WorldWide Telescope Transition Bridge

全球望远镜过渡桥

• 批准号: 1550701
• 负责人: Kevin Marvel
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: American Astronomical Society
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-15 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1550701&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WorldWide; Telescope; Transition; Bridge

This award supports the transition of the World Wide Telescope (WWT) project from Microsoft Research to the American Astronomical Society (AAS). Amateur astronomers support an industry of considerable value and are involved in research through citizen science efforts such as the Zooniverse. The WWT software provides a uniquely capable platform for involvement of amateur and professional astronomers alike in research, education, publishing, outreach, and communication. Keeping this package available is a valuable service for the country. The investment to ensure a smooth transition from its current state of being proprietary, albeit free, to an open source project led by the AAS, is clearly very worthwhile and at the same time extremely cost-effective.Microsoft supported the WWT software system up until the fall of 2014, when they decided to release WWT to the open source community. The AAS is keen to assume a leadership role in a project of such evident value, but needs time to arrange for long-term support of WWT in aid of the US astronomical community. Microsoft funding ended on June 30, 2015, so this project will bridge the gap, although supporting only maintenance activities. This will ensure both that the WWT remains available to AAS and that the system remains available for existing users.As noted, WWT is currently used widely by many constituencies. This software has unique capabilities, including the creation of video abstracts for publications. It is used in many schools, planetariums and museums across the country and the world. Under a community-driven open source model, these activities will be supported by experts from the respective constituencies, and connections between the various activities can leverage the work in one community for the benefit of all.

该奖项支持万维望远镜 (WWT) 项目从微软研究院向美国天文学会 (AAS) 的过渡。 业余天文学家支持一个具有相当价值的行业，并通过 Zooniverse 等公民科学活动参与研究。 WWT 软件为业余和专业天文学家参与研究、教育、出版、推广和交流提供了一个独特的平台。 保持这个包的可用对于国家来说是一项有价值的服务。 确保从目前的专有（尽管免费）状态顺利过渡到由 AAS 领导的开源项目的投资显然非常值得，同时极具成本效益。微软支持 WWT 软件系统直到2014 年秋天，他们决定向开源社区发布 WWT。 AAS 渴望在如此具有明显价值的项目中发挥领导作用，但需要时间来安排 WWT 的长期支持，以援助美国天文学界。 Microsoft 的资助已于 2015 年 6 月 30 日结束，因此该项目将弥补缺口，但仅支持维护活动。 这将确保 AAS 仍然可以使用 WWT，并且现有用户也可以使用该系统。如上所述，WWT 目前已被许多选区广泛使用。 该软件具有独特的功能，包括为出版物创建视频摘要。 它被用于全国和世界各地的许多学校、天文馆和博物馆。 在社区驱动的开源模式下，这些活动将得到来自各自选区的专家的支持，各种活动之间的联系可以利用一个社区的工作来造福所有人。