Index: trunk/ippToPsps/jython/dvo.py
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--- trunk/ippToPsps/jython/dvo.py	(revision 35190)
+++ trunk/ippToPsps/jython/dvo.py	(revision 35203)
@@ -211,4 +211,7 @@
     def setSkyAreaAsStripe(self, ra=0., width=4.):
 
+        print "this function should not reached now, error"
+        raise
+
         self.setSkyArea(ra, ra+width, -91., 91.)
 
@@ -217,4 +220,7 @@
     '''
     def setSkyAreaAsBox(self, ra=180., dec=0., side=181.0):
+
+        print "this function should not reached now, error"
+        raise
 
         halfSide = side/2.0
@@ -223,4 +229,6 @@
     '''
     Determines what DVO files need to be ingested to the defines region
+    XXX EAM : this function has been substantially reduced / stripped down to work with the parallel dvo
+    XXX EAM : some additional review of the goals would be useful
     '''
     def setSkyArea(self, minRa=-1., maxRa=361., minDec=-91., maxDec=91):
@@ -584,5 +592,5 @@
     includes purging detections outside sky area
     '''
-    def nativeIngestDetections(self, boxId, raCenter, decCenter, boxSize):
+    def nativeIngestDetections(self, boxId, boxDim):
 
         # XXX put the chunk below in a separate method 
@@ -628,7 +636,16 @@
         self.loadImages()
 
-        # dvopsps -D catdir CATDIR -region .... -dbhost xx -dbname xx -dbuser xx -dbpass xx
-        halfSize = boxSize / 2.0
-        # -region raCenter-halfSize raCenter+halfSize decCenter-halfSize decCenter+halfSize
+        # the box dimensions are the area used to select the items of
+        # interest from the gpc1 database (camera smfs / skycal cmfs).
+        # for dvopsps, we need to include a border region large enough
+        # to grab all detections / objects which are contributed by an
+        # item with the center in the given box
+        dR_border = self.skychunk.BORDER / math.cos(math.radians(boxDim['DEC']))
+        dD_border = self.skychunk.BORDER
+
+        minRA  = boxDim['minRA']  - dR_border
+        maxRA  = boxDim['maxRA']  + dR_border
+        minDEC = boxDim['minDEC'] - dD_border
+        maxDEC = boxDim['maxDEC'] + dD_border
 
         # TODO path to DVO prog hardcoded temporarily
@@ -640,8 +657,8 @@
         cmd += " -D CATDIR " + self.skychunk.dvoLocation
         cmd += " -region "
-        cmd += " " + str(raCenter-halfSize)
-        cmd += " " + str(raCenter+halfSize)
-        cmd += " " + str(decCenter-halfSize)
-        cmd += " " + str(decCenter+halfSize)
+        cmd += " " + str(minRA)
+        cmd += " " + str(maxRA)
+        cmd += " " + str(minDEC)
+        cmd += " " + str(maxDEC)
 
         if self.skychunk.parallel: