Tools tagged with "Flood"

This geoportal serves as the official open data site for the Hawaii Statewide GIS Program, providing centralized access to a diverse collection of geospatial datasets for the state. It allows users to explore, visualize, and download data related to various aspects of Hawaii's environment, infrastructure, and demographics.

This platform offers comprehensive access to LIDAR datasets for New York State, including options for individual tile downloads via an application and bulk downloads through an FTP site. It also tracks the status of in-progress, planned, latest, and historic LIDAR collections across the state. Users can explore various projects and access associated metadata.

MDAL is an open-source Mesh Data Abstraction Library designed to handle and manage mesh data for various geospatial applications. It serves as a crucial component for interacting with unstructured, 3D layered, and 1D meshes, particularly within GIS software ecosystems. The project is recognized as an OSGeo Community Project, ensuring its commitment to open standards and collaborative development.

Open Data Bristol provides a platform for exploring, analyzing, and sharing a wide range of public data concerning the city of Bristol. It offers datasets that can be viewed and reused by anyone, subject to their respective licenses. Users can find information on various topics, from transport and environment to population and social care.

This website serves as a portal to various web mapping applications developed by The Nature Conservancy (TNC). These tools provide spatial data and analysis capabilities for environmental planning, conservation efforts, and understanding ecological patterns across different regions. Users can explore topics ranging from forest health and carbon sequestration to coastal flood risk and wildlife movement.

This platform provides access to extensive open datasets, digital tools, and interactive maps for exploring New York City's demographics, land use, housing, and economic trends. It serves as a central hub for official geocoding technology and various data explorers to support urban planning and environmental review.

This is the official public website of the New Orleans District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, providing access to historical hydrographic survey data. The data supports channel improvement and stabilization programs, crucial for navigation and flood control along major waterways.

SNIAmb (Sistema Nacional de Informação do Ambiente) is Portugal's National Environmental Information System. It provides structured access to a wide array of environmental data and offers geographic visualization tools across various thematic areas, supporting environmental management and public consultation processes.

This comprehensive NOAA resource provides access to historical hurricane tracks, offering detailed data on over 13,000 storms. Users can search by location, storm name, year, or ocean basin and filter results by storm category, pressure, and date range. It serves as a valuable tool for researching past hurricane events and their impacts.

S1FloodFinder is a user-friendly open-source solution designed for flood mapping using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery from Sentinel-1. This package addresses the limitations of optical satellite imagery during floods, which often struggle with cloud cover, by leveraging SAR's ability to penetrate clouds. It provides specialized techniques and tools for accurate floodwater extent measurements, crucial for emergency response and minimizing disaster impact.

This website serves as a central hub for discovering GIS data pertaining to the state of Colorado. It aggregates links to data resources from multiple state departments, including Local Affairs, Natural Resources, and Oil and Gas Conservation. Users can find a diverse range of geospatial datasets, primarily in shapefile format, covering various administrative boundaries, environmental features, and infrastructure.

This online course from the University of Alaska Fairbanks focuses on the applications of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) remote sensing for disaster monitoring. It covers weather and illumination-independent SAR technology and its use in analyzing natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and flooding.

This dataset contains ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 ScanSAR Level 2.1 data, offering orthorectified backscatter observations with a 350 km observation width at 25m resolution. It was generated by JAXA in response to torrential rainfall, flooding, and landslides in Rwanda, activated through the International Disaster Charter. The data provides valuable insights for disaster response and natural resource monitoring in affected regions.

The MERIT DEM is a high-accuracy global Digital Elevation Model (DEM) at 3 arcsecond resolution (~90m), created by correcting errors in existing spaceborne DEMs like SRTM3 and AW3D. It significantly improves vertical accuracy, especially in flat regions, enhancing geoscience applications dependent on terrain data.

Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA) serves as the official geospatial data clearinghouse for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It provides access to a wide array of geographic information system (GIS) data, including base map themes, orthoimagery, and environmental datasets from various state agencies. The platform facilitates data discovery and download for researchers, government agencies, and the public.

This three-week course introduces Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and their applications in generating Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) using ArcGIS Pro Desktop software. It covers fundamental GIS concepts, data types, data engineering, advanced analytical techniques, and cartography. Participants will learn to create, manage, analyze, and visualize geospatial data to support decision-making processes.

This resource provides Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and SAR-derived satellite data products from various sources, specifically curated for disaster events. It offers valuable insights for researchers, scientists, and emergency response teams, with irregular updates in response to new disasters. The data is managed by the Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF).

The Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) provides a centralized portal for geospatial data and information related to water resources within the state of Oklahoma. It offers access to various datasets including groundwater, surface water, water rights, and water supply. The site also features specific studies and frequently requested maps.

This platform offers a comprehensive collection of core data sets related to Natural Disaster Hotspots – A Global Risk Analysis. These data sets are freely available for download and include information on hazard frequency, distribution, mortality risks, and economic loss deciles for various natural disasters. The data is provided in common GIS-compatible formats to facilitate research and analysis.

This NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) resource offers coastal digital elevation models (DEMs). These DEMs are crucial for researchers and decision-makers to understand and predict environmental changes affecting coastal regions, supporting various critical monitoring activities.

The Climate Change Knowledge Portal serves as a central repository for global climate data, encompassing historical and future climate projections, vulnerabilities, and impacts. It provides a platform to access country, subnational, and watershed-level climate information, facilitating informed decision-making for development.

This website serves as a central hub for geospatial data related to water, energy, and environmental resources within Nebraska. It offers various interactive maps and data retrieval tools, allowing users to explore information on dam safety, floodplains, groundwater, and surface water. The portal provides access to critical environmental information for public use and research.

Atlas, hosted by LSU, serves as a central repository for high-resolution geospatial data pertaining primarily to Louisiana. It offers public access to crucial datasets like statewide Lidar elevation data, providing the first comprehensive lidar coverage for the state. Additionally, the platform hosts historical aerial imagery from sources such as GOHSEP and coastal DOQQ imagery spanning Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, making valuable environmental and land-use data readily available.

This platform serves as the central access point for users to acquire a wide array of geospatial data pertaining to the Commonwealth of Virginia. It functions as the main data download page for the Virginia Geographic Information Network (VGIN) Clearinghouse, providing structured access to various datasets.

The GIS Program at NCAR focuses on applying geospatial technologies to address critical Earth system science challenges, particularly those related to climate change. It develops and provides interactive data visualization tools that help users explore climate anomalies, variability, and future scenarios. This initiative aims to enhance the understanding and communication of complex environmental data.

The FloodPlanet dataset provides manually labeled inundation data, meticulously collected for advancing flood detection research. It serves as a crucial resource for training and validating deep learning models, utilizing high-resolution imagery from PlanetScope, Sentinel-1, and Sentinel-2 satellites. This version 1.0 dataset, contributed by Zhijie(JJ) Zhang and collaborators, is a valuable asset for the geospatial community.

The U.S. Geological Survey's Water Resources Mission Area offers essential water information and datasets. These resources are crucial for economic well-being, protecting life and property, and supporting effective management of water resources across the nation. The site lists discrete data releases and datasets produced during their science and research activities.

The Vermont Open Geodata Portal serves as the official hub for geospatial data related to the state of Vermont. It provides a centralized repository for various datasets, making them accessible to the public, researchers, and government agencies. This portal facilitates data discovery and download for a wide range of geographic information system (GIS) applications.