Environmental Protection Agency FSPLUS Overview  

The FIELDS Tools for ArcView (version 3.5) are a collection of ArcView-based extensions (modules) that include Sample Design (as well as a link to Visual Sample Plan, VSP), Database Query, Geospatial Modeling and Analysis, and Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment.

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 FSPLUS HOME SITE
(FSPLUS SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD)
Functions
  • Visualization
  • Geospatial Interpolation
  • Data Acquisition
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    Input
  • Tabular File: *.dbf
  • Graphical File: *.dxf
    		•  Output
    • Tabular File: NA
    • Graphical File: *.jpg
    • Print Report: No
    Contaminants
    • Metals
    • Chlorinated Solvents
    • SVOCs
    • Pesticides/PCBs
    • Petroleum
    • Radionuclides
    		 Media
    • Soil Sediment
    • Soil Gas
    • Surface Water
    • Groundwater
    Technical Team Members
    • Statistician
    • Staff Familiar with Interpolation Techniques
    Comments  
     
    FSPLUS - data loading
    • A dbf format is provided for tabular data.
    • FSPLUS requires specific data field names, but will prompt user to assign existing field names to the required field names if necessary.
    FSPLUS - graphic loading
    • AutoCAD dxf format for graphics.
    • Use of dxf requires AutoCAD 2000 version.dxf.
    FSPLUS - logical flow
    • Menus are arranged in order of use (Data loading, then Modeling, then Analysis).
    FSPLUS - expert knowledge
    • Knowledge of interpolation methods would be useful.
    FSPLUS - functionality
    • XY grid is simple and easy to manipulate. However, if the user attempts to go past horizontal on the grid , FSPLUS may crash.
    • At least one of the axes on the XY grid will contain a component that is labeled upside-down
    • No ability to zoom in or out.
    • Modeling grids created by FSPLUS have a propensity to detach visually from the XY grid. They will appear to detach from three sides of the XY grid and move off in odd directions,creating a sort of flap or trap-door effect. The data set used in the evaluation did not vary in depths, so it is unknown if a dataset with varying depth would act in a similar fashion.
    • 3-D modeling grids tended to contain large striations of blank space.
    • May be used as either a stand-alone software that does not require an ArcView license or as part of a software package (Fields Tools for ArcView) that requires an ArcView license.
     
    FSPLUS - documentation
    • Documentation explains mathematical basis of interpolations and usefulness of models for a specific situation.
    FSPLUS - output
    • FSPLUS contains a Print button that enables the user to print a screen shot to a printer, and a Save button that will save the screen view to a jpg file.
    • FSPLUS reports can be printed by either of the above methods, or the contents can be copied and pasted into Microsoft Excel.
    FSPLUS - sources
    • Version 1.5 downloaded October 18, 2004.
    • Can be downloaded simultaneously with FIELDS or as a standalone product.
     
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