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AuScope Interactive Maps

Interactive maps for AuScope programs, part of the AuScope national research infrastructure funded by the Australian Government through NCRIS.

Hosted on GitHub Pages and embedded via iframe on the AuScope website.

Repository organisation

/                    Maps (AuSIS_Map.html, NVCL_Map.html, ...) - static, no build step
assets/              Images + vendor/ (pinned, self-hosted JS: seisplotjs, qrcode-generator;
                     nothing is loaded from a CDN at runtime)
data/                Committed data products - written by GitHub Actions, never hand-edited
scripts/             Pipeline Python - run by the scheduled workflows only
widgets/             Static, embeddable, URL-parameterised pages (see below)
.github/workflows/   Scheduled jobs; every one auto-files an issue on failure

Branches waveforms and event-waveforms are force-pushed flat by the hourly/3-hourly render jobs (PNGs + manifest.json) and never accumulate history.

Design rule: the browser never calls a third-party API (exception: the live webicorder, an optional page that degrades gracefully). All upstream fetching happens server-side in Actions, where redirects and CORS changes can't break the pages.

Widgets (widgets/)

Page Purpose
latest_quake.html Card: newest earthquake with its AuSIS record section
recent_quakes.html Card: 10 newest quakes, recency-coloured, deep-linking to the map
top_wiggles.html Card: peak-ground-velocity leaderboard across schools
station.html?code=X "My School" dashboard: live drum, catches, rank, health
webicorder.html?code=X Live 24 h drum (IRIS-webicorder style), seconds-fresh via EarthScope dataselect
poster.html?code=X Printable A4 classroom QR poster (QR generated in-browser)
event.html?id=X Printable class worksheet for a recorded earthquake (S-P exercise)
locate.html?id=X Pick P and S arrivals on real waveform samples, then triangulate the epicentre from three schools
wavesweep.html?id=X Animated replay of an earthquake crossing the network, from the schools' own recordings
quakes3d.html 3D earthquake viewer: tilting Australia block + rotatable Ring of Fire globe

All widgets read the same published data (same-origin data/ + the render branches on the AuScope org repo), take their subject from the query string, and are embeddable as iframes (AuScope website, Google Sites) or used standalone.

Live Maps

AuScope Interactive Map (index.html)

Combined map showing all AuScope programs with a categorised layer control panel.

Features

  • All programs from every map on a single page
  • Collapsible layers panel in the toolbar with category headings (Outreach, CoastRI)
  • Click a category heading to toggle all programs in that group
  • Individual program checkboxes with icon, name, and site count
  • Footer dynamically updates to show only visible layers
  • Search across all visible sites
  • Designed to scale - add new categories (Seismic, MT, Geochem, VLBI, etc.) by adding entries to the CATEGORIES config array

Current Categories

Category Programs
Outreach AuSIS, Magnetometers, EarthBank, GPlates
CoastRI Camera Stations, Low-Cost Drones, Long-Range Drones

AuSIS Station Map (AuSIS_Map.html)

Interactive map of AuSIS (Australian Seismometers In Schools) stations.

Data Source

Station metadata and availability are fetched live from IRIS FDSN Web Services:

https://service.iris.edu/fdsnws/station/1/query?network=S1&level=station&format=text
https://service.iris.edu/fdsnws/availability/1/extent?network=S1&channel=BH?,HH?&format=text

A local GeoJSON backup (data/ausis_stations.geojson) is loaded first for instant display. Live IRIS data refreshes in the background. If IRIS is unavailable, the backup data remains visible. The backup is updated daily via a GitHub Action.

Features

  • Satellite imagery base map (Esri World Imagery)
  • Colour-coded triangle markers: green (streaming), yellow (offline), red (ended)
  • Click a marker to see: school name, station code, recording dates, streaming status, coordinates, elevation
  • Link to IRIS Webicorder for actively streaming stations
  • Search box to find stations by name or code
  • Collapsible toolbar (three-dots toggle) with zoom and home controls
  • Marker icons scale with zoom level
  • Footer legend with live counts of active and streaming stations
  • Header with AuScope branding

Notes

  • The TEST station is filtered out
  • Availability checks both BH and HH channels (some stations like AUDAR only stream HH)
  • A station is considered "streaming" if its latest data is within 7 days

AuScope Outreach Locations (AuScope_Outreach.html)

Combined map showing all AuScope schools outreach programs.

Programs

Program Icon Data Source
Seismometers in Schools (AuSIS) Triangle (green) Live from IRIS FDSN (backup: data/ausis_stations.geojson)
Magnetometers in Schools Diamond (purple) data/magnetometers.geojson
EarthBank in the Classroom Circle (blue) data/earthbank.geojson
GPlates in Schools Square (amber) data/gplates.geojson (when available)

Features

  • AuSIS stations loaded from local backup instantly, refreshed with live IRIS data in background
  • Static program data loaded from GeoJSON files in data/ folder
  • Each program has a distinct icon shape and colour
  • Click a marker to see the school name and program
  • GPlates legend item auto-shows when its data file is present
  • Search box, collapsible toolbar, zoom-scaling icons
  • Header with AuScope branding, footer with centred legend

AuScope CoastRI Locations (AuScope_CoastRI.html)

Interactive map of AuScope-funded CoastRI (Coastal Research Infrastructure) monitoring sites across Australia.

Programs

Program Icon Data Source
Fixed Camera Stations Triangle (red) data/coastri_cameras.geojson
Low-Cost Drone Surveys Diamond (green) data/coastri_lowcost_drones.geojson
Long-Range Drones Circle (blue) data/coastri_longrange_drones.geojson

Data Source

CoastRI site data was extracted from the CoastRI-Asset-Locations repository (maintained by R. Zitoun). Only the three AuScope-funded layers were included:

  • AuScopefixedstation_7.js - 4 fixed coastal camera stations
  • AuScopeLowCostDrones_8.js - 59 low-cost drone survey sites
  • AuScopeLongRangeDrones_9.js - 5 long-range drone sites

The original GeoJSON data (embedded in JS variables) was extracted, field names were cleaned and standardised, and the data was saved as standalone GeoJSON files.

Features

  • Satellite imagery base map (Esri World Imagery)
  • Each program has a distinct icon shape and colour
  • Click a marker to see: site name, state, status, sensor/airframe, purpose
  • Search box to find sites by name
  • Collapsible toolbar, zoom-scaling icons
  • Header with AuScope branding, footer with centred legend and counts

Data Format

All static data uses GeoJSON FeatureCollection format:

{
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "properties": { "name": "Site Name" },
      "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [longitude, latitude] }
    }
  ]
}

To add a new program or data source, create a .geojson file in the data/ folder and add a fetchGeoJSON() call in the relevant HTML file.

Folder Structure

AuScope_Outreach/
  index.html                            # Combined map - all programs, layer toggles
  AuSIS_Map.html                        # AuSIS station map (live IRIS + local fallback)
  AuScope_Outreach.html                 # Schools outreach map (AuSIS, Mag, EarthBank, GPlates)
  AuScope_CoastRI.html                  # CoastRI coastal monitoring map
  assets/
    auscope-logo.png                    # AuScope logo (white, for dark header)
  data/
    ausis_stations.geojson              # AuSIS stations + availability (daily backup)
    magnetometers.geojson               # Magnetometers in Schools locations
    earthbank.geojson                   # EarthBank in the Classroom locations
    gplates.geojson                     # GPlates in Schools (add when available)
    coastri_cameras.geojson             # CoastRI fixed camera stations
    coastri_lowcost_drones.geojson      # CoastRI low-cost drone survey sites
    coastri_longrange_drones.geojson    # CoastRI long-range drone sites
  .github/workflows/
    ausis-backup.yml                    # Daily AuSIS station + availability backup

Tech Stack

  • Leaflet 1.9.4 - map rendering
  • Esri ArcGIS - satellite imagery and boundary labels
  • GeoJSON - spatial data format
  • IRIS FDSN - live seismic station data
  • Vanilla JavaScript - no build tools or frameworks
  • GitHub Actions - automated daily AuSIS data backup

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