===== AiGIS2/PyAiGIS =====

AiGIS2/PyAiGIS is an our new project that aims to develop an interactive analysis and visualization environment for irregular-shaped small body exploration data on Jupiter Notebook with Python.

As we introduced our preliminary achievements in the following meeting,

   * Nagayoshi and Hirata (2022) AiGIS2, a Jupyter Notebook-based Interactive Analysis and Visualization Tool for Asteroid Exploration Data, AGU Fall Meeting 2022, held in Chicago, IL, 12-16 December 2022, id.[[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022AGUFM.P25F2187N/abstract|P25F-2187]].
   * Nagayoshi and Hirata (2023) AiGIS2, Interactive, Versatile Analysis and Visualization Tool for Asteroid Exploration Data, AGU Fall Meeting 2023, P33F-3207.
   * Hirata and Nagayoshi (2024) AiGIS2/PyAiGIS, A Python-based Interactive Analysis And Visualization Tool For Asteroid Exploration Data, LPSC 55, #1877
     * [[https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2024/pdf/1877.pdf|Abstract]]
     * [[https://arcspace.jp/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=aigis2:55thlpsc_pyaigis_20240311.2.pdf|Poster]]


===== GitHub project/repositories =====
  * GitHub project: [[https://github.com/AiGIS-PyAiGIS/]]
    * Repository for ipynb samples: [[https://github.com/AiGIS-PyAiGIS/PyAiGIS-examples]]
    * Repository: [[https://github.com/AiGIS-PyAiGIS/PyAiGIS]]
      * Currently a README.md is only available.

===== Technologies =====
AiGIS2/PyAiGIS is developed with the following technologies:
  * [[https://vtk.org|VTK]]
  * [[https://docs.pyvista.org/version/stable/|PyVista]]
  * [[https://qtdocs.pyvista.org|PyVistaQt]]
  * [[https://pandas.pydata.org|Pandas]]
  * [[https://matplotlib.org|Matplotlib]]
  * [[https://numpy.org|Numpy]]
  * [[https://github.com/AndrewAnnex/SpiceyPy| SpiceyPy]]
  * [[https://jupyter.org|Jupyter Notebook/Jupyter Lab]]

===== Screenshots =====
Examples of visualization of Itokawa shape and associated mapdata by AiGIS2/PyAiGIS.

Multi-view visualization of Itokawa shape and associated mapdata.

{{:aigis2:itokawa_pyvistaqt.png?400|}}

2D distribution plot of the surface slope and elevation of Itokawa mapdata by Matplotlib.

{{:aigis2:Itokawa_SlopeVSElevation.png?400|}}

Smooth terrain on Itokawa (regions where the slope is < 10 [deg] and the elevation is < -18 [m] are colored).

{{:aigis2:Itokawa_PyVista_Selection.png?400|}}

Slope distributions on Itokawa (slope directions and slopes are visualized with arrows).

{{:aigis2:Itokawa_SlopeVectors.png?400|}}


===== Contact =====

Please send your questions and comments to Naru Hirata (naru@u-aizu.ac.jp) or our group mail address (arcspace@u-aizu.ac.jp).


===== Acknowledgements =====

AiGIS2/PyAiGIS is developed as a research project by students at the University of Aizu.\\
The project is/was supported by:
  * ARC-Space, the University of Aizu, Distinctive Joint Research Center supported by MEXT Grant Number JPMXP0619217839/JPMXP0622717003/JPMXP0723830458.