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| − | This document describes the functionality of the '''ARFI''' layer of the '''Map view''' of the InfoEx report. | + | This document describes the additional external information source layers of the '''Map view''' of the InfoEx report. |
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| − | The goal of the '''AFRI''' map layer is to provide users easy access to geospatial external information sources useful for avalanche forecasting purposes.
| + | * Modelled Surface Hoar Layers |
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| − | {{Note| The name ARFI stands for '''A'''valanche '''R'''esearch and '''F'''orecasting '''I'''nterface and is from a Google Map project that Cora Shea developed for ASARC at the University of Calgary|NoteWithImage}}
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| − | ==Layout==
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| − | [[File:ReportMapLayersARFI.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 1: ARFI layers of map view of InfoEx report.]]
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| − | The ARFI layers currently support the following external information sources:
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| − | |style="vertical-align:top;width:150px;"|'''BC Drive Webcams'''
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| − | |style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;width:60px;"|[[File:ReportMapLayersARFI_DriveCams.png]]
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| − | |Access to the BC Highway Cams on Drive from DriveBC.ca.
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| − | * Click on the icon of a particular cam to to see its latest image. | |
| − | * Click on the image to be redirected to DriveBC.ca.
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| − | |style="vertical-align:top;"|'''Snow Pillows'''
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| − | |style="vertical-align:top;;text-align:center;"|[[File:ReportMapLayersARFI_Snowpillow.png]]
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| − | |Access to the automated snow pillow site of the River Forecast Centre of the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.
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| − | * Click on the icon of a snow pillow site to see an up-to-date seasonal chart of water equivalent in the current snowpack.
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| − | * Click on the chart to be redirected to the River Forecast Centre.
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| − | |style="vertical-align:top;"|'''RWIS'''
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| − | |style="vertical-align:top;text-align:center;"|[[File:ReportMapLayersARFI_RWIS.png]]
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| − | |Access to the RWIS disconnect data of the BC MoTI hosted at http://infoexwx.avalanche.ca
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| − | * Click on the icon of an RWIS station to get a link to the correct URL for viewing the data for the last 24 hours.
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| − | * Click on the provided link to view the data.
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| − | {{Note|The Java Applet used to display the information is not supported by Google Chrome on Macs.<br/>''Workaround'': Use a different browser to view this information. You can directly access the Applets from http://infoexwx.avalanche.ca/.}}
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| − | ==Functionality==
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| − | * Click on the ARFI Layers label in the layer hierarchy panel to show/hide this layer on the map.
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| − | * Click on the label of an external information source in the layer hierarchy panel to directly zoom the map to the area that has related observation types.
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| − | * Click on the check box next to an external information source in the layer hierarchy panel to show/hide the particular external information source icons on the map.
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| | ==Related documents== | | ==Related documents== |
