init_healpix


This IDL facility creates an IDL system variable (!HEALPIX) containing various HEALPix related quantities


Location in HEALPix directory tree: src/idl/misc/init_healpix.pro


FORMAT

IDL> INIT_HEALPIX [,VERBOSE=]


KEYWORDS


VERBOSE =
if set, turn on the verbose mode, giving a short description of the variables just created.


DESCRIPTION


init_healpix defines the IDL system variable and structure !HEALPIX containing several quantities and character string necessary to HEALPix , eg : allowed resolution parameters Nside, full path to package directory, package version...


RELATED ROUTINES

This section lists the routines related to init_healpix


idl
version 5.0 or more is necessary to run init_healpix .
!HEALPIX
IDL system variable defined by init_healpix


EXAMPLE:

init_healpix ,/verbose  

init_healpix will create the system variable !Healpix, and give a short description of the tags available.

Eric Hivon 2005-08-31