1. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India VOCat Developed By Deoyani and Mohasin

2. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Introduction Tool to query Catalog data Simple customizable, Graphical User interface Stand alone Desktop Application Developed in java technology MySQL Database server is used

3. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India System Requirements Java 1.4 + MySQL JAVA 3d Internet connection

4. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Features Connect to any MySQL database server Create and Save view of data Numerical constraints on the data Different tools available for analyzing query results Save query results in different file formats SQL query for expert user (For more complex queries)

5. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Connect to database server Connect to MySQL server on local machine or any remote serverConnect to MySQL server on local machine or any remote server Lists out the databases available on that serverLists out the databases available on that server Data bases in metadata and data tables User can select any dataset with attributes requiredUser can select any dataset with attributes required next

6. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Connect to database server

7. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Connect to Database server

8. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Connect to Database Server

9. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Connect To Database Server

10. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Create and Save View Select database metadata Select attributes Create view and save for future use Launch view Next

11. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Select Metadata table

12. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Create and Save View

13. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Launch View

14. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Tools Available Launching view will display different tools VOPlot – Visualization tool VOPlot_3d – Three dimensional visualization toolVOPlot_3d – Three dimensional visualization tool Simbad and NED query tools Aladin – Image database Cone Search – A query for information related to a ConeCone Search – A query for information related to a Cone Next

15. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Tools

16. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India VOPlot Tools

17. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India VOPlot_3D Tools

18. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Aladin Tools

19. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Simbad Tools

20. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India NED Tools

21. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Cone Search Tools

22. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Help Inbuilt help on button click Context sensitive help at each step

23. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Future Enhancements Integrate with PLASTIC Improve with suggestions and feedback

24. Deoyani Nandrekar Beijing May 2007Virtual Observatory India Thank You