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.
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