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Thumbnails via RVS

HTTP GET/POST interface

The url to the ATNF thumbnail service is http://www.vo.atnf.csiro.au/rvsutils/thumbnail. The table below describes the HTTP request parameters the url accepts. If successful, the response will be either a png image or a html page containing a thumbnail for each requested channel. The latter will result if the 'endchnl' parameter is used.


Parameter Description Required? Default
image URL to FITS image Yes ---
width Width (pixels) of output No 200
height Height (pixels) of output No 200
type Type of image to use. Options are:
raster
contour
vector
marker
No raster
cmap Colormap to use. Options are:
Greyscale 1
Greyscale 2
Rainbow 1
Rainbow 2
Rainbow 3
Rainbow 4
Hot Metal 1
Hot Metal 2
Smooth 1
Smooth 2
Smooth 3
Smooth 4
RGB 1
RGB 2
No Greyscale 1
chnl The channel (or plane) to view No 1
endchnl Used for channel maps only, specifies the last channel to display.
If this option is used a html page will be returned instead of a single image
No 1
axislbl Axis labels turned on. Options are:
yes
no
No no

 

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