diff --git a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Constants.js b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Constants.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d0818ab..00000000
--- a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Constants.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-window.Metamaps = window.Metamaps || {}
-
-// TODO everything in this file should be moved into one of the other modules
-// Either as a local constant, or as a local constant with a globally available getter/setter
-
-Metamaps.Maps = Metamaps.Maps || {}
-
-Metamaps.Settings = {
-  embed: false, // indicates that the app is on a page that is optimized for embedding in iFrames on other web pages
-  sandbox: false, // puts the app into a mode (when true) where it only creates data locally, and isn't writing it to the database
-  colors: {
-    background: '#344A58',
-    synapses: {
-      normal: '#888888',
-      hover: '#888888',
-      selected: '#FFFFFF'
-    },
-    topics: {
-      selected: '#FFFFFF'
-    },
-    labels: {
-      background: '#18202E',
-      text: '#DDD'
-    }
-  },
-}
-
-Metamaps.Touch = {
-  touchPos: null, // this stores the x and y values of a current touch event
-  touchDragNode: null // this stores a reference to a JIT node that is being dragged
-}
-
-Metamaps.Mouse = {
-  didPan: false,
-  didBoxZoom: false,
-  changeInX: 0,
-  changeInY: 0,
-  edgeHoveringOver: false,
-  boxStartCoordinates: false,
-  boxEndCoordinates: false,
-  synapseStartCoordinates: [],
-  synapseEndCoordinates: null,
-  lastNodeClick: 0,
-  lastCanvasClick: 0,
-  DOUBLE_CLICK_TOLERANCE: 300
-}
-
-Metamaps.Selected = {
-  reset: function () {
-    var self = Metamaps.Selected
-    self.Nodes = []
-    self.Edges = []
-  },
-  Nodes: [],
-  Edges: []
-}
diff --git a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Mouse.js b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Mouse.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9989bc20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Mouse.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const Mouse = {
+  didPan: false,
+  didBoxZoom: false,
+  changeInX: 0,
+  changeInY: 0,
+  edgeHoveringOver: false,
+  boxStartCoordinates: false,
+  boxEndCoordinates: false,
+  synapseStartCoordinates: [],
+  synapseEndCoordinates: null,
+  lastNodeClick: 0,
+  lastCanvasClick: 0,
+  DOUBLE_CLICK_TOLERANCE: 300
+}
+
+export default Mouse
diff --git a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Selected.js b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Selected.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..396270ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Selected.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const Selected = {
+  reset: function () {
+    var self = Metamaps.Selected
+    self.Nodes = []
+    self.Edges = []
+  },
+  Nodes: [],
+  Edges: []
+}
+
+export default Selected
diff --git a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Settings.js b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Settings.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..687a6629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Settings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+const Settings = {
+  embed: false, // indicates that the app is on a page that is optimized for embedding in iFrames on other web pages
+  sandbox: false, // puts the app into a mode (when true) where it only creates data locally, and isn't writing it to the database
+  colors: {
+    background: '#344A58',
+    synapses: {
+      normal: '#888888',
+      hover: '#888888',
+      selected: '#FFFFFF'
+    },
+    topics: {
+      selected: '#FFFFFF'
+    },
+    labels: {
+      background: '#18202E',
+      text: '#DDD'
+    }
+  },
+}
+
+export default Settings
diff --git a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Visualize.js b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Visualize.js
index 5e99519f..4aa65772 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Visualize.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Visualize.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
  *  - Metamaps.Synapses
  *  - Metamaps.TopicCard
  *  - Metamaps.Topics
- *  - Metamaps.Touch
  */
 
 const Visualize = {
@@ -19,6 +18,7 @@ const Visualize = {
   cameraPosition: null, // stores the camera position when using a 3D visualization
   type: 'ForceDirected', // the type of graph we're building, could be "RGraph", "ForceDirected", or "ForceDirected3D"
   loadLater: false, // indicates whether there is JSON that should be loaded right in the offset, or whether to wait till the first topic is created
+  touchDragNode: null,
   init: function () {
     var self = Visualize
     // disable awkward dragging of the canvas element that would sometimes happen
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ const Visualize = {
     // prevent touch events on the canvas from default behaviour
     $('#infovis-canvas').bind('touchend touchcancel', function (event) {
       lastDist = 0
-      if (!self.mGraph.events.touchMoved && !Metamaps.Touch.touchDragNode) Metamaps.TopicCard.hideCurrentCard()
+      if (!self.mGraph.events.touchMoved && !Visualize.touchDragNode) Metamaps.TopicCard.hideCurrentCard()
       self.mGraph.events.touched = self.mGraph.events.touchMoved = false
-      Metamaps.Touch.touchDragNode = false
+      Visualize.touchDragNode = false
     })
   },
   computePositions: function () {
diff --git a/frontend/src/Metamaps/index.js b/frontend/src/Metamaps/index.js
index 598533c0..37e93492 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Metamaps/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Metamaps/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 /* global $ */
 
-import './Constants'
-
 import Account from './Account'
 import Active from './Active'
 import Admin from './Admin'
@@ -18,10 +16,13 @@ import Listeners from './Listeners'
 import Map from './Map'
 import Mapper from './Mapper'
 import Mobile from './Mobile'
+import Mouse from './Mouse'
 import Organize from './Organize'
 import PasteInput from './PasteInput'
 import Realtime from './Realtime'
 import Router from './Router'
+import Selected from './Selected'
+import Settings from './Settings'
 import Synapse from './Synapse'
 import SynapseCard from './SynapseCard'
 import Topic from './Topic'
@@ -45,13 +46,17 @@ Metamaps.Import = Import
 Metamaps.JIT = JIT
 Metamaps.Listeners = Listeners
 Metamaps.Map = Map
+Metamaps.Maps = {}
 Metamaps.Mapper = Mapper
 Metamaps.Mobile = Mobile
+Metamaps.Mouse = Mouse
 Metamaps.Organize = Organize
 Metamaps.PasteInput = PasteInput
 Metamaps.Realtime = Realtime
 Metamaps.ReactComponents = ReactComponents
 Metamaps.Router = Router
+Metamaps.Selected = Selected
+Metamaps.Settings = Settings
 Metamaps.Synapse = Synapse
 Metamaps.SynapseCard = SynapseCard
 Metamaps.Topic = Topic