20 April 2009
FEMA map update
With 100 year floods happening every few years around here, it is good to hear that FEMA is updating their maps for Middlesex County. It isn't just a change in flood patterns, but an improvement in the terrain modeling, now that they are collecting their data with LiDAR. According to the Home News and Tribune, their update moved another 1,000 residences into the floodplain.
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Intermap Technologies’ Digital Elevation Models Accepted for Updating FEMA Maps at National Conference of State Flood Plain Managers
Company’s NEXTMap wide area map data shown to be cost-effective source for flood risk mapping in non-detailed study areas
Full announcement:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/intermap-technologiesrsquo-digital-elevation-models,920716.shtml
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