Damage Assessment

 Final Results

 

Structure Damage Category	Count of Structures 0-100 m from coastline	Count of Structures 100-200 m from coastline	Count of Structures 200-300 m from coastline
No Damage	0	0	13
Affected	0	8	17
Minor Damage	0	14	4
Major Damage	0	11	4
Destroyed	9	6
Totals	9	39	38

Coastal Flooding Analysis

In this week's lab, the focus was on the analysis of coastal flooding. The first part of the lab was focused on the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy after making landfall along the coast of New Jersey in 2012. The data we worked with was LiDAR data downloaded from the NOAA website. When analyzing LiDAR data in GIS, the .laz file must be converted to a .las file because GIS does not support .laz. So, the first step in this lab was to convert the data into a .las file. To do this, the Spatial ETL tool was used. 

Once the data was converted, the next step is to create digital elevation models (DEM's) so we can create an elevation change layer to better see the impacts a storm surge. Working with this kind 

The map below shows the elevation changes along the coast of Mantoloking, NJ after Hurricane Sandy.

 

Forestry and Lidar

 

Crime Analysis