This IDL facility creates an IDL system variable (!HEALPIX) containing various HEALPix related quantities

Location in HEALPix directory tree: src/idl/misc/init_healpix.pro

FORMAT

IDL> INIT_HEALPIX [,VERBOSE=]

KEYWORDS

VERBOSE =: if set, turn on the verbose mode, giving a short description of the variables just created.

DESCRIPTION

init_healpix defines the IDL system variable and structure !HEALPIX containing several quantities and character string necessary to HEALPix , eg : allowed resolution parameters Nside, full path to package directory, package version...

RELATED ROUTINES

This section lists the routines related to init_healpix

idl: version 6.1 or more is necessary to run init_healpix.
!HEALPIX: IDL system variable defined by init_healpix.

EXAMPLE # 1:

init_healpix,/verbose

init_healpix will create the system variable !Healpix, and give a short description of the tags available.

EXAMPLE # 2:

help, !healpix, /structure

will print the content of the !Healpix system structure.

Eric Hivon 2010-06-18

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