After successful authentication user is redirected to the main menu page of the system.
Main menu page provides convenient way to access different modules and tools of DecernsSDSS.
Main menu is divided on the following submenus: project management, map data manipulation and administration tools.
Each of the submenus is considered below.
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Project management allows creating new projects and managing existing projects.
Projects are used to manage data relating to the particular problem (ex: site suitability problem for housing development).
There are several project types depending on the nature of the problem under consideration.
Project management module is considered in details in chapter 2.3.
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Map data manipulation provides convenient tools for map attributes editing and map sets managing.
Mapsets consists of one or more map layers with the same projection.
Map sets management module described in details in chapter 2.5.1.
Map attributes editor allows to add, delete and rename map layer attributes as well as editing values of the attribute by rows.
This module is described in details in chapter 2.5.3.
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Administration tools are intended for accounting users and managing user groups.
Only administrators have priviliges to create, edit and delete user accounts.
User management tool is described in details in chapter 2.7.
Group management tool is available to any user of the system.
Groups are used to share user resources (mapsets, projects) with the trusted users.
This tool is described in details in chapter 2.6.