[Spice_announce] Updates to WebGeocalc; "pre-announce" for the next SPICE Training Class

[Acton, Charles H (392N)]

WebGeocalc
NAIF is pleased to announce an augmented version of the WebGeocalc geometry engine that offers users a RESTful programmatic interface. NAIF also announces some updates to the current (GUI) version of WebGeocalc. Please see the attachment for details. If you are not familiar with WebGeocalc, please look here:
  https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/webgeocalc.html


SPICE Training Class in 2019
The next 3-day SPICE beginners’ training class will be held in the Pasadena, California area this coming Spring. The dates currently being considered are:
   April 9 - 11 (not very likely)
   May 29 - 31
   June 4 - 6
   June 12 - 14
This class will be free of cost and is open to anyone interested, including foreign nationals and employees of commercial enterprises.  The class comprises a mixture of lectures by NAIF staff, and hands-on programming lessons done by the students. Prospective students should have reasonable programming skills using one of the NAIF-supported languages<https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/toolkit.html>, and some sense of space mission geometry<https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/toolkit_docs/Tutorials/pdf/individual_docs/03_spice_overview.pdf>.

Attendance will be limited to available space. Students will be responsible for their own travel, lodging, and meals expenses. Students must bring their own laptop computers configured with a suitable programming environment.

An announcement with registration information will be made using this "spice_announce" system once firm dates and the venue ( a hotel) have been selected. NAIF, JPL and NASA reserve the right to cancel the class at any time if there are insufficient registrations or for any other reason.

Persons interested in SPICE training but unable to attend a “live” class might consider using the self-training materials provided here:  https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/self_training.html


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