DISPLAYING A FLOOD CHANGE MAP WITH CHANGE DESIGNATORS
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer system that includes a data processor and is connected to at least one data repository, perform a method comprising:
- (a) electronically accessing, by the data processor of the computer system, a first digitized flood map and a second updated digitized flood map;
(b) analyzing, by the data processor of the computer system, data associated with the first digitized flood map and data associated with the second digitized updated flood map to identify any changes in a risk level status and any changes in a zone designation;
(c) searching, by the data processor of the computer system, a database to identify one or more real estate properties affected by any identified changes in a risk level status and any identified changes in a zone designation;
(d) storing, by the data processor in the at least one data repository, the identified one or more real estate properties in association with any respective identified changes in a risk level status and any respective identified changes in a zone designation that affect the one or more real estate properties;
(e) identifying, by the data processor of the computer system, a plurality of subject properties;
(f) determining, by the data processor of the computer system, whether any of the plurality of subject properties correspond to the identified one or more real estate properties affected by any identified changes in a risk level status and any identified changes in a zone designation; and
(g) generating, by the data processor of the computer system, an alert for any of the plurality of subject properties that correspond to the identified one or more real estate properties affected by any identified changes in a risk level status and any identified changes in a zone designation.
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Abstract
In various embodiments, old flood maps may be compared to new flood maps to determine which areas of the flood map have changed. These changed areas may be correlated against geographic area descriptions that are within changed areas of the flood map. The changed areas may also be analyzed to determine whether each area has had a change in. status (e.g., from a high risk flood zone to a non-high risk flood zone or vice versa) or a change in zone within a status (e.g., from one flood zone to another flood zone). The information on type of change (or no change) may be used to populate a database that includes geographic area description identifiers. In some embodiments, detection of certain types of changes may initiate a manual comparison of the old and new flood maps to verify the change.
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1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer system that includes a data processor and is connected to at least one data repository, perform a method comprising:
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(a) electronically accessing, by the data processor of the computer system, a first digitized flood map and a second updated digitized flood map; (b) analyzing, by the data processor of the computer system, data associated with the first digitized flood map and data associated with the second digitized updated flood map to identify any changes in a risk level status and any changes in a zone designation; (c) searching, by the data processor of the computer system, a database to identify one or more real estate properties affected by any identified changes in a risk level status and any identified changes in a zone designation; (d) storing, by the data processor in the at least one data repository, the identified one or more real estate properties in association with any respective identified changes in a risk level status and any respective identified changes in a zone designation that affect the one or more real estate properties; (e) identifying, by the data processor of the computer system, a plurality of subject properties; (f) determining, by the data processor of the computer system, whether any of the plurality of subject properties correspond to the identified one or more real estate properties affected by any identified changes in a risk level status and any identified changes in a zone designation; and (g) generating, by the data processor of the computer system, an alert for any of the plurality of subject properties that correspond to the identified one or more real estate properties affected by any identified changes in a risk level status and any identified changes in a zone designation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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physical data storage configured to store flood data; and a computer system in communication with the physical data storage, the computer system comprising computer hardware, the computer system programmed to; electronically access a first digitized flood map and a second updated digitized flood map; analyze data associated with the first digitized flood map and data associated with the second digitized updated flood map to identify any changes in a risk level status and any changes in a zone designation; search a database to identify one or more real estate properties affected by any identified changes in a risk level status and any identified changes in a zone designation; store, in the physical data storage, the identified one or more real estate properties in association with any respective identified changes in a risk level status and any respective identified changes in a zone designation that affect the one or more real estate properties; identify a subject property; determine whether the subject property corresponds to the identified one or more real estate properties affected by any identified changes in a risk level status and any identified changes in a zone designation; and generate an alert for the subject property if the subject property corresponds to the identified one or more real estate properties affected by any identified changes in a risk level status and any identified changes in a zone designation. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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