This is a legacy page from the Europlanet-2020 programme (2015-2019). Please refer to this site for the current Europlanet-2024 programme.

This page describes the status of VESPA at the onset of the Europlanet2020 project (Sept 2015). This has became more and more obsolete as the project got forward.

Services to the community

The VESPA user interface is inherited from Europlanet FP7/IDIS and later developments. It will be upgraded in H2020 to handle more complex queries and many data services

Name	Function	Host institution	Status
VESPA	User search interface (EPN-TAP and PDAP client)	PADC/Paris, Fr	Avalaible, queries all EPN-TAP and PDAP data services

Data services (reachable through EPN-TAP)

The current data services are developed according to Europlanet FP7 specs, or are older services with EPN-TAP access implemented on top. Most of them have other access modes available, and sometimes a detailed web interface with additional functions.

Shortname	Name	Host institution	Status/Comments
APIS	Auroral Planetary Imaging and Spectroscopy	PADC/Paris, Fr	Open; web interface includes search functions and previews
Encyclopaedia of Extrasolar Planets	The Encyclopaedia of Extrasolar Planets	PADC/Paris, Fr	Open; web interface includes comprehensive bibliography and selection/plot functions (content predates Europlanet/IDIS)
HELIO-HFC Active regions	Heliophysics Feature Catalog active regions, from HELIO project	PADC/Paris, Fr	Open; web interface provides search functions on all catalogues (content from HELIO FP7 program)
HELIO-HFC Radio bursts	Heliophysics Feature Catalog type 3 radio bursts, from HELIO project	PADC/Paris, Fr	Open; web interface provides search functions on all catalogues (content from HELIO FP7 program)
NASA cosmic dust catalogs	INAF-IAPS RDB NASA dust catalogue	IAPS/INAF, It	Open (uses older version of protocol, to be fixed); web site includes a basic browser
IKS / Vega-1	IR spectroscopy of comet 1P/Halley from Vega-1 spacecraft	PADC/Paris, Fr	Open in test mode; web interface is a simple presentation page with references and links
BDIP	Base de Données d'Images Planétaires	PADC/Paris, Fr	Open; web interface includes basic search functions - data service to be updated
Jupiter/DAM	Jupiter Decametric Routine Observations from Nançay	Obs-Paris/Nancay, Fr	Open in test mode; web interface provides daily quicklooks
M4ast	Modeling for Asteroids	PADC/Paris, Fr	Open; web site includes fitting tools for mineral spectroscopy (content predates Europlanet/IDIS)
BaseCom	The Nançay Cometary Database	PADC/Paris, Fr	Open, web interface is a simple page with links - data contents to be reworked
Titan atmosphere	Vertical Profiles in Titan Middle Atmosphere, from CIRS/Cassini	PADC/Paris, Fr	Open, no web interface - contents to be enlarged
VEx Mag	Measurements from Venus-Express mission magnetometer	IWF/Graz, Aut	In development
TNOs are cool	TNO properties measured by Herschel and Spitzer space observatories + selected published properties for more objets	PADC/Paris, Fr	In development
PVOL	Planetary Virtual Observatory & Laboratory	U. del Pais Vasco, Sp	Repository of amateur images; database & VO interfaces to be implemented

Data processing environments

These services contain both specialized databases and specific tools dedicated to their analysis. They will be connected through EPN-TAP to be accessible from other environments, and through SAMP or internal EPN-TAP client to handle external data.

Name	Description	Host institution	Status
AMDA	CDPP AMDA DataBase (planetary plasmas and solar physics)	CDPP/IRAP, Fr	Open; contents predates Europlanet/IDIS (updated in Europlanet FP7 & IMPEx)
GhoSST	Spectroscopy of solids (minerals, ices, and cosmomaterials)	IPAG, Fr	Open, to be enlarged into SSHADE (inherited from VAMDC & Europlanet FP7)
PlanetServer	Planetary Geographic Information System (Mars morphology and spectroscopy)	Bremen, Germ	Open, data services to be accesssed from VESPA (inherited from EarthServer FP7 program)

VO visualization tools

VESPA uses visualization and analysis tools maintained by other communities. Functions or parameters relevant to Planetary Science will be added in collaboration with their developers.

Name	Function	Host institution	Status
CASSIS	Spectrum display and analysis	IRAP/CNRS, Fr	Predates Europlanet (astronomy-related functions only)
Aladin	Image display and VO client	CDS, Fr	Predates Europlanet (astronomy-related functions only)
TOPCAT	Table display and VO client	Bristol, UK	Predates Europlanet (astronomy-related functions only)
3Dview	Displays data along a spacecraft orbit	CDPP/IRAP, Fr	Inherited from Rosetta support & IMPEx program. VO interfaces to be added
MATISSE	Projections of imaging & spectrosocopy data	SSDC/ASI, It	Predates Europlanet, support to Italian space experiments

Data handling tools

VESPA relies on IVOA frameworks to handle the more general TAP protocol. Adaptations to Planetay Science content will be performed in collaboration with the original developers.

Name	Function	Host institution	Status
DaCHS	TAP server and client	Heidelberg, Germ	Predates Europlanet - inherited from GAVO national program