Current SADA Webpage Vistors

Previous SADA Webpage Visitors

Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance

Bugs and other "Features" in SADA 5

Version 5.0.77 was compiled with a compiler flag that made cerrtain features inaccessible and other simply terminate without explanation. Please do not delay in making this free and simple upgrade.

The following is a list of known bugs in SADA 5.0.78 that we plan to correct in a near term release. They should not impede the use of the software. If you discover other problems with the code please let us know. Please remember that SADA is distributed as an "AS IS" software package (please review license agreement for details).

Simulations

When producing a probability map based on simulations, the opportunity to select depth dependent or single criteria is missing. SADA is using the answer that the user provided last during another decision criteria event or the default value of single criteria if the user has engaged in no previous event.

During the post processing of simulations for joint probability summaries, if you enter an invalid value, SADA clears the value but does not report the nature of the error.

SADA won't properly store and recall the geostatistical simulation method. All important parameters are stored, but the simulation method reverts to indicator simulation.

Vertical Interpolation Point Not Saved

Interpolate and Place New Samples: SADA does not save a selection of At the Top for interpolate and place new samples. It reverts to In the Middle if I save, close, reopen.

Custom Values View

The custom values table is no longer editable. Custom values must be edited outside of SADA and reimported should changes need to be made. This was not an intended feature of SADA 5.0 and must be corrected.

You cannot resize the Custom Screening Window.

Engineering Annotations Window

In the engineering annotations window, the % height for the lower annotation should be constrained to 10-75. However, the user can enter values outside this range (e.g. 8) and it functions as expected. A similar problem seems to exist for % width. This does not create an error in the analysis but is inconsistent with the messaging.

In the engineering annotations window, the legend format (small legend type) doesn't work.

In the engineering annotations window, if you change the format for NAME to italic, the entire block in the upper right becomes italic.

Store Model to Editable Model Conversion

If you try to convert a stored model result to editable model, and use a name already in use. SADA asks as it should, but if you say yes, it asks two more times.

Polygons

Polygon control - edit points window: When double clicking on a vertex, one gets the edit point window, but coordinates aren't exactly what is expected. You may notice this with manually entered coordinates, left polygon, then came back to same vertex, double clicked again, and saw coordinates were not what had just been entered. This is because the coordinates shown are where the actual clicked occurred but this is annoying.

Show only included polygons feature - saving a file with Show only included turned off (unincluded polygon showing gray in plot) then closing and reloading resets the Show Only to being selected (unincluded poly doesn't show in plot).

When a user double clicks in a vertex of an ellipse or a rectangle, an exact position box comes up. It isn't clear what is meant here for an ellipse. The user thinks they are changing the location of the vertex, but really, SADA is storing the center of the ellipse and radii in the class vertex locations.

If one clicks top or bottom side, whole rectangle becomes blue with circles for 4 vertices which is as it should be. But if you click on left or right side, either nothing happens or sliver of rectangle becomes blue, not whole rectangle.

GIS Tools

GIS Overlays--Rotate/stretch: Cancel does not terminate the rotate/stretch task. Message pops up saying it is terminated, but SADA remains in state with all geocode options except rotate/stretch disabled, and any click on the graphics window becomes the first point in the rotate/stretch.

Photo Tools Properties: If one changes shift, shrink, rotate, or color settings, save the file, close, and reopen, SADA resets all the settings to the defaults of 83.9848, 1, and yellow rather than keeping the changes. Note: the pin shows as the color that was saved, but the pinpoint color in Tools shows as yellow. If one says okay at the Tools window, the pin remains chosen color rather than changing to yellow.

Formating

In the format step, number formats option, the ####.#E+#### formats work/display erradically with for legend, horizontally, or vertical axis. Sometimes they literally render the format ####E+####.

Autodocumentation

In the autodocumentation of site extents, the max northing in site extent is incorrect and is always equal to the minimum site extent.

Spatial risk based criterion do not appear in the autodocumentation log info in the Results window.

Sample Design

Threhold radial- the documentation says that the by sample text box accepts a positive integer between zero and 360. This is not what was intended; should be angle increments between zero and 360.

Vertical Profile Window

In the vertical profile window, the print button works ok, but places a line between the result and the legend. Note though that the copy to clipboard doesn't. they should be using the same map append methods.

In the vertical profiles window, if you have a fixed legend, and in fact some of the profiles go more than the maximum. The separated part of the legend is cramped down onto the rest of the legend.

Progress Windows

For cross validation multiple progress forms appear and can't cancel without choosing the first cancel button on the first form that appears.

Vertical Layers

Vertical layers: When one tries to delete a layer design just created, the message "You must have one editable layer design at all times" appears. This is likely an older check feature that is no longer valid since the default two layers are both uneditable Entire Data Layer or Surface Only.

Export To File Step

Help does not take the user to the Export to File Step section of the Help file. It goes to Getting Started instead.

Export Point/Polygon to Shape

The export points to shape and export polygons to shape feature is not installing correctly. We are trying to troubleshoot this as quickly as possible.

Ecological risk

Configuring Ecological Risk: (1) if an invalid ecological benchmark database is selected, SADA responds with a series of errors and then presents the user with an opportunity to continue or quit. The users should always choose quit. If they choose continue, SADA will at some point crash creating the possibility of losing recently inputed data. We will correct this with a better error trap for selection of improper databases. (2) When rematching a single contaminant, you can't rematch a contaminant to a contaminant that already exists in the data set without creating an UEE: Changes requested not successful because they would create duplicate values in index, primary key, or relationship. Should be able to have such matches.

Browse from Table: The help button goes to media benchmark section, should go to Browse Benchmarks from Table section.

Browse Histogram: Position and size of title in the browse histogram window: size of text in the text box doesn't change for title.

Show Daily Exposure Dose: On the Show Daily Exposure Dose window, the help button takes you to Biota eco benchmarks; should take you to Terrestrial Daily Exposure Dose.

Check Eco Version: the reported number of benchmarks available for each media types is incorrect.

Benchmark Tables: (1) Note that two analytes matched to same analyte appear as one record in table rather than two. (i.e., U-234 and U-233/234 matched to U-234 appear separately on data set list but as one in pooled data table). (2) Also pH range listed at 0-14. SADA accepts 0.01, but it does not accept 0.001 or 0. (3) Benchmark table Help button goes to media benchmark section, should go to Ecological Benchmark Screening main page.

Contoured Risk Map

For pooled summed risk maps (and for any downstream feature that uses them such as AOC or sample design) SADA fully check that each individual geospatial model is fully complete. Rather it just suddenly quits with no explanation. The crash is non-fatal but is obvious. A user who is checking all parameters would recognize what to do, a more novice user might not.

This can't be all there is!!

Bugs and other "Features" in SADA 4.1.50

We are planning a release of SADA on June 7th, 2000 (4.1.60) that will correct the mass volume and the MARSSIM errors listed below.

SADA doesn't work with European decimal = , setting

SADA Mass and Volume calculation are wrong when density <> 1

density =1, number of blocks to clean = 1, volume = 1, mass = 1 (this is correct)
density =2, number of blocks to clean = 2, volume = 2, mass = 4 (this is wrong)

For now, always use density of 1. If you need to estimate mass, then in SADA the mass is calculated (when done correctly) by just multiplying your density parameter times your volume. Do this outside SADA.

MARSSIM Module Step 4 WRS Test

SADA crashes while moving judgmental sampling points

Switching to Pooled Data and then back again and i lose most of my interview options

Help file and Vista....

ROSE diagram will not export to a csv

Data editor buttons don't move when you resize the page

Labels on data plots don't format according to Legend Format

Sometimes when I go to legend manager, its empty and asks me to add a new one. Then it dies.

This can't be all there is!!