Tester’s Guide for the Decision Support System

Decision Support Software Package, Version 2.0

First Draft

By Laura N. Woodard

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………i

Downloading the Decision Support System…………………………………………….1

The CVS Approach:………………………………………………………………1

What you need:……………………………………………………………1

What to do:………………………………………………………………..1

The Labrat Approach:…………………………………………………………….1

What you need:……………………………………………………………1

What to do:………………………………………………………………..1

Last Resort:……………………………………………………………………….1

What you need:……………………………………………………………1

What to do:………………………………………………………………..1

Compiling the Decision Support System……………………………………………….2

What you need:……………………………………………………………2

What to do:………………………………………………………………..2

Executing the Decision Support System………………………………………………..2

The Tests………………………………………………………………………………….3

Report Findings…………………………………………………………………………..3

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The CVS Approach:

What you need:

·  Access to the MCMC USGS centaur server

·  Tortoise CVS setup to interface with centaur

What to do:

1.  Go to the location that you want the DSS folder to be created (D drive is recommended).

2.  Right-click and select CVS Checkout…

3.  Select the module “DSS”, type it in if it is not in your drop down list or use fetch list button, and click Ok.

4.  See Compiling DSS for the next steps.

The Labrat Approach:

What you need:

·  Access to the MCMC USGS Labrat file share server (probably L:\).

·  Access to the L:\cartoresearch folder.

What to do:

  1. Go to L:\cartoresearch\dss\lwoodard\DSS.
  2. Copy the entire DSS folder to the location of your choice (D drive is recommended).
  3. If the source folder was copied then see Compiling DSS for the next steps.

Last Resort

What you need:

·  The ability to email Laura Woodard and receive attachments.

·  A program to extract zip files.

What to do:

·  Email Laura Woodard () and ask for a copy of the DSS source code.

Compiling the Decision Support System

What you need:

·  Any java code compiler (ie. jDeveloper).

What to do:

1.  Open a command window.

2.  Change the directory to the location that you saved the DSS folder (ie. “D:” then “cd DSS”).

3.  Then type in the path to where the compiler is located then a space and “*.java” to compile all the java files (ie. “D:\jdeveloper\jdk\bin\javac *.java”).

Executing the Decision Support System

·  Go into the DSS folder and double click on the DSSAppletwbutton.html.


The Tests

·  Test all possible combinations of type of area to map, what to preserve, type of data, and type of raster data.

·  Test that all the links work.

·  Make sure the usage information on the suggested projections seem relevant to that type of projection.

·  Make sure that the tutorial highlights and shows the correct nodes on the graph.

·  Make sure that the links given by the pop-ups on the tutorial are relevant to their location.

Report Findings

If you find anything that needs to be changed please send an e-mail to .

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