WebDC3 software for browser-based access to waveforms and events

 
The WebDC3 web interface, showing a selection of recent earthquakes and the stations of the GE seismic network.Screenshot of webdc3
WebDC event and station selection.
Creator(s)
orcid:0000-0002-1650-4540 Bianchi, Marcelo a; Evans, Peter L. b; Heinloo, Andres b; orcid:0000-0001-9993-4003 Quinteros, Javier b
a Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Departamento de Geofísica, Centro de Sismologia
b GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences
Abstract
WebDC3 is a web interface working on top of SeisComP3 standard seismological services (http://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/software/webdc3/). It is AJAX-based and allows users to conveniently discover seismic stations and explore events in seismic catalogues, build and submit requests for data and metadata and finally download the results in different formats. Requests can be built using either absolute time windows or by station-event combinations suitable for different data processing pipelines. Furthermore, data requests and downloading of their results can be made in separated steps, allowing for larger requests and better supporting users with low bandwidth or unstable connections. WebDC3 functions in the style of a previous webdc service implemented at GFZ. The new web interface runs as a Python web application using the Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI). It has been adopted by a number of seismic agencies. Source code is freely available for download; its use is governed by the "GNU General Public License, Version 3, 29 June 2007"
Cite as
Bianchi, Marcelo; Evans, Peter L.; Heinloo, Andres; Quinteros, Javier (2015): WebDC3 Web Interface. GFZ Data Services. doi:10.5880/GFZ.2.4/2016.001
Documentation
As PDF
Further information / Support
You can contact the developers at GEOFON. We have limited time but will try to help get you started with the software, or fix the inevitable bugs.
License
GNU General Public License, Version 3, 29 June 2007
WebDC3 is Copyright © 2013–2015 GEOFON team, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam - Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ (Bianchi, Marcelo; Evans, Peter L.; Heinloo, Andres; Quinteros, Javier).
Terms of use

You deploy WebDC3 at your own web site, and/or use a WebDC3 implementation, entirely at your own risk. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License, Version 3, 29 June 2007 for more details.

Download
From the EIDA repository at github.
Deprecated versions
Download older copies of this package here:
  • Version 0.6: [tgz]
    EMSC events via fdsnws-event.
  • Version 0.5: [tgz]
    Station upload/download, fdsnws-event support.
  • Version 0.4: [tgz]
    Various fixes.
  • Version 0.3: [tgz]
    Initial release.
WebDC3 users
A partial list of WebDC3 adopters. Thank you for your support of our product! Let us know if you would like to be included on this list.
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