msview – View a visibility data set – utility, visualization, editing task

Description

The msview task will display measurements in raster form. Many display and editing options are available.

Executing the msview task will bring up a display panel window, which can be resized. If no data file was specified, a Load Data window will also appear. Click on the desired measurement set,and the rendered data should appear on the display panel.

A Data Display Options window will also appear. It has drop-down subsections for related options, most of which are self-explanatory.

The state of the msview task – loaded data and related display options – can be saved in a ‘restore’ file for later use. You can provide the restore filename on the command line or select it from the Load Data window.

See the cookbook for more details on using the msview task.

Parameters

Title
Parameter	Default	Description
infile	`''`
displaytype	`'raster'`
channel	`int(0)`
zoom	`int(1)`
outfile	`''`
outscale	`float(1.0)`
outdpi	`int(300)`
outformat	`'jpg'`
outlandscape	`False`
gui	`True`

Parameter Explanations

infile

''

(Optional) Name of file to visualize.

displaytype

'raster'

(Optional) Type of visual rendering (raster, contour, vector or marker). lel if an lel expression is given for infile (advanced).

channel

int(0)

(Optional) access a specific channel in the image cube

zoom

int(1)

(Optional) zoom in/out by increments

outfile

''

(Optional) name of the output file to generate

outscale

float(1.0)

(Optional) amount to scale output bitmap formats (non-PS, non-PDF)

outdpi

int(300)

(Optional) output DPI for PS/PDF

outformat

'jpg'

(Optional) format of the output e.g. jpg or pdf (this is overridden by the output files extension

outlandscape

False

(Optional) should the output mode be landscape (PS or PDF)

gui

True

(Optional) Display the panel in a GUI.