1. West Virginia Flood Tool Update
Eric Hopkins
Eric.Hopkins@mail.wvu.edu
West Virginia University
Eastern Panhandle GIS Meeting
August 13, 2013
http://www.MapWV.gov/flood
2. Recent Activity
Effective DFIRM:11 counties added to Flood Tool
Preliminary DFIRM: 5 counties added
Digital floodplains for all counties – No data gaps
Advisory Flood Height (AFH): 5 counties added
Parcels: Cabell, Hampshire, Kanawha, Monongalia, Wood
Viewing purposes only
New Data Layers Added to Flood Tool:
Community Rating System (CRS)
Mitigated Properties
16. Future Development
Mitigated Property / Parcel Correlation
Mobile App:
Proof Of Concept Spring 2013
Agreement pending
HTML, CSS, and Javascript
Responsive to screen size, desktop, tablet, cell phone
Migration to Esri Javascript API from Flex API
Single application for all devices*
Incorporate HTML5 technologies
Drag & drop desktop to browser
Draw on canvas
History API for accessing URL parameters
Status Map, Public View; Few changes overall, but… - DFIRM, Preliminary or Effective, for all counties - CRS: - City and county locations - Active polygon layer underneath for queries Query results displayed in retractable side panel
More changes to Expert View (And of greater interest to FPMs), including: CRS (same as with Public View) Advisory Flood Height (AFH) data (18 counties, 2 more pending completion) Profile Viewer AFH model data download
Query Detailed Study – Profile Viewer - PDF Download extracted from FIS
Query Approximate Study Area – model data download dialog
Mon, Richie, Roane, Taylor – Doddridge and Preston
Background options High resolution imagery, Sheriffs Association County Bluestone Lake Dam and downstream
Location tools
Functional Improvements: - Simplified Draw and Measure with line and text color options
Mitigated Property (buyout) points Project underway to match parcels and create polygon layer
Parcel data
Digital parcels progress in WV
Contact WVGISTC to share your data Contact your assessor to explore possibility of including digital parcels