Hello and welcome to the USGS series of help videos for the Digital Shoreline Analysis System
or DSAS. Today we present "Introduction to DSAS version 5.0: System Requirements and
Installation." Before installing DSAS v5.0, verify your system meets the following
requirements: Windows 7 or 10, ArcMap version 10.4 or higher (which by default will
include Microsoft .NET framework and the ArcGIS .NET Support Feature).
Finally the computer date format should be set to month, day, year: MM/dd/yyyy.
To check your operating system, Click the Start button, and right click on "Computer"
then select “Properties.” Look under “Windows edition” for the version and edition of Windows
that your computer is running.
Next, the ArcMap version can be found by opening ArcMap or ArcCatalog and selecting
Help>>About ArcMap
If you do not have ArcGIS 10.4 or greater, the following table will help you determine which
DSAS version is appropriate to use with the settings and software you have available.
For more information, see the DSAS Project Page link provided in the text under this video.
To verify that the computer’s date format is set properly, click on the "Start" button and open
the control panel. Next, choose "Clock, Language and Region"
and then "Region and Language". Verify that the format is set to “English (USA),” and the
date and time configuration for "short date" is set to month, day, year: MM/dd/yyyy
Next, make sure any prior versions of DSAS have been uninstalled. Go to:
Control Panel >> Programs >> Programs and Features >> and find the DSAS application.
Right click to uninstall.
For DSAS version 4.4, go to ArcMap >> Customize >> Add-in Manager. Select
DSAS v4.4 add-in, and click "Delete this add-in" before closing. Close and reopen ArcMap
to ensure the DSAS toolbar has been removed.
To download the DSAS v5.0 add-in, browse to https://code.usgs.gov/cch/dsas
Or you can find the link below this video in the descriptive text.
Click on the "DSASAddin_v5.zip" file then click "download" and save to the desired location.
Uncompress by right clicking on the file and choosing “Extract all”
Double-click “DSASAdd-in” to launch the Esri ArcGIS Add-In Installation Utility and click
“Install Add-In.” A success message will appear once the add-in has been installed
properly. Open ArcMap and enable the DSAS v5.0 extension by going to “Customize >
Extensions” and checking the box next to the DSAS v5.0 Extension. If the tool bar is not
automatically added, try clicking "Customize", point to "toolbars" then click on "DSAS v5.0
Toolbar". Once the toolbar appears you have successfully installed DSAS v5.0!
This concludes the installation of DSAS v5.0.
For additional videos in the series navigate to the DSAS project page listed in the descriptive
text below this video.