Installing the InfoEx application

REQUIREMENTS
Permission	All user levels
Connectivity	Online only

This document describes how to install the new InfoEx system onto your computer.

Background

The new InfoEx system is a web application that runs in a browser. When you load the application for the first time from the URL, 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.

See System requirements for use of InfoEx application for details on platform support for the InfoEx application.

Step-by-step description

1.	Install Google Chrome Browser on your computer if you do not have it already Visit https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/ to download the latest version of the browser Double click on the installation file and follow the instructions to install the browser on your computer.
2.	Ensure that you have the Google Earth plug-in for browsers installed on your computer. This is different from the Google Earth application. Visit http://www.google.com/earth/explore/products/plugin.html in your Google Chrome browser. If you can see the globe on this page with the familiar Google Earth navigation tools on the right side, you have the Google Earth plug-in already installed. If you cannot see the globe, please follow the instructions for installing the plug in on your computer.
3.	Visit https://infoex.avalancheassociation.ca/ to access the latest version of the InfoEx application. NOTE When you visit this URL for the first time, the entire InfoEx application will be downloaded to your computer. Please ensure that you have a decent Internet connection as this download is approximately 4 MB.
4.	When you visit the InfoEx site for the first time, Google Chrome will ask you "https://infoex.avalancheassociation.ca/ wants to permanently store large data on your local computer". Click OK to continue.
5.	Book mark https://infoex.avalancheassociation.ca/ for future reference. This is the starting point for all of your InfoEx interactions. You will be able to start the application even without an Internet connection.

Related documents

• System requirements for use of InfoEx application
• Updating to the latest version of the InfoEx application

Functionality tested by

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