MIZAR is a web client, developed by CNES with the support of IAS for scientific requirements and CDS as data provider. The main asset of Mizar is to provide a high performance 3D application for discovering and visualizing geospatial data on both sky and planets.


Data Visualization


MIZAR can be deployed alone or with its own server. According to the deployment, the data visualization capabilities are differents.

What can be visualized with MIZAR, deployed as standalone ?

  • A Simple FITS file
  • A geoJson format (point or polygons)
  • a MOC format as JSON
  • a HIPS format

What can be visualized with MIZAR, deployed along its server ?

  • A Simple FITS file
  • A geoJson format (point or polygons)
  • a MOC format as JSON
  • a HIPS format (with cache)
  • data from SIAP server (with cache and large data volume)
  • data from CSP server (with cache and large data volume)
  • data from anywhere with the appropriate plugin


Web processing


MIZAR has some processing task on displayed information

What can be processed with MIZAR, deployed as standalone ?

  • The cuts and the color scale on a FITS file, which is displayed

What can be visualized with MIZAR, deployed along its server ?

  • The cuts and the color scale on a FITS file, which is displayed
  • Exporting information as VOTable
  • Cut out Service
  • Zscale Service
  • SAMP


Screenshots and examples

Ergonomic GUI

Raster and Overlay representation

Opacity handling

Navigation and communication

Raster and overlays on Planets

JS API to embed MIZAR in an external web page

MIZAR-lite

You can also embed MIZAR in your own web page which is called Mizar-lite. Then, you can pilot it by handling its JavaScript API. As below, an example of a embedded MIZAR

POIs
Mizar
Atlas
m31
m42
Polaris
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