The Gages Through the Ages Visualization presents the viewer with a brief history of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) streamgaging efforts from the placement of the first USGS gage at Embudo, New Mexico in 1889 to the present day. The site is viewable at https://labs.waterdata.usgs.gov/visualizations/gages-through-the-ages
The project is Open Source and uses the Vue JavaScript framework in conjunction with animated Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and raster graphics. The build process uses the Jenkins task runner and Docker containerization.
Clone the repo. In the directory, run npm install to install the required modules. This repository requires npm v20 to run. If you are using a later version of npm, you may try using nvm to manage multiple versions of npm.
Once the dependencies have been installed, run npm run dev to run the site locally from your browser (the local web address will show on completion).