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Originally Posted by pmrid
G'day Andrew,
I already have quite a collection of databases including TCHO2 and others, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to get UniMap to access local copies of those catalogs - the TCHO files are DAT files whereas the UniMap data files seem to be in another format with an ADM suffix.
I had hoped to be able to make the system free-standing so I can use it in the field without an internet connection and accessing SINBAD and so forth remotely.
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Peter, you can get it to download entire catalogs like Tycho2 (ie the not too huge ones) from the "Options->Catalogs" panel and then use the local copy. Since I have copies of UCAC3, most of NOMAD and my UCAC4 DVD is somewhere between the USNO and here I'd like to be able to tell it to use those. I must ask Larry about enabling that.
Because different programs use different data formats for catalogs I have at least 4 versions of Tycho2, and 2 or 3 of PGC/Leda, UCAC2, UCAC3 and a few others.