lsst.meas.astrom.approximateWcs Namespace Reference

Classes
class	_MockTestCase

Functions
	approximateWcs (wcs, bbox, order=3, nx=20, ny=20, iterations=3, skyTolerance=0.001 *lsst.geom.arcseconds, pixelTolerance=0.02, useTanWcs=False)

Function Documentation

approximateWcs()

approximateWcs	(		wcs,
			bbox,
			order = 3,
			nx = 20,
			ny = 20,
			iterations = 3,
			skyTolerance = 0.001*lsst.geom.arcseconds,
			pixelTolerance = 0.02,
			useTanWcs = False )

Approximate an existing WCS as a TAN-SIP WCS

The fit is performed by evaluating the WCS at a uniform grid of points
within a bounding box.

Parameters
----------
wcs : `lsst.afw.geom.SkyWcs`
    wcs to approximate
bbox : `lsst.geom.Box2I`
    the region over which the WCS will be fit
order : `int`
    order of SIP fit
nx : `int`
    number of grid points along x
ny : `int`
    number of grid points along y
iterations : `int`
    number of times to iterate over fitting
skyTolerance : `lsst.geom.Angle`
    maximum allowed difference in world coordinates between
    input wcs and approximate wcs (default is 0.001 arcsec)
pixelTolerance : `float`
    maximum allowed difference in pixel coordinates between
    input wcs and approximate wcs (default is 0.02 pixels)
useTanWcs : `bool`
    send a TAN version of wcs to the fitter? It is documented to require that,
    but I don't think the fitter actually cares

Returns
-------
fitWcs : `lsst.afw.geom.SkyWcs`
    the fit TAN-SIP WCS

Definition at line 43 of file approximateWcs.py.