3 June 2019 We keep demonstrating the potential use of new national contour web maps that have been developed in a recent flood risk analytics project (link). Previous blogs in this series include: Applications of New National Contour Web Maps: Part 1 (Enhancing High-resolution Imagery Mapping) - link In this blog we [...]
30 May 2019 In the previous blog, we reported a national flood risk analytics project that has produced a set of high-resolution tiled web maps on elevation contextual layers and terrain metrics, including contours, modelled surface water flow directions and shaded relief. These web maps are also complementary to desktop, web or mobile [...]
Initial release: 22 May 2019 Over the past few years we have been active developing site-level flood risk analytics tools, e.g. - Introducing Three New Tools for Investigating Flood-prone Areas (link, 11/2017) - Advancing Flood Risk Analytics with Location Profile APIs (link, 09/2018) Now we are pleased to release two additional new [...]
22 February 2019 It's good news that tropical cyclone Oma has weakened and remains offshore. Here we perform some quick analysis using the web APIs & Apps recently developed, and share results with the public (see Twitter posts below). 1. Overview of Current Exposure Why are we so concerned about this event? [...]
11 February 2019 We have been active in reporting and sharing information about the major flooding in Queensland (link to Twitter posts and mass media mentions, e.g. CNN and The Guardian). This brief blog is specific to the flooding in West and North-West Queensland. First, the big picture. We use NASA’s Terra/MODIS imagery (2019-01-02 vs. [...]
28 January 2019 Over the past few years we have been building cloud-based big data and analytics platforms and foundational Location Profile APIs for property location and hazard risk information. These advances have enabled us to speed up the pace of new product development. Now we are pleased to release a new web [...]