Release Notes
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Release date - 07 May 2004

Release Identification:
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This contains the release of VOPlot version 1.2.1.

VOPlot has been developed as a part of the Virtual Observatory - India initiative 
by Persistent Systems Private Limited (PSPL) and the Inter-University Centre 
for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), in collaboration with Centre de Données 
astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS),and with support from the European AVO project. 
The VO-I project is supported by the Ministry of Information and Communication 
Technology of the Governement of India.

VOPlot uses Ptplot 5.2, a 2D data plotter and histogram tool implemented in Java. 
Ptplot has been developed at EECS department at the University of California, Berkeley. 

VOPlot is tested successfully on various platforms such as Win2000, WinNT & Linux.
VOPlot applet is tested successfully on various browsers such as IE, Netscape, 
Mozilla and Opera.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY. 
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE RIGHTHOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR 
OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, 
ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR 
OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Product Support Information/Feedback address:
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For feedback contact voindia@vo.iucaa.ernet.in.

System Requirements:
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	Java Runtime Environment (1.3.1 or later) required.

In this release:
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	- Features
	  * Added ability to invoke VOPlot through programmatic interface.
	  * Projection maps for Sinusoidal, Aitoff and Mollweide Projections.	  
	  * Operator calculator for easy creation of new columns and filters.
	  * Ability to plot data on reverse X and Y axes.
	  * Added ability to get buttons control panel out of main plot window. 
	  * Ability to export data in ASCII format.
	  * Reorganization of user interface.
	  * Bug fixes.

	- Limitations
	  * VOPlot does not load on Konqueror.
	  * The display VOTable dialog box displays only the first 100 records. 

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