DOWNLOADING AND ACTIVATING NOAA River Gage Site Maps for certain states...

Print out this page first and follow instructions carefully!!

STEP 1 - FIND THE FILE YOU NEED

When doing this step,  you will be asked for a name and password...use the confidential name and password you were given previously to download Hurrevac for Win95/98/NT/2000/XP.    Remember,  case of the name and password is important.

Using your  internet browser call up the following URL:
  http://www.hurrevac2.com/private/gagemaps   

If you are typing this URL in your browser, note that this URL is for hurrevac2.com and not hurrevac.com.

Enter your user name and password  when requested, as explained above

Once you are in the Gage Maps directory,  there will be several state folders.  Click on your state folder to find the files you need

STEP 2 - DOWNLOAD TO YOUR PC -

To download, right-click on the file name and select Save File As... or Save Link As...(depending on browser) then make a note of where you save it on your PC.  The file must be copied to the same drive as the one on which your Hurrevac program resides (this is usually C:  but could be another, you should check)

STEP 3 - RUN THE DOWNLOADED FILE TO ACTIVATE

The .exe file you just downloaded must be run ON YOUR PC by double-clicking on it in Windows Explorer.  It must be run on the same drive as your Hurrevac program resides  or the gage files will not be available.   By default the files unzip to \Program Files\Hurrevac2000\maps   If your Hurrevac program is elsewhere,   then when the unzip program runs, edit the unzip target directory to the correct location of your Hurrevac program and its \maps folder

The files will will activate when you copy them to the correct folder (above) and are displayed when you call up the River Gage browser in Hurrevac  (use menu item Rain/River | River Gage Obs and Forecasts).   When you right-click on a displayed river gage circle the Hurrevac River Gage browser appears.   

The River Gage map for a particular gage  is available only if a Map button appears on the River Gage Browser when you select that gage.   If none appears, and if you have correctly unzipped the river gage map files in Step 3 above, then a map is not available for that particular gage.