The Northwest Florida Water
Management District recently launched a website that makes it easier to find
detailed information about elevation and surface features of properties in
northwest Florida .
The new site provides elevation data that is ten
times more detailed than previous topographic maps.
People can use the data to better understand,
assess and plan for activities ranging from landscaping and building
construction to evaluating flood risk.
The District partnered with the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Air Force and
local communities to acquire detailed elevation data across the panhandle using
light detection and ranging technology called LiDAR.
LiDAR equipment mounted on airplanes sends out
laser light pulses at high frequencies and measures elevation from the return
beams.
The new information has been compiled into a web
mapping application that makes it easy to access in a variety of formats and
for specific geographic areas.
Website visitors will be able to see contour
elevations for specific areas, such as land around homes or businesses.
Users can also click any point on the map to see
elevation information for that specific location.
It also offers a function that allows users to
select, extract, zip and export data for areas of interest into a downloadable
file.
If
you want to see all the information for yourself, the new website is available
at nwfwmdlidar.com/
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