LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) Software Repository - README
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The LOFAR repository contains some of the software packages to operate
the LOFAR radio telescope and process its measurement output.

LOFAR is operated by ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy.
For more information, see http://www.astron.nl/ and http://www.lofar.org/

Source code is available at https://svn.astron.nl/LOFAR

Repository web interface: https://svn.astron.nl/viewvc/LOFAR/


Top-level LOFAR Project Content (incomplete summary)
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CEP/			CEntral Processing software
CEP/DP3/		Pre-processing: flagging, averaging, demixing, ...
CEP/Calibration/	Self-calibration: BBS, antenna response, ...
CEP/Imager/		Imager
CEP/PyBDSM/		Source finder
CMake/			CMake build helper scripts
CMakeLists.txt		Top-level CMake build script
COPYING			License text
INSTALL			Build and installation instructions
LCS/			LOFAR Common Software: frequently used LOFAR libraries
LCU/			Local Controller Unit: station software tools
MAC/			Monitoring and Control software, static metadata
README			This file
RTCP/			Real-Time Central Processing: correlator and beamformer
SAS/			Submission And Scheduling
SubSystems/		Build targets for deployment and some integration tests


Contact Information
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For questions about LOFAR software installation, usage, or bug reports, please contact the ASTRON Radio Observatory software team via:

	softwaresupport AT astron DOT nl


For questions about observing with LOFAR or your data product, please contact ASTRON Science Support via:

	sciencesupport AT astron DOT nl