Flood Map allows you to view the risk of flooding at any location in the world.
Using flood map you can set a water elevation height for any location and view the likely effects on a Google Map. Areas that are likely to be flooded are displayed on the map with a blue overlay.
It is also possible to right-click on any location and view the elevation level at that point. If you want to share a Flood Map search you can cut and paste a link to the current map view.
Also See
- Global Sea Level Rise Map - view the world at different rates of sea rise
- Flood Maps - also looks at the effects of sea rises on the world
- The Sea Level Rise Explorer - explore the areas of the earth most vulnerable to sea level rise
2 comments:
Um, no. Flood risk is rather more complicated than that.
Yes, great idea, but some fundamentals are missing:
- A 90m grid of elevation data doesn't allow you to model flood, period;
- Water doesn't rise uniformly, it rises in a complicated fashion based on water flow, width of the river, bends in the river, local topography, soil saturation etc...
E.g. the Jan 2011 Brisbane floods recorded the following river gauge heights, all at the same time, going up the river: 2.5m, 4.5m, 9m, 18m.
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