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9.5.8 Coverage

Functions related to coverage and footprints. One coverage standard is Multi-Order Coverage maps, described at http://www.ivoa.net/Documents/MOC/.

inMoc( mocLocation, ra, dec )
Indicates whether a given sky position is within a given MOC (Multi-Order Coverage map). If the given mocLocation value does not represent a MOC (for instance no file exists or the file is not in MOC format) a warning will be issued the first time it's referenced, and the result will be false.


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STILTS - Starlink Tables Infrastructure Library Tool Set
Starlink User Note256
STILTS web page: http://www.starlink.ac.uk/stilts/
Author email: m.b.taylor@bristol.ac.uk
Mailing list: topcat-user@bristol.ac.uk