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en:news:ppmxl_catalog [2010/09/12 14:36] pchen:news:ppmxl_catalog [2020/02/28 09:13] (current) – [Build a catalog for Skychart] pch
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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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