Here we compare the behaviour of GILDAS and other astronomical
software regarding GLS and SFL projections. Comparisons are done using
the GREG CONVERT command, astropy.wcs Python
module version 5.2.2, and the FITS graphical viewer ds9
version 8.2.1. The test data is created as a large scale map, with all
values blanked except 3 single pixels for easy identification:
and
arcseconds relative
offsets on the projection plane, and checking what the various
software return as corresponding absolute celestial position on
sky. Note that the ambiguity is about 1 pixel (5 arcsec in the test
data) which is good enough to detect problems on such large maps.