Updating Flood Inundation Maps Efficiently

Disaster Prevention and Management

ISSN: 0965-3562

Article publication date: 1 March 1999

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Citation

(1999), "Updating Flood Inundation Maps Efficiently", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 8 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm.1999.07308aag.029

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited


Updating Flood Inundation Maps Efficiently

Updating Flood Inundation Maps Efficiently

http://wwwdwatcm.wr.usgs.gov/reports/floodgis/

This Web report, entitled Updating Flood Inundation Maps Efficiently (USGS Open-File Report 98-200), details a new geographical information system (GIS)-based mapping method, developed by the US Geological Survey, that can be used to produce updated flood inundation maps with greater detail at a much lower cost than traditional hand-drawn flood maps.

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