2004 UC Proceedings Abstract
 ArcIMS Solution for Harris County Residents' Flood Risk Look-Up Track: EMS, Fire and Disaster Management Author(s): Jacob Spenn, William Meyer, John Grounds III After the devastation of Tropical Storm Allison, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Harris County Flood Control District joined forces to develop new Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Harris County, Texas. These maps will be released to the public via the internet on an easy-to-use Web-based ArcIMS platform with several custom functions, which allows the public to view the new floodplains and their current flood risk by locating properties by street address, ZIP Code, or select by area. The site uses the ArcMap Server to take advantage of the ArcGIS ArcMap advanced cartographic capabilities. It uses an image cataloging technique to manage the 3,500 aerial photographs that cover Harris County. The application was customized using JavaScript, DHTML, ArcXML, and ASP .NET and the Web server uses Microsoft's IIS with the Tomcat servlet/JSP container and JRE to support the ArcIMS image server. Jacob Spenn Harris County Flood Control District Planning Department 9900 Northwest Freeway Houston , TX 77092 US Phone: (713) 684-4071 E-mail: jps@hcfcd.co.harris.tx.us William Meyer Harris County Flood Control District Planning Department 9900 Northwest Freeway Houston , TX 77092 US Phone: (713) 684-4117 E-mail: wbm@hcfcd.co.harris.tx.us John Grounds III Grounds Anderson, LLC 3801 Kirby Drive Suite 340 Houston , TX 77098 US Phone: (832) 613-9800 Fax: (832) 613-7999 E-mail: jgrounds@groundsanderson.com |
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