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<h2 id="desktop-application">Desktop Application</h2> <p>Opticks can be used as a standard <a href="/facts/Desktop_application/YQuj7Kog">desktop application</a>. The <a href="/facts/Vanilla_software/6uJzPcMQ">vanilla software</a> can be used to read and write imagery in several formats and for some basic data analysis as described in the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120321131230/http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticks/Feature+Tour+-+Your+Data">Opticks Feature Tour</a>. The Opticks community provides <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120321130147/http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticks/Download">installation packages</a> for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a>, Solaris 10 <a href="/facts/SPARC/m7KhEtET">SPARC</a>, and some distributions of <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>. </p> <h2 id="software-framework">Software Framework</h2> <p>Opticks can also be used as a <a href="/facts/Software_framework/EWasA8sG">software development framework</a>. The Opticks community provides and supports a public <a href="/facts/Software_development_kit/2Hkk6Hbs">SDK</a> which includes a documented <a href="/facts/API/GMlN4vUr">API</a> as well as several extension tutorials. The Opticks website hosts a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120125083427/http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksExt/All+Opticks+Extensions">variety of extensions</a>, some of which are developed and maintained by the same development team as Opticks. </p> <h2 id="community">Community</h2> <p>Opticks has active <a href="/facts/Mailing_List/jUsumebQ">mailing lists</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120126031038/http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticks/Mailing+Lists">here</a> and an <a href="/facts/IRC/oDr3VN9q">IRC</a> channel available <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120126025002/http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksChat/Chat+Client">here</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Bug_tracking_system/xCdIz6Kx">issue tracker</a> is available <a href="https://issues.opticks.org">here</a>[<i>permanent dead link</i>]. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Source_code/o9J6Jv23">source code</a> is available <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120409130633/http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksDev/Welcome+To+Opticks+Development">here</a>. </p><p>Opticks has <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/666">applied</a> for incubation with the <a href="/facts/Open_Source_Geospatial_Foundation/TpEU3Cad">OSGeo foundation</a>. </p><p>Opticks has participated in both the <a href="/facts/Google_Summer_of_Code/M8rDIn6W">Google Summer of Code</a> and <a href="/facts/ESA/L8YRNV0C">ESA</a> Summer of Code in Space programs. </p> <h3>Google Summer of Code</h3> <h4>GSoC 2010</h4> <p>Opticks participated in GSoC 2010 with two students. The titles of the accepted projects were "Adding Image Stack Support and New Algorithm Plugin for Opticks" and "Speckle removal and edge detection tool for SAR image".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Extensions for the projects are available <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121205040448/http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksExt/GSoC+Project+Extension">here</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121205034804/http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksExt/SAR+Processing+Plug-in">here</a>. </p> <h4>GSoC 2011</h4> <p>Opticks participated in GSoC 2011 under the <a href="/facts/Open_Source_Geospatial_Foundation/TpEU3Cad">OSGeo</a> organization with three students. The titles of the accepted projects were "Photography processing tools for Opticks", "Development of a ship detection and classification toolkit for SAR imagery in Opticks", and "Astronomical processing tools for Opticks.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Extensions for the projects are available <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120211210710/http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksExt/Photography+processing+tools">here</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121203065716/http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksExt/Ship+Detection+Algorithms+for+Opticks">here</a>, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121205034639/http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksExt/Astronomical+Image+Processing+Plug-In">here</a>. </p> <h4>GSoC 2012</h4> <p>Visit the current ideas page on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118203524/http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksDev/Google+Summer+of+Code">Opticks Website</a>. </p> <h3>European Space Agency Summer of Code in Space</h3> <h4>ESA SOCIS 2011</h4> <p>Opticks participated in ESA SOCIS in 2011.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The project page can be found on the <a href="https://archive.today/20121228032606/http://opticks.org/confluence/display/~s7/ESA+SOCIS+project+page">Opticks website</a>. </p> <h4>ESA SOCIS 2012</h4> <p>Visit the current ideas page on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118203524/http://opticks.org/confluence/display/opticksDev/Google+Summer+of+Code">Opticks Website</a>. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Remote_sensing/pj2crmGs">Remote sensing</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Synthetic_aperture_radar/MJbDGvTh">Synthetic aperture radar</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hyperspectral/3NsxsAeL">Hyperspectral</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Multispectral/XIJEawxe">Multispectral</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Imagery_analysis/woLB8cX7">Imagery analysis</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lidar/b9SPUmLM">Lidar</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Radar/jk9BTbFA">Radar</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">Open-source software</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://opticks.org">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Opticks Website <a href="http://opticks.org/" target="_blank">http://opticks.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>CNET Article - Open source in the US Department of Defense: the Opticks story <a href="http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9832218-16.html" target="_blank">http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9832218-16.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Yahoo Article - Ball launches open source software <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071210/lam084.html?.v=101" target="_blank">http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071210/lam084.html?.v=101</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Google Summer of Code 2010 - Opticks <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2010/opticks" target="_blank">http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2010/opticks</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Google Summer of Code 2011 - OSGeo <a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2011/osgeo" target="_blank">http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2011/osgeo</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>ESA Summer of Code in Space 2011 - Students <a href="http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2011/?q=node/16" target="_blank">http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2011/?q=node/16</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>