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<h1>Aladin Lite API reference</h1>
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<li><a href="#init">Initializing Aladin Lite</a></li>
<li><a href="#view">Managing the view</a></li>
<li><a href="#image-layers">Image layers</a></li>
<li><a href="#catalogue-layers">Catalogue layers</a></li>
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<h1>Initializing Aladin Lite</h1>
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<h3>Aladin Lite creation</h3>
<p><b>A.aladin(&lt;container-div-selector&gt;, &lt;options&gt;?)</b></p>
<p>Creating an Aladin Lite instance is quite easy: after having inserted the <a href="http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinLite/doc/#embedding">embedding code</a> in your page,
just call <code>var aladin = A.aladin('#aladin-lite-div');</code>. The variable <code>aladin</code> is a reference to the Aladin lite instance.
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<p>Note that Aladin Lite view will automatically adapt if the container div is resized, as shown <a href="examples/AL-in-responsive-div/">in this example</a>.</p>
<h3>Initialization options</h3>
<p>The method takes an optional second argument which gives the initialization options as a key-value object. Possible options are:
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<tr><td>target</td><td>Initial target, as a position or an object name resolved by Sesame</td><td>0 +0</td></tr>
<tr><td>cooFrame</td><td>Coordinate system: "ICRS" or "galactic"</td><td>"ICRS"</td></tr>
<tr><td>survey</td><td>Identifier of the initial image survey. See <a href="#image-layers">this section</a> for more details.</td><td>"P/DSS2/color"</td></tr>
<tr><td>fov</td><td>Initial value of the visible field of view, in decimal degrees</td><td>60</td></tr>
<tr><td>showReticle</td><td>If <code>true</code>, the reticle will be displayed</td><td>true</td></tr>
<tr><td>showZoomControl</td><td>If <code>true</code>, the zoom control GUI is displayed (plus/minus buttons)</td><td>true</td></tr>
<tr><td>showFullscreenControl</td><td>If <code>true</code>, the button to pass in full screen mode (at the top right of the interface) is displayed</td><td>true</td></tr>
<tr><td>showLayersControl</td><td>If <code>true</code>, the icon to open the layers controls is displayed</td><td>true</td></tr>
<tr><td>showGotoControl</td><td>If <code>true</code>, the icon to easily jump to a new position/object is displayed</td><td>true</td></tr>
<tr><td>showFrame</td><td>If <code>true</code>, coordinate are displayed (at the top left of the interface)</td><td>true</tr>
<tr><td>fullScreen</td><td>If <code>true</code>, Aladin Lite starts in "full screen" mode</td><td>false</td></tr>
<tr><td>reticleColor</td><td>Color of the reticle</td><td>"rgb(178, 50, 178)"</td></tr>
<tr><td>reticleSize</td><td>Size in pixels of the reticle</td><td>22</td></tr>
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<p><a href="examples/AL-init-custom-options/">Example of Aladin Lite initialization with custom options</a></p>
<h3>Customizing location of GUI elements</h3>
<p>If you want to customize the location of the GUI elements (full screen icon, zoom controller, goto controller, layers controller), the easiest way is to
override the CSS properties of the corresponding class (respectively .aladin-fullscreen, .aladin-zoomControl, .aladin-gotoControl, .aladin-layersControl).
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<h1>Managing the view</h1>
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<h3>Getting information about the view</h3>
<p><code>aladin.getSize()</code> will return an array with the current dimension (width, height) of Aladin Lite view in pixels.</p>
<p><code>aladin.getFov()</code> returns an array with the current dimension on the sky (size in X, size in Y) of the view in decimal degrees.</p>
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<h3>Updating view properties</h3>
<b>Setting the size of the FoV</b>
<p>Use <code>aladin.setFov()</code>
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<b>Setting the current position of the center of the view</b>
<p>There are several methods to update the current position:</p>
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<h1>Image layers</h1>
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<h3>Retrieving the base image layer</h3>
<p>Calling <code>aladin.getBaseImageLayer()</code> will return an ImageLayer object corresponding to the base image layer.</p>
<h3>Updating the color map</h3>
<p>Call <code>getColorMap()</code> on an ImageLayer object to retrieve its color map.<br/>
Once retrieved, call <code>update(&lt;color-map-name&gt;)</code> to set a new color map. Recognized values are:
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<li><i>grayscale</i></li>
<li><i>eosb</i></li>
<li><i>rainbow</i></li>
<li><i>native</i> to go back to the original image color map</li>
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<p>Example: <a href="examples/color-map/">setting a rainbow color map</a></p>
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<h3>Creating a new catalogue layer</h3>
<p>Catalogue layers are meant to hold list of astronomical sources. They are created using <code>A.catalog(&lt;options&gt;?)</code> and added to Aladin Lite with <code>aladin.addCatalog(catalogInstance)</code></p>
<p>Possible options are:</p>
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<tr><td>shape</td><td>The shape used for each source in the catalog.<br/>Possible values are: <code>plus</code>, <code>rhomb</code>, <code>cross</code>, <code>triangle</code> and <code>square</code> (default value).<br/>An Image object can also be passed (JPEG, PNG formats are supported, even SVG in most modern browsers).</td></tr>
<tr><td>color</td><td>The color of the shape for each source.</td></tr>
<tr><td>sourceSize</td><td>The size of the source in pixels.</td></tr>
<tr><td>labelColumn</td><td>A label can be displayed next to the source shape. The value of labelColumn is the name of the column to be used for this purpose.<br/>If this option is used, color and font of the label can be given with labelColor and labelFont.</td></tr>
<tr><td>labelColor</td><td>Color of the label</td></tr>
<tr><td>labelFont</td><td>Font of the label, <em>eg</em> <code>12px sans-serif</code></td></tr>
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<h3>Adding some sources to the catalogue</h3>
<p>Sources can be created manually using <code>A.source(ra, dec, option)</code> and added to an existing catalog layer</p>
<p>Example: <a href="examples/cat-custom-shape/">Creating a catalog with a custom shape</a><br/></p>
<h3>Loading a VOTable</h3>
<p>Catalogue layers can also be created from a VOTable URL: calling <code>A.catalogFromURL(&lt;votable-URL&gt;, &lt;options&gt;?)</code> will return a Catalog object which can then be added to the Aladin Lite instance.</p>
<p>Examples: <br>
<a href="examples/load-votable/">Loading a VOTable from VizieR</a><br/>
<a href="examples/onames-labels/">Using labels to display object names</a>
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<h3>Creating a marker</h3>
<p>A marker displays a position on the sky. Clicking on a marker will open a popup with a title and text set upon creation.</p>
<p>Use <code>A.marker(ra, dec, {popupTitle: &lt;title of the popup&gt;, popupDesc: &lt;text (possibly HTML) for the popup&gt;})</code> to create a new marker. You can then add it to an existing Catalog.</p>
<p>Example: <a href="examples/marker-creation/">Creating multiple markers</a></p>
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<h1>Overlay layers</h1>
<p>Overlay layers typically contain polygons, polylines,circles, etc. They are created and added to Aladin Lite with the following code snippet:</p>
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var aladin = A.aladin('#aladin-lite-div');
var overlay = A.graphicOverlay({color: 'cyan'});
aladin.addOverlay(overlay);</pre></p>
<p>A.graphicOverly takes as an optional parameter an object allowing one to set the <em>color</em> and the <em>lineWidth</em>: <code>A.graphicOverlay({color: '#df4', lineWidth: 3});</code></p>
<h3>Circle</h3>
<p>Circles are created with <code>A.circle(&lt;centerRa&gt;, &lt;centerDec&gt; &lt;radiusInDegrees&gt; &lt;options&gt;?);</code> and must be added to an overlay layer to be visible. </p>
<p>Example: <a href="examples/footprints/">circle and polygons</a></p>
<h3>Polyline</h3>
<p>Polylines are created with <code>A.polyline(&lt;array-of-ra-dec&gt;, &lt;options&gt;?);</code></p>
<p>Example: <a href="examples/polyline/">drawing a constellation outline</a></p>
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<h1>Misc</h1>
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<p><a href="examples/">Click here</a> to access to the full list of examples illustrating Aladin Lite API.</p>
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