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This document describes the functionality of the '''Weather Sites''' layer of the '''Map view''' of the InfoEx report.
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This document describes the functionality of the '''Weather Obs''' layer of the '''Map view''' of the InfoEx report.
  
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The goal of the '''Weather Sites''' map layer is to provide users with a spatial overview of all the weather observations submitted to the InfoEx in the time period of the current report.
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The goal of the '''Weather Obs''' map layer is to provide users with a spatial overview of all the weather observations submitted to the InfoEx in the time period of the current report.
  
 
==Layout==
 
==Layout==
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[[File:ReportMapLayersWx.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 1: Avalanche layers of map view of InfoEx report.]]
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[[File:ReportMapLayersWx.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 1: Weather obs layers of map view of InfoEx report.]]
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The weather sites map layer shows the point locations of all the weather observations included in the current report (Fig. 1).  
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[[File:ReportMapLayersWxDetail.png|300px|thumb|right|Fig. 2: Detail of weather observation shown in map view of InfoEx report.]]
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The weather obs map layer shows the point locations of all the weather observations included in the current report (Fig. 1).
  
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Avalanches are shown at the following '''locations''':
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The temperatures beside the weather obs icon represent (Fig. 2):
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* Avalanche observations that were only associate with a preexisting location from the location catalog are shown at the centre point of this location.
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* Avalanche observation that have been given a precise map location (click [[Providing the exact location of an avalanche or snowpack observation|here]] for more information on how to 'drop a pin' for an avalanche observation) are shown exactly at this location.  
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|'''T<sub>max</sub>'''
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{{Note|Avalanche observations with a precise location are marked with a [[File:LocationPin.png]] next to the location name in the observation pop-up balloon (see below for more details)|NoteWithImage}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|''Red font''
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|Maximum temperature recorded at this weather site for this observation.
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|style="vertical-align:top;width:70px;"|'''T<sub>min</sub>'''
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|style="vertical-align:top;width:70px;"|''Blue font''
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|Minimum temperature recorded at this weather site for this observation.
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{{Note|Temperatures above 0C are displayed using an orange font.|NoteWithImage}}
  
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The color and size of the avalanche icons represent '''typical avalanche size''':
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{{Note|If there is more than one observation for a site for the selected time period then the max and min temperatures will be displayed on top of each other making them unreadable. Click on the icon to display the multiple observations separately.|NoteWithImage}}
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* Yellow: Size 1.0 and 1.5
 
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* Orange: Size 2.0 and 2.5
 
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* Red: Size 3.0 and larger
 
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The main trigger types are listed under the '''Avalanche Layers''' label in the layer hierarchy panel left of the map (Fig. 1):
 
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* Natural
 
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* Skier
 
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* Snowmobile
 
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* Over-snow vehicle
 
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* Helicopter
 
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* Explosives
 
  
 
==Functionality==
 
==Functionality==
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* Click on a main trigger type in the layer hierarchy panel to directly zoom the map to the area that has avalanche observations of the particular trigger type.
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* Click on the Weather Obs checkbox in the layer hierarchy panel to show/hide this layer on the map.
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* Click on the check box next to the main trigger types in the layer hierarchy panel to show/hide the avalanche observations of the particular trigger type.
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* Click on the Weather Obs heading in the layer hierarchy panel to directly zoom the map to the area that has weather obs.
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* Click on the icon of an individual avalanche observation to view its complete record in a pop-up balloon (Fig. 2). The pop-up balloon contains all of the information that was submitted for the observation including links to any associated attachments.
 
  
 
==Related documents==
 
==Related documents==

Latest revision as of 09:20, 5 June 2017

REQUIREMENTS
Permission All users
Connectivity Online only

This document describes the functionality of the Weather Obs layer of the Map view of the InfoEx report.

The goal of the Weather Obs map layer is to provide users with a spatial overview of all the weather observations submitted to the InfoEx in the time period of the current report.

Layout

Fig. 1: Weather obs layers of map view of InfoEx report.
Fig. 2: Detail of weather observation shown in map view of InfoEx report.

The weather obs map layer shows the point locations of all the weather observations included in the current report (Fig. 1).

The temperatures beside the weather obs icon represent (Fig. 2):

Tmax Red font Maximum temperature recorded at this weather site for this observation.
Tmin Blue font Minimum temperature recorded at this weather site for this observation.
NOTE Temperatures above 0C are displayed using an orange font.
NOTE If there is more than one observation for a site for the selected time period then the max and min temperatures will be displayed on top of each other making them unreadable. Click on the icon to display the multiple observations separately.

Functionality

  • Click on the Weather Obs checkbox in the layer hierarchy panel to show/hide this layer on the map.
  • Click on the Weather Obs heading in the layer hierarchy panel to directly zoom the map to the area that has weather obs.

Related documents

Functionality tested by

  • Jan. 2, 2014: Pascal Haegeli
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