, the VDSC will be used by the VIMS science team. Future versions of this system may be broadly used by the public at large and serve as a prototype for a future network of such interfaces to planetary data.

Mode of presentation: poster