diff --git a/astrodata/magpis/__init__.py b/astrodata/magpis/__init__.py
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+from .magpis import *
diff --git a/astrodata/magpis/magpis.py b/astrodata/magpis/magpis.py
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+"""
+MAGPIS Image and Catalog Query Tool
+-----------------------------------
+
+:Author: Adam Ginsburg (adam.g.ginsburg@gmail.com)
+"""
+import cookielib
+import urllib2
+import urllib
+import htmllib
+import formatter
+import os
+import sys
+import astropy.io.fits as pyfits
+from math import cos, radians
+import multiprocessing as mp
+import time
+import tempfile
+import StringIO
+from astrodata.utils import progressbar
+
+url_gpscutout  = "http://third.ucllnl.org/cgi-bin/gpscutout"
+
+__all__ = ['get_magpis_image_gal']
+
+surveys = ["gps6epoch3",
+    "gps6epoch4",
+    "gps20",
+    "gps20new",
+    "gps90",
+    "gpsmsx",
+    "gpsmsx2",
+    "gpsglimpse36",
+    "gpsglimpse45",
+    "gpsglimpse58",
+    "gpsglimpse80",
+    "mipsgal",
+    "bolocam"]
+
+
+def get_magpis_image_gal(glon, glat, survey='bolocam', size=1.0, 
+        verbose=False, savename=None, save=True,
+        overwrite=False):
+    """
+    Get an image at a specified glon/glat.  Size can be specified
+    WARNING: MAGPIS has a maxmimum image size of about 2048x2048
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    glon : float
+    glat : float
+        Galactic latitude and longitude at the center
+    survey : string
+        Which MAGPIS survey do you want to cut out?
+    frametype : ['stack','normal','interleave','deep%stack','confidence','difference','all']
+        The type of image
+    savename : None or string
+        filename to save fits file as.  If None, will become G###.###p###.###_(survey).fits
+    size : float
+        Size of cutout (symmetric) in arcminutes
+    verbose : bool
+        Print out extra error messages?
+    save : bool
+        Save FITS file?
+    overwrite : bool
+        Overwrite if file already exists?
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> fitsfile = get_magpis_image_gal(10.5,0.0)
+    """
+
+    if survey not in surveys:
+        raise ValueError("Invalide survey.  Valid surveys are: %s" % surveys)
+
+    # Construct request
+    request = {}
+    request["Survey"] = survey 
+    # NOTE: RA is passed as a 2-part string, DEC is not used.  Whoops!
+    request["RA"] = "%s %s" % (glon,glat)
+    # request["Dec"] = 
+    request["Equinox"] = "Galactic"
+    request["ImageSize"] = size
+    request["ImageType"] = "FITS"
+
+    # these options are not used
+    # optional request["MaxInt"] = 10
+    # optional request["Epochs"] = 
+    # optional request["Fieldname"] = 
+
+    # create the request header data
+    request = urllib.urlencode(request)
+    # load the URL as text
+    U = urllib.urlopen(url_gpscutout, request)
+    # read results with progressbar
+    results = progressbar.chunk_read(U, report_hook=progressbar.chunk_report)
+    # turn the text into a StringIO object for FITS reading
+    S = StringIO.StringIO(results)
+    fitsfile = pyfits.open(S)
+
+    if save:
+        if savename is None:
+            savename = "G%08.4f%+09.4f_%s.fits" % (glon,glat,survey)
+        fitsfile.writeto(savename, clobber=overwrite)
+
+    return fitsfile
+
diff --git a/docs/astrodata/magpis.rst b/docs/astrodata/magpis.rst
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+.. _astrodata.magpis:
+
+*****************************************
+MAGPIS Queries (`astrodata.magpis`)
+*****************************************
+
+Getting started
+===============
+
+The following example illustrates a MAGPIS image query::
+
+    >>> from astrodata import magpis
+    >>> fitsfile = magpis.get_magpis_image_gal(10.5,0.0)
+    >>> fitsfile = magpis.get_magpis_image_gal(10.5,0.0,survey='gpsmsx')
+
+
+Reference/API
+=============
+
+.. automodapi:: astrodata.magpis
+    :no-inheritance-diagram: