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.

该奖项支持从微软研究到美国天文学学会（AAS）的全球望远镜（WWT）项目的过渡。 业余天文学家支持具有相当大的价值的行业，并通过别说等公民科学努力参与研究。 WWT软件为业余和专业天文学家参与研究，教育，出版，外展和交流提供了一个独特的平台。 保留此包装是该国的宝贵服务。 这项投资是为了确保其目前的专有状态（尽管免费，还是由AAS领导的一个开源项目）进行平稳过渡，显然非常值得，同时非常具有成本效益。Microsoft支持WWT软件系统，直到2014年秋天，他们决定将WWT释放到开源社区。 AAS渴望在如此明显的价值项目中扮演领导角色，但需要时间来安排WWT为美国天文学社区提供长期支持。 微软资金于2015年6月30日结束，因此该项目将弥合差距，尽管仅支持维护活动。 这将确保WWT仍然可用于AAS，并且该系统仍然可用于现有用户。正如所指出的那样，WWT当前被许多选区广泛使用。 该软件具有独特的功能，包括创建用于出版物的视频摘要。 它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型下，这些活动将得到各自选民的专家的支持，各种活动之间的联系可以利用一个社区的工作来利用所有人的利益。