[Spice_discussion] Python support for SPICE

[Chris Piker]

Tom

I've currently wrapped the following functions:

bodc2n
bodn2c
bodvrd
ckgp
ckgp_T
clpool
deltet
dpr
error
et2lst
et2utc
etcal
furnsh
ilumin
ktotal
ldpool
lspcn
reclat
recpgr
reset
sce2c
sce2s
scencd
scs2e
sctiks
spkez
spkezr
str2et
subpnt
subslr
tkvrsn
unload
utc2et
vminus
vnorm

... and will be happy to add any more that are requested.  Most of these 
were ones I needed, but some of these were added at the request of John 
Aiello at APL.  Also the wrapper has pretty extensive help doc strings.
--
Chris


On 09/26/2014 07:45 AM, Bridgman, William T. wrote:
> Chris,
>
> What level of support does your wrapper provide for the SPICE interface?
>
> I was just taking a  look to see if it might be under more active development and a suitable replacement for the existing wrapper I use (linked earlier).  That version at the very least supports furnsh, utc2et, et2utc, spkpos (the ones I actively use in my codes).
>
> Looking at your source tree, it’s unclear if your wrapper is more complete.
>
> Can you clarify?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
> On Sep 25, 2014, at 6:50 PM, Chris Piker <chris-piker at uiowa.edu> wrote:
>
>> Bill Thompson
>>
>> There have been two unofficial python wrappers generated for spice. Here's mine if you want it:
>>
>> https://saturn.physics.uiowa.edu/svn/util/python/trunk/pspice/
>>
>> And I know there is another one floating around.  I'll be curious to hear if we will be getting an official pySpice some day.
>> --
>> Chris
>>
>> On 09/25/2014 05:35 PM, William Thompson wrote:
>>> The Solar Orbiter project is planning on using SPICE kernels for their
>>> orbit and attitude files.  Solar scientists have traditionally used IDL
>>> for their data analysis, and SPICE is well supported in IDL.  However,
>>> there's a desire in a number of teams to start using Python instead.
>>> What's the status of incorporating the SPICE software into Python?
>>>
>>> Bill Thompson
>>>
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