FEMA developed a five-year plan, Flood Map Modernization (Map Mod), to update the
NFIP’s digital flood insurance rate maps (DFIRMs). The DFIRMs depict potential flood
hazard risk for communities throughout the United States and its territories. FEMA uses
DFIRMs to delineate a community’s special flood hazard areas and risk premium.
Because flood hazard conditions are dynamic, DFIRM data needs to be continually
updated. FEMA contracts with state, local, and regional mapping partners to keep
flood hazard maps current and to produce maps. FEMA needed an integrated software
solution that could manage these updates and changes.
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GIS Weekly Magazine
Susan Smith
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Look for the next issue of GIS Weekly Magazine on May 28, 2012.
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