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From: Joseph Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 20:46:52 -0400
Subject: Initial commit

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+.help qstring Mar12 votools
+.ih
+NAME
+qstring -- Generate a query string URL
+.ih
+USAGE
+qstring base field
+.ih
+PARAMETERS
+.ls base
+Base URL or resource name.
+.le
+.ls field
+Query image or field name.
+.le
+.ls type = "catalog"
+Data service type.
+.le
+.ls ra = 0.0
+RA position of query string (object or image center if provided).
+.le
+.ls dec = 0.0
+Dec position of query string (object or image center if provided).
+.le
+.ls size = 0.25
+Desired query size (or size derived from image).
+.le
+
+.ih
+DESCRIPTION
+The \fIQSTRING\fR task .....
+
+.ih
+EXAMPLES
+1. Print the query string used to access the NED service for the field 
+covering the dev$ypix test image:
+
+.nf
+  votools> qstring ned dev$ypix
+  http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-NEDobjsearch?search_type=Near+Position+Search&of=xml_main&RA=202.47023333333&DEC=47.194552777778&SR=0.1088616739748&RUNID=iraf2160
+.fi
+
+1. Print the query string used to access the NED service for the field 
+covering the dev$ypix test image:
+
+.nf
+  votools> qstring ned dev$ypix
+  http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-NEDobjsearch?search_type=Near+Position+Search&of=xml_main&RA=202.47023333333&DEC=47.194552777778&SR=0.1088616739748&RUNID=iraf2160
+.fi
+
+2. Print the query string used to access the DSS image service for the field 
+covering the dev$ypix test image:
+
+.nf
+  votools> qstring dss dev$ypix type="image"
+  http://skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/vo/sia.pl?survey=dss2&POS=202.47023333333,47.194552777778&SIZE=0.1088616739748&RUNID=iraf2160
+.fi
+
+3. Construct a catalog query string for a local URL at an explicit position:
+.nf
+  votools> qstring http://foo.bar/cat ra=1.23 dec=2.34 size=0.2
+  http://foo.bar/cat?RA=1.23&DEC=2.34&SR=0.2&RUNID=iraf2160
+.fi
+
+.ih
+REVISIONS
+.le
+.ih
+SEE ALSO
+getcat, getimg, getspec, vodata
+.endhelp
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