Project Summary
Healpy provides a python package to manipulate healpix maps.
It is based on the standard numeric and visualisation tools for Python, Numpy and matplotlib.
To find find more information about Healpix, please visit its home page at https://healpix.sourceforge.io/.
Characteristics:
pixellisation manipulation
spherical harmonic transforms
plotting capabilities
reading and writing of healpix fits maps and alm
Requirements:
Python (2.7, 3.5, 3.6)
Numpy (>=1.5.0)
matplotlib
astropy
Installation:
pip install --user healpy
Update:
pip install --user --upgrade healpy
Test the installation with:
import healpy
healpy.mollview(arange(12))
Documentation
Use the online documentation, accessible with help() (or using the '?' in ipython).
In a Nutshell, healpy...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a large development team
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took an estimated 4 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in August, 2008
ending with its most recent commit 29 days ago
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