[Katrina-IT-Volunteers] Interactive flood depth map

[Ray Shea]

This link here takes you to a webapp that gives you
flood depth information just by clicking on a map of
New Orleans.  It uses Google maps combined with
satellite and LIDAR data to give an average flood
depth within a 100x100 foot region around the point
where you click.

http://mapper.cctechnol.com/floodmap.php

If you're using the public computers to help people
check on their neighborhoods, this link might be
helpful, since it gives you a real number instead of
just fuzzy satellite photos.  I know Google Maps was
being kind of skitchy Tuesday night, not sure if that
was a problem with Google's site or with the app
itself, so YMMV.

I spot-checked it with my brother's eyewitness report
of the water depth at his house in Old Metairie and it
was pretty close to accurate.

Good luck.

ray


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