Displaying a flood change map with change designators
First Claim
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.
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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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30 Claims
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- 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;
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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. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- a processor;
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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. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
- program instructions, wherein the program instructions are computer-executable to;
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