Abstract
Wisconsin DNR Flood Insurance Mapping with Flood Map Desktop Software
Track: Cartography and Map Production
Author(s): G. Fritz Statz, Josh Price
Wisconsin DNR has standardized GIS operations on an Esri platform and is one of the few States that produce FEMA Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM) with in-house capabilities through FEMA’s Map Modernization and Cooperating Technical Partners programs. In looking for an approach supplying WIDNR with process flexibility; ArcGIS investment leveraging; and process efficiency improvements; we found a freely distributed ArcGIS Desktop tool from PBS&J called Flood Map Desktop (FMD). Technical highlights include: cartographic map making; QA and database automation; vertical profile generation and linkage to GIS planimetric maps. Through a demonstration of WIDNR’s GIS mapping process, we will encourage other States to join the FEMA CTP program; actively manage flood hazards through GIS; and adopt GIS processes for producing the DFIRM.
G. Fritz Statz
WI DNR
101 S. Webster St WT/3
Madison , Wisconsin 53707
United States
Phone: 6082662709
E-mail: gordon.statz@wisconsin.gov
Josh Price
PBS&J
4601 DTC Blvd, Suite 700
Denver , Colorado 80237
United States
Phone: 3032217275
E-mail: JPPrice@PBSJ.com