Displaying a flood change map with change designators

• US 8,649,567 B1
• Filed: 11/17/2006
• Issued: 02/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Corelogic Solutions LLC (CoreLogic Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Corelogic Solutions LLC (CoreLogic Incorporated)
• Inventors: Maltby, David R. II
• Primary Examiner(s): Park, Chan S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thomas, Mia M
• Application Number:
  US11/601,575
• Time in Patent Office: 2,643 Days
• Field of Search: 382/100, 382/103, 382/106, 382/108, 382/113, 382/175, 382/190, 382/195, 382/294, 382/298, 345/568, 345/156, 705/4
• US Class Current: 382/113
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/05 Geographic models
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 10/40 Controlling or monitoring, e.g. of flood or hurricane; Forecasting, e.g. risk assessment or mapping

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.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

creating by a processor, a change flood map, wherein the change flood map includes one or more demarcated areas based on a comparison of a first flood map to an updated second flood map, said first flood map and said second flood map each including flood zones and non-flood zones;

displaying the change flood map and at least one change designator on the change flood map, wherein the change designator indicates one or more at least one demarcated area types; and

wherein the one or more demarcated area types comprise a designator indicating at least one area of a change in risk level status designation of at least one area from the first flood map and the updated second flood map and another designator indicating at least one area of a change in zone designation of at least one area from the first flood map and the updated second flood map; and

wherein both designators are derived from the comparison of the first flood map and the updated second flood map.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more demarcated areas are displayed as one or more polygons on the change flood map.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising simultaneously displaying a map of one or more geographic area descriptions overlaid on the change flood map.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more geographic area descriptions include one or more street segments.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the change flood map includes displaying only portions of the change flood map with demarcated areas of change in risk level status designation.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a user request for a region of the change flood map to view.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein displaying the change flood map comprises displaying only the region indicated in the user request.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying at least one change designator for a demarcated area of the one or more demarcated areas includes displaying an old risk level status designation for the demarcated area of the one or more demarcated areas.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying at least one change designator for a demarcated area of the one or more demarcated areas includes displaying a new risk level status designation for the demarcated area of the one or more demarcated areas.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more demarcated area types comprise at least one area of no change.

11. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor and configured to store program instructions executable by the processor to;

create, by said processor, a change flood map, wherein said first flood map and said second flood map each including flood zones and non-flood zones;

display the change flood map and at least one change designator on the change flood map, wherein the change designator indicates one or more at least one demarcated area types and wherein the one or more demarcated area types comprise a designator indicating at least one area of a change in risk level status designation of at least one area from the first flood map and the updated second flood map and another designator indicating at least one area of a change in zone designation of at least one area from the first flood map and the updated second flood map; and

wherein both designators are derived from the comparison of the first flood map and the updated second flood map.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more demarcated areas are displayed as one or more polygons on the change flood map.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the program instructions are further executable to simultaneously display a map of one or more geographic area descriptions overlaid on the change flood map.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more geographic area descriptions include one or more street segments.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein displaying the change flood map includes displaying only portions of the change flood map with demarcated areas of change in risk level status designation.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the program instructions are further executable to receive a user request for a region of the change flood map to view.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein displaying the change flood map comprises displaying only the region indicated in the user request.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein displaying at least one change designator for a demarcated area of the one or more demarcated areas includes displaying an old risk level status designation for the demarcated area of the one or more demarcated areas.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein displaying at least one change designator for a demarcated area of the one or more demarcated areas includes displaying a new risk level status designation for the demarcated area of the one or more demarcated areas.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein one or more demarcated area types comprise at least one area of no change.

21. A non-transitory, computer readable medium, comprising:

program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to;

create, by a processor, a change flood map, wherein said first flood map and said second flood map each including flood zones and non-flood zones;

display the change flood map and at least one change designator on the change flood map, wherein the change designator indicates one or more at least one demarcated area types and wherein the one or more demarcated area types comprise a designator indicating at least one area of a change in risk level status designation of at least one area from the first flood map and the updated second flood map and another designator indicating at least one area of a change in zone designation of at least one area from the first flood map and the updated second flood map; and

wherein both designators are derived from the comparison of the first flood map and the updated second flood map.

22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the one or more demarcated areas are displayed as one or more polygons on the change flood map.

23. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the program instructions are further executable to simultaneously display a map of one or more geographic area descriptions overlaid on the change flood map.

24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein the one or more geographic area descriptions include one or more street segments.

25. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein displaying the change flood map includes displaying only portions of the change flood map with demarcated areas of change in risk level status designation.

26. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the program instructions are further executable to receive a user request for a region of the change flood map to view.

27. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein displaying the change flood map comprises displaying only the region indicated in the user request.

28. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein displaying at least one change designator for a demarcated area of the one or more demarcated areas includes displaying an old risk level status designation for the demarcated area of the one or more demarcated areas.

29. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein displaying at least one change designator for a demarcated area of the one or more demarcated areas includes displaying a new risk level status designation for the demarcated area of the one or more demarcated areas.

30. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein one or more demarcated area types comprise at least one area of no change.