* HEALPIX http://healpix.jpl.nasa.gov/ It needs a F90 compiler and IDL. We have tested the Intel Compiler (ifort) for Linux platforms, and it compiles correctly the package. > Intel Fortran Compiler. Non-commercial license. http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/282048.htm > IDL. It requires license. There are free-downloads with 7-minutes trial session. http://www.ittvis.com/idl/ In addition, a library to handle FITS data is needed. This is the CFITSIO library > http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/software/fitsio/fitsio.html * COSMOMC http://cosmologist.info/cosmomc/ * CMBWarp. http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~raulj/CMBwarp/index.html ------------------------------------------ For the tutorials, ee will also use (as examples) several maps which you can download from this web page: http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/ It will be enough to download one of the WMAP 3year maps (see http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/map/dr2/maps_band_r9_iqu_3yr_get.cfm), and one or two maps of the foreground components (http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/foreground/f_products.cfm), like the Haslam and the Dust map.