A significant portion of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Flood Hazard Maps have not been modernized/converted to GIS format - that is they are only in hard copy. In this session, Cooperating Technical Partners discussed CTP options, benefits and best practices regarding converting flood hazard maps to a digital geospatial format.

Presenters:

• Steve Story, P.E., CFM - Montana DNRC
• Amanda Flegel, P.E., CFM - Illinois State Water Survey
• Alan Lulloff, P.E., CFM - ASFPM Science Services

Agenda:

• Introduction - Percentage of nation digital vs. hard copy
• Historic Manual Cartographic FIRM production process
• Digital Conversion Process and QA/QC
• Benefits of digital flood hazard maps
• Digital Conversion Options

Digitizing Unmoderized FIRMs Webinar Slides

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