MapViewer-Web: Visualizing galaxy properties from the GIST pipeline products

Mapviewer-web is a web-based tool for visualizing galaxy properties analyzed by the GIST Pipeline. It is an enhanced adaptation of the original PyQt-based Mapviewer widget, offering improved interactivity and easier access through web browsers. This web version also significantly reduces response times compared to its PyQt version.

Installation

Using pip

pip install mapviewer-web

From the git repo

git clone https://github.com/purmortal/mapviewer-web.git
cd mapviewer-web
pip install .

Run Mapviewer-Web

In the terminal, just type:

Mapviewer-Web

The terminal will return an address (by default http://127.0.0.1:9928) which can be opened by a browser. Next, input the hardcoded path of GIST products, and click Load Database. Then you can inspect galaxy properties and spectra fitting for each Voaonoi bin as you wish.

To use a different port (e.g., 5800), type:

Mapviewer-Web --port 5800

To also allow remote access (your internet should have a static ip address), type:

Mapviewer-Web --port 5800 --mode remote

Example

Follow the command below to inspect an example galaxy properties:

Download GIST products example

wget https://github.com/purmortal/mapviewer-web/archive/refs/heads/gistProducts.zip
unzip gistProducts.zip

Then, run Mapviewer-Web and open the browser. Input /your-download-path/mapviewer-web-gistProducts/NGC0000Example, and now you can explore this tool.

License

This software is governed by the MIT License. In brief, you can use, distribute, and change this package as you want.

Contact

• Zixian Wang (University of Utah, wang.zixian.astro@gmail.com)