Elevation data for floodplain mapping

Elevation data for floodplain mapping / Committee on Floodplain Mapping Technologies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

The United States are currently making an investment of more than $200 milion per year in flood map modernization. The goal is to replace paper Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) by Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs), and to achieve national coverage with these digital maps. During the annual...

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Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Floodplain Mapping Technologies
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Floodplains > United States > Maps.
Digital mapping.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
Digital mapping
Floodplains
United States
Computer network resources.
Maps
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:The United States are currently making an investment of more than $200 milion per year in flood map modernization. The goal is to replace paper Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) by Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs), and to achieve national coverage with these digital maps. During the annual appropriations hearings for Flood Map Modernization, concerns have been expressed to Congress that the underlying base map information used as input to the flood mapping process is not of adequate quality in much of the United States to properly support the new digital flood map creation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 151 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-123).
ISBN:9780309668071
0309668077
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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