NOAA GIS Inundation Mapping Training
When: November 6&7 or November 8&9, 2012
Time: 9am - 5pm (daily)
Where: Southern California Association of Governments Headquarters, 818 W. 7th St., 11th Floor, LA, CA 90017
Hosted by: USC Sea Grant and SCAG
RSVP by October 5, 2012 to jahart@usc.edu
Cost: Free! Lunch will be on your own. Light breakfast and snacks will be provided.
Prerequisites: Basic GIS skills (minimum six months to one year)
Course Description
This 2-day, hands-on course provides an introduction to coastal inundation and coastal inundation mapping. Course modules are taught by NOAA's Coastal Services Center expert training staff. The course is a combination of lectures and exercises that allows attendees to gain a better understanding of the following topics:
- Understand the different types of coastal inundation
- Learn about mapping products and terminology
- Access topographic and bathymetric data
- Perform datum conversions
- Understand interpolation methods and create digital elevation models
- Understand coastal and ocean observation data and their applications
- Map coastal inundation using a GIS
- Map sea level rise using a modeled tidal surface
- Sheraton (across the street from SCAG headquarters)
711 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, California 90017 - Westin Bonaventure Hotel
404 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California 90071 - Millenium Biltmore Hotel
506 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90014
- At SCAG Building, 818 West 7th Street, LA, CA 90017-- $9/day
- Behind SCAG Building, at 7th Street and Flower Street ($8/day before 9 am)
- Next to SCAG Building, open air parking lot at 7th and Figueroa Street ($8/day before 9 am)
Click here to download GIS Inundation Course Flyer.
Please contact Juliette Hart for any more information (jahart@usc.edu)
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