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GIS Accelerator for ARCH 1019C: Visualization and Computation: Spatial Data Sources

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Poll: Which spatial datasets we should add in this guide?

Terrain models: 9 votes (21.43%)
Satellite imagery: 3 votes (7.14%)
Historic Maps: 11 votes (26.19%)
Vulnerable communities: 3 votes (7.14%)
Business data: 4 votes (9.52%)
Education: 1 votes (2.38%)
Sociodemographic: 2 votes (4.76%)
Parcel data: 5 votes (11.9%)
Crime: 2 votes (4.76%)
Please e-mail more themes: 2 votes (4.76%)
Total Votes: 42

Spatial Data Sources

This product uses the expertise of the NHC Storm Surge Unit to merge the operational SLOSH grids to build a seamless map of storm surge hazard scenarios using the MOM product. Each individual SLOSH grid for the Category 1-5 MOMs are merged into a single, seamless grid. The seamless grid is then resampled, interpolated, and processed with a DEM (Digital Elevation Model, i.e. topography) to compute the storm surge hazard above ground for each hurricane category. Read more here