pixfoot
: Generates Multi-Order Coverage maps
pixfoot
takes a list of sky positions from an input
table and generates a pixel map describing a sky region which includes
them all.
Currently the output is to a format known as a
Multi-Order Coverage map (MOC),
which is a HEALPix-based format composed of a list of HEALPix pixels
of different sizes, which can efficiently describe complex regions.
Other output formats may be introduced in the future.
See also the Coverage class for MOC-related functions.