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 Now with the release of the much improved PPMXL catalog not only are the files available to everyone but the format allow you can process them immediately for use with CdC! Now with the release of the much improved PPMXL catalog not only are the files available to everyone but the format allow you can process them immediately for use with CdC!
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 ===== Build a catalog for Skychart ===== ===== Build a catalog for Skychart =====
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   * Download the 720 files from the dat folder at ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/cats/I/317/ Beware this is about **38GB** of files!   * Download the 720 files from the dat folder at ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/cats/I/317/ Beware this is about **38GB** of files!
   * Uncompress the .gz files (use gunzip on Linux or 7zip on Windows). The result take **148GB** of disk space.   * Uncompress the .gz files (use gunzip on Linux or 7zip on Windows). The result take **148GB** of disk space.
-  * Get the example Catgen project [[https://svn.origo.ethz.ch/skychart/trunk/tools/cat/ppmxl/ppmxl.prj|ppmxl.prj]] I use to build my version. +  * Get the example Catgen project [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pchev/skychart/master/tools/cat/ppmxl/ppmxl.prj|ppmxl.prj]] I use to build my version. (right click and select Save as...) 
   * Launch a recent version of Skychart and open [[en:documentation:catgen|Catgen]]   * Launch a recent version of Skychart and open [[en:documentation:catgen|Catgen]]
-  * Load the file ppmxl.prj , adjust all the file path and change the content option you want. Do not try to build a search index if you not have at least 24GB of memory on your computer!+  * Load the file ppmxl.prj , adjust all the file path and change the content option you want. Do not try to build a search index if you not have at least 24GB of RAM on your computer!
   * Click the Build button and let your computer alone for some time, it take five hours on mine.   * Click the Build button and let your computer alone for some time, it take five hours on mine.
   * At the end it eat 55GB more of your disk but you can now load the pxl.hdr file on the Catalog setting page and appreciate the result.   * At the end it eat 55GB more of your disk but you can now load the pxl.hdr file on the Catalog setting page and appreciate the result.
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