Elevation data for floodplain mapping
Auteur :
National Research Council / Division on Earth and Life Studies / Board on Earth Sciences and Resources / Committee on Floodplain Mapping Technologies
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309104098
Date de publication :
16 août 2007
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Shows that there is sufficient two-dimensional "base map imagery" to meet Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) flood map modernization goals, but that the three-dimensional "base elevation data" that are needed to determine whether a building should have flood insurance are not adequate.