[APBeta] Deleting Duplicates of DSS Images
Paul Rodman
paul at ilanga.com
Thu Aug 5 08:34:52 PDT 2010
On Aug 4, 2010, at 8:16 PM, Paul Rodman wrote:
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> On Jul 24, 2010, at 8:22 AM, John Switzer wrote:
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>> What is the criteria for deleting duplicate DSS images (when AP2.0 starts up)? The reason I am asking is that I have several images that were downloaded in plans that were built with slightly incorrect RA and DEC values. When I correct these values and re-download the images I would like the incorrect DSS images deleted.
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> I don't think I answered this one...
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> The deletion occurs only if the RA/Dec coordinates of the duplicate images are identical, so it's not going to help you in this case. There's also the issue of which image gets deleted: the new one or the old one.
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> It would not be difficult at all to do what you want. However, I'm debating whether this should be a script or a built-in feature. A script should do the job quite nicely.
I have uploaded a general script to do this. However, while testing it I found a bug in the framework (now fixed) that means the script will require 2.0b87 to run. I'll be releasing that tomorrow (with luck).
Paul R.
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