VAO Software Release: Data Discovery Tool (version 1.4)
From the post:
The VAO has released a new version of the Data Discovery Tool (v1.4) on October 11, 2012. With this tool you can find datasets from thousands of astronomical collections known to the VO and over wide areas of the sky. This includes thousands of astronomical collections – photometric catalogs and images – and archives around the world.
New features of the Data Discovery Tool include:
- New tooltips describing each data field in search results
- Improved display and manipulation of numeric filters
- Automatic color assignment for overlay graphics in the all-sky viewer
Try it now at http://www.usvao.org/tools.
From a community that used “big data” long before it became a buzz word for IT marketers.