write_healpix_map

This routine writes a full sky HEALPix map into a FITS file

Location in HEALPix directory tree: src/C/subs/chealpix.c 

FORMAT

int write_healpix_map( float *signal, long nside, char *filename, char nest, char *coordsys)

ARGUMENTS

name&dimensionality	kind	in/out	description
write_healpix_map	int	OUT	returns a non zero value in case of error
signal	float	IN	full sky map to be written
nside	long	IN	HEALPix resolution parameter of the map (the map should have 12 * nside * nside pixels).
filename	char	IN	FITS file in which to write the full sky map
nest	char	IN	flag specifing the HEALPix pixel ordering of the map. 0: 'RING' and 1: 'NESTED'
coordsys	char	IN	astronomical coordinate system of map (must be either 'C', 'E' or 'G' standing respectively for Celestial=equatorial, Ecliptic or Galactic)

RELATED ROUTINES

This section lists the routines related to write_healpix_map

anafast

executable that reads a HEALPix map and analyses it.

synfast

executable that generate full sky HEALPix maps

read_healpix_map

subroutine to read HEALPix maps

get_fits_size

subroutine to determine the size of a map