New Version (v3.0) of the ISO Data Archive installed on 16/12/1999

In the afternoon of the 16th of December 1999, a new version (v3.0) of the ISO Data Archive software was installed.

The major improvements of this new version are :

• Mirror of the IDA database at IPAC for quicker queries in the US. Product retrieval is still made from the Prime ISO Data Archive in Villafranca, Spain.
• To access it, on the ISO home page, go to the "General user access to ISO data (via IPAC, US)".
• Introduction of the ISO Survey Product Display Tool to view and examine ISO quick look FITS products interactively (developed in collaboration with ST-ECF).
• Access to the IRAS data (from IPAC) surrounding an ISO observation.
• Access to the publications based on an ISO observation. A link to the abstract is provided through ADS.
• Request time estimation in the Product Request Monitor.
• Robustness improvements in the product retrieval system.
• Possibility to access directly the ISO quick look GIF images from other software / archives (contact ISO helpdesk at helpdesk@iso.vilspa.esa.es if interested).
• Various other minor bugs have been fixed.

The ISO Data Archive can be accessed at http://www.iso.vilspa.esa.es/ in the Data Archive section.

Christophe Arviset, ISO Data Centre, 16/12/1999