InfoMapper
This is the user documentation for the Open Water Foundation (OWF) InfoMapper software. User documentation describes how to configure, deploy, and use the software.
- Introduction
- About the Open Water Foundation
- How to Use this Documentation
- Downloads
- License
- Source Repository on GitHub
Introduction
The InfoMapper software is a web application that displays text content pages, maps, data visualizations, and other content. It is being developed by the Open Water Foundation as a tool that can be efficiently implemented to publish information products generated by analysis software. For example TSTool and GeoProcessor sofware (see OWF Software page) can be used to automate creation of information products that published on the web using InfoMapper.
The InfoMapper is particularly when fully automating the process of creating information products and publishing to cloud web service storage solution and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs).
The following image illustrates an example website.
InfoMapper Example Website (see full-size image)
The InfoMapper software is typically used in parallel with one or more workflow projects that automates information product generation. The OWF GeoProcessor software has features to create map configuration files that can be used by the InfoMapper. See the following projects that are implementing this approach.
InfoMapper Projects
| Published Project | Status | Description and Project Repository |
|---|---|---|
| Poudre Basin Information | Under development | Information portal for Poudre River Basin in Colorado, intended to support the work of the Poudre Runs Through It Study/Action Work Group, decision-makers, and serve as an information resource for the public. Repository: owf-infomapper-poudre |
| Upper Colorado Water Allocation Model | Under development | Web application to publish the State of Colorado's StateMod water allocation model dataset. It is envisioned that this will provide a way to publish StateMod datsets so that they are more accessible by interested parties. Repository: cdss-app-statemod-web |
InfoMapper Developers and Users
Currently, InfoMapper "users" are primarily software developers who are adding features to InfoMapper software, in particular Open Water Foundation staff. However, as the InfoMapper software matures, a software installer will be provided for people that want to use the InfoMapper but are not software developers.
This documentation focuses on those who are creating information products and public websites, rather than InfoMapper software developers. See the InfoMapper Developer Documentation for software development information.
About the Open Water Foundation
The Open Water Foundation is a nonprofit social enterprise that focuses on developing and supporting open source software for water resources, to make better decisions about water. OWF also works to advance open data tools and implementation.
See also the Open Water Foundation website.
How to Use this Documentation
The documentation contains information about installing the software and using software features. Of particular importance is the reference sections for configuration files.
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Downloads
The InfoMapper software must currently be installed by cloning the following GitHub repository. An installer will be added in the future.
- owf-app-infomapper-ng - GitHub repository
License
The InfoMapper software is licensed using GPL v3.
The OWF InfoMapper documentation is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Source Repository on GitHub
The source files for this documentation are maintained in a GitHub repository: owf-app-infomapper-ng-doc-user.