.. _pydl.goddard: ================================== Goddard Utilities (`pydl.goddard`) ================================== Introduction ++++++++++++ This package provides functionality similar to the `The IDL® Astronomy User's Libary`_, sometimes called the "Goddard Utilities", maintained by Wayne Landsman and distributed with idlutils_. In general, functions that are needed by :mod:`pydl.pydlutils` or :mod:`pydl.pydlspec2d` are implemented, while functions that are *not* needed have much lower priority. The Goddard package is itself divided into a number of subpackages. Below we list the subpackages and the usability of the PyDL equivalent. The readiness levels are defined as: Obsolete No point in implementing because the purpose of the code lapsed many years ago. Not Applicable (NA) No point in implementing because another built-in or numpy/scipy/astropy package completely replaces this. None Not (yet) implemented at all. Rudimentary Only a few functions are implemented. Fair Enough functions are implemented to be useful, but some are missing. Good Pretty much anything you could do with the Goddard code you can do with the equivalent here. ============= =============== =================================================== Subpackage Readiness Level Comments ============= =============== =================================================== astro Rudimentary General astronomical utility functions. astrom NA Tools for manipulating WCS data in FITS headers. Use :mod:`astropy.io.fits` and :mod:`astropy.wcs`. coyote NA The `Coyote library`_ for plotting and graphics developed by David Fanning. database None Allows access to IDL-specific databases. disk_io None Provides access to IRAF image (``.imh``) files and AJ/ApJ-style tables. fits NA Use :mod:`astropy.io.fits`. fits_bintable NA Use :mod:`astropy.io.fits`. fits_table NA Use :mod:`astropy.io.fits`. idlphot None Adapted from an early version of DAOPHOT. image None Generic image processing functions, including convolution/deconvolution. jhuapl None `Functions from the JHU Applied Physics Lab`_. markwardt None Levenberg-Marquardt least-squares minimization. math Rudimentary Generic mathematical functions. Many are implemented in numpy or scipy. misc Rudimentary General utility functions that do not involve astronomy specifically. plot NA Functions that supplement the built-in IDL plotting capabilities. robust None Robust statistical fitting procedures. sdas None Provides access to `STDAS/GEIS`_ image files. sockets NA Functions for performing web queries in IDL. Use astroquery_. structure NA Tools for manipulating IDL data structures. Use :class:`numpy.recarray`. tv NA Functions for manipulating IDL image displays. ============= =============== =================================================== .. _`The IDL® Astronomy User's Libary`: https://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ .. _idlutils: https://www.sdss4.org/dr16/software/idlutils/ .. _`Coyote library`: http://www.idlcoyote.com/ .. _`Functions from the JHU Applied Physics Lab`: https://fermi.jhuapl.edu/s1r/idl/idl.html .. _`STDAS/GEIS`: https://www.stsci.edu/instruments/wfpc2/Wfpc2_dhb/intro_ch24.html#1905747 .. _astroquery: https://astroquery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ API +++ .. automodapi:: pydl.goddard .. automodapi:: pydl.goddard.astro :skip: time .. automodapi:: pydl.goddard.math :skip: legendre .. automodapi:: pydl.goddard.misc