Some new routines have been introduced since version 1.2, as listed below.
Most of the routines that already existed now have extended
capabilities.
Those of them with improved or extended user interface are listed
below. They all remain backward compatible (ie, they can be used with codes written
around version 1.1 and 1.2 without any edition).
New routines in version 2.0 include
median_filter
nside2templates,
same_shape_pixels_ring,
same_shape_pixels_nest,
template_pixel_ring,
template_pixel_nest
loaddata_healpix: replaces loaddata to avoid conflict with other
libraries
...
Routines with extended/improved user interface or new functionalities include
fits2cl: addition of /RSHOW, /SHOW keywords to plot
power spectra while they are read; possibility to read power spectra from a
file containing alm coefficients.
gnomview, mollview,
orthview, cartview
faster FITS file reading (by up to a factor 6);
can deal with WMAP polarized maps FITS format; extension
of the OUTLINE keyword to plot set of points; addition of the HBOUND keyword
to overplot pixel boundaries; ...
read_tqu,
read_fits_cut4,
read_fits_map:
addition of output keywords NSIDE, ORDERING, COORDSYS
reorder: simpler interface to ordering
conversion with addition of /N2R and /R2N keywords
write_tqu,
write_fits_cut4,
write_fits_sb: faster FITS file writing
(by a factor 10 or more);
...
Eric Hivon
2005-08-31