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healpix

Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelization of a sphere

HEALPix is an acronym for Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelization of a sphere. As suggested in the name, this pixelization produces a subdivision of a spherical surface in which each pixel covers the same surface area as every other pixel. longdescription>

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benzene-overlay GitHub ↗ 3.83 2 24 h details ›

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3.83 benzene-overlay amd64 testing x86 testing 20 mo view · download · history ↗
3.83_pre20240419 benzene-overlay amd64 testing x86 testing 20 mo view · download · history ↗

Use flags of 3.83

  • cxx Build support for C++ (bindings, extra libraries, code generation, ...)
  • doc Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally
  • idl Install healpix IDL/GDL routines
  • java Add support for Java
  • openmp Build support for the OpenMP (support parallel computing), requires >=sys-devel/gcc-4.2 built with USE="openmp"
  • static-libs Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well
  • test Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)