System requirements for use of InfoEx application

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REQUIREMENTS
Permission All user levels
Connectivity n/a

This document describes the system requirements for running the InfoEx application.

Background

The new InfoEx system is a web application that runs in a browser. When you load the application for the first time from https://infoex.avalancheassociation.ca/, it is downloaded and stored in the application cache of your browser. Having it stored locally will allow you to use certain features of the application (e.g., observation entry) even when you do not have an Internet connection.

We have the following important software requirements for the new InfoEx system:

  • Google Chrome is the only supported browser right now
    Google Chrome is currently the most advanced browser that supports the latest web standards. One of these standards we use in the InfoEx application is the ability to write files to a local file system with the browser. This ability allowed us to create a web application with local customizations and significant off line capabilities, a critical feature for the use of the application in remote locations with limited or intermittent connectivity. Other types of browsers will support the new InfoEx system as soon as they implement the latest web standards.
  • Google Earth plug in for browsers is required for any geospatial functionality
    The new InfoEx system uses the Google Earth plug-in for browsers to display InfoEx data geospatially on a map background. While the plug-in allows you to zoom into areas and explore the landscape in a three dimensional view, it does not have the full capabilities of the Google Earth application.

It is these two software requirements that limit the use of the InfoEx system on various devices. See the table below for more details on the capabilities on the various platforms.

Platform Google Chrome Ability to write to local file system1 Google Earth plugin for browsers Comment
Any PC running Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later, Vista, 7 or 8 ✔ ✔ ✔ Full functionality2
Any Mac computer running OS X 10.6 or later ✔ ✔ ✔ Full functionality
Any Android phone or tablet running Android 4.0 or later ✔ ✔ × Mapping functionality not available due to the lack of the Google Earth plugin
iPhone, iPad and iPod touch running Apple's iOS 6.0 or later ✔ × × Unable to use the application due to the limited capabilities of the Google Chrome browser on the iOS operating system

1Support of the File API
2Google Earth plug in only works on the desktop environment of Windows 8 and not the Metro interface

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  • Oct. 22: Pascal Haegeli / QA Server / Test Version 0.31.00)
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