mn-fallmap

JavaScript app for displaying fall color information from the Minnesota DNR

Requirements

• nodejs
• npm
• AWS Lambda
• AWS S3

Installing and running

1. Run npm install
2. Copy config.example.json to config.json and configure config.json.
3. Upload a zip to Amazon Lambda containing pollAndStoreGeoJSONFromDNR.js, node_modules/, config.json and mn_feature.json.
4. Run the Lambda function.
5. Configure the first line of public/colormap.js to match your S3 configuration.
6. Optionally, host the content in public/ in S3 or your web server.
7. Navigate to public/colormap.html.

This function seems to work best with 512MB of memory and a 10 second timeout. Most of the time, the function completes within 1 second (if no update is needed). For running the function on a schedule, investigate AWS CloudWatch cron.

Demo

A demo is available at fall.arctair.com