[fitsbits] Question(s) regarding development of proprietary FITS manipulation software. . .

[Bojan Nikolic]

Hi Michael,

The other library that may be worth looking at -- especially in the
prototyping stages and for creation of test data -- is pyFITS. See:

http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/pyfits

Hope that helps,
Best,
Bojan

gberz3 <gberz3 at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm currently working with a client that needs to manipulate FITS
> files.  However, they want a 100% proprietary solution.  They know the
> functionality they need, but they don't know how to code it.  That's
> where I come in. . .
>
> My question to the group is:  What librar(y/ies) would you all
> recommend for working with FITS files?  Currently I've been looking
> at  "http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/fitsio/fitsio.html".
> It seemed to talk the talk much better than the others, but I have 0
> experience with it.
>
> I have literally 0 knowledge of what the FITS format even entails so
> I'm asking for reading recommendations as well as any potential coding
> pointers, gotchas, or opinions.  Just fyi, I have a little over 2
> months to complete a rough outline.
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>

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