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Immediate Requirements

The NAUG identifies the following tasks which must be completed for aips++ to truly be "usable by experienced interferometrists for VLA reductions". In order of priority these are:

(1) GUI driven data editing must be fully functional, and work as the user expects. Since editing will be the first significant task most users encounter within aips++ it is particularly critical that this tool be both intuitive and robust. You must be able to tell what you are editing, and what you are editing must be properly flagged. This includes the ability to undo specific flags (e.g., try out flagging some visibilities to see what their effect is). The missing functionality of TVFLG is particularly sorely felt. The raster display in msplot has never worked properly and there is no capability to edit on the basis of rms of amplitude or a running mean.

(2) The user must be able to clean complicated sources, and/or fields that include multiple sources. The ability to define multiple fields and multiple clean boxes within each is still missing.

(3) Critical enhancements are still needed for the calibration of high-frequency data, including the ability to make corrections for elevation dependent gain and opacity effects.

(4) An efficient and inclusive LISTR-like summary output is also urgently needed.

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