Hope-Mars Operations, UAE Orbiter Mission Events & Science Options

[Marz]

https://spacenews.com/hope-prepares-to-ente...it-around-mars/

[mwolff]

What do people feel is missing from the Science Data Center (https://sdc.emiratesmarsmission.ae)? Additional product description? Missing documentation? Changes to search interface?

[vikingmars]

What do people feel is missing from the Science Data Center (https://sdc.emiratesmarsmission.ae)? Additional product description? Missing documentation? Changes to search interface?

Thanks a lot mwolff

If I may recommend, please (I'm building a lot of outreach campaigns for National non-profit organizations in France):

1. A download option from the "EXI Quicklook" page to directly retrieve the full-res images (PNG and/or JPEG formatted) is really missing.
This would help a lot to download full-res images by clicking on the quicklook images;

2. A color code on the "EXI Quicklook" page showing the filters with which the images were taken should be added also, and especially for blue/green/red images from which full color images can be built, (i.e. for example, blue/green/red bars for the blue/green/red filters).

All this would help a lot for UAE HOPE mission outreach and for educational purposes also

[mwolff]

Dear Viking,

thank you for the excellent suggestions. I have previewed the public page again to jog my memory. I will submit 1 and 2 today, thank you.

What do you think of a Magnify Glass icon for the higher resolution data? The problem is this though

xos2 = 16x16 summing
xos1 = 2x2 for all, but 4x4 for RGB
xos4 = 2x2 for UV, 1x1 for RGB (but only taken once per week).

any suggestions that would help you here?


--mike

Thanks a lot mwolff

If I may recommend, please (I'm building a lot of outreach campaigns for National non-profit organizations in France):

1. A download option from the "EXI Quicklook" page to directly retrieve the full-res images (PNG and/or JPEG formatted) is really missing.
This would help a lot to download full-res images by clicking on the quicklook images;

2. A color code on the "EXI Quicklook" page showing the filters with which the images were taken should be added also, and especially for blue/green/red images from which full color images can be built, (i.e. for example, blue/green/red bars for the blue/green/red filters).

All this would help a lot for UAE HOPE mission outreach and for educational purposes also

[vikingmars]

Dear Viking,
thank you for the excellent suggestions. I have previewed the public page again to jog my memory. I will submit 1 and 2 today, thank you.
What do you think of a Magnify Glass icon for the higher resolution data? The problem is this though
any suggestions that would help you here?
--mike

Dear Mike,
Thanks a lot for your kind answer, much appreciated
In fact, a download option for full resolution images in readily viewable formats (such as 'JPEG' and/or 'PNG') would be already a great improvement to raise interest in the widest public audience possible for this spectacular mission.
A 'Magnify Glass icon', would be an interesting improvement too, but I think that it is not an essential one: by downloading high resolution images on your computer, you can zoom on them directly on your screen.
Thanks a lot in advance in advance for submitting those improvements and with warmest regards,
Olivier (aka 'Vikingmars')

[mwolff]

Dear Olivier --

There may be some confusion, or the page has updated and didn't realize it. On the EXI Quicklook page, when you selelect multiple Quicklook files to download, they are coming down at the resolution that they were obtained. It is a question of the file type. xos2 are binned 16x16 to begin; xos1 are 2x2 binning (4x4 for B and G), BUT we wre using a region of interest, so the size of the image can be smaller that half of the detector...but at the resolution of the original observation. xos4 will have RGB at native resolution.

i have asked for a pulldown to select a specific XOSn for quick looks (among other options).


cordialement,

mike

In fact, a download option for full resolution images in readily viewable formats (such as 'JPEG' and/or 'PNG') would be already a great improvement to raise interest in the widest public audience possible for this spectacular mission.

[mwolff]

still working with developers on this. there is more flexibiliy on the general data page, but I am pushing for more capability on the Quicklook page itself.

mike

Dear Olivier --

There may be some confusion, or the page has updated and didn't realize it. On the EXI Quicklook page, when you selelect multiple Quicklook files to download, they are coming down at the resolution that they were obtained. It is a question of the file type. xos2 are binned 16x16 to begin; xos1 are 2x2 binning (4x4 for B and G), BUT we wre using a region of interest, so the size of the image can be smaller that half of the detector...but at the resolution of the original observation. xos4 will have RGB at native resolution.

i have asked for a pulldown to select a specific XOSn for quick looks (among other options).


cordialement,

mike