Friday, November 2, 2012

How Can I Find and Download Water Data?

The CUAHSI community has developed tools to discover and access data registered in the CUAHSI HIS Central Catalog. The two most commonly used clients are HydroDesktop and HydroExcel.


HydroDesktop is an open-source, GIS enabled, desktop application. It provides several capabilities including data query, map-based visualization, data download, graphing, and data export. The primary purpose for HydroDesktop is discovering and retrieving observational data from the HIS system and it is designed to be useful for a number of different groups of users with a wide variety of needs and skill levels including: university faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, K-12 students, engineering and scientific consultants, and others. HydroDesktop is an open source project; if you are interested in development of the software, visit the HydroDesktop Codeplex page!


HydroExcel is a macro-enabled Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The spreadsheet uses VBA macros and an object library called HydroObjects to communicate with and retrieve data from WaterOneFlow web services inside of Excel.

If you are a developer, be advised: You too can develop your own client that accesses data in the CUAHSI HIS as long as such a client can communicate with WaterOneFlow services!

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