Introduction

mapping is a Python software package for simulating on-sky data acquisition and forecasting scanning performance. The mapping package allows for tools that:

  • Configuring camera instruments with user-defined and/or pre-defined detector arrays.

  • Representing different scan patterns in terms of its offsets as well as its telescope motion.

  • Determining optimal times for observing a particular source.

While default options are specific to PrimeCam and the Fred Young Submillimetre Telescope (FYST), the package can also be used for other telescopes and cameras.

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