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Levee Locator Tool - a GIS Application in Excel -. by W. Daniel Meyersohn, PhD, PE Senior Engineer, Water Resources Flood Project Integrity and Inspection Branch Division of Flood Management DWR. What is the Levee Locator Tool?.
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Levee Locator Tool- a GIS Application in Excel - by W. Daniel Meyersohn, PhD, PE Senior Engineer, Water Resources Flood Project Integrity and Inspection Branch Division of Flood Management DWR
What is the Levee Locator Tool? Excel application to geographically navigate through the State-federal flood management system Multiple way conversion between geographic coordinates, levee miles, river miles, and stationing systems 1600 miles of State-federal project levees 1450 miles of rivers and streams 580 miles of Delta levees Coded in Excel … why? Portability Small digital footprint (< 6MB) Self-contained (no additional software requirements) Low learning curve
State-Federal Flood Management System - Levees - Levee Maintaining Agencies Levee Units Levee Miles
Levee Locator Tool – Main Page Known location to coordinates Results: Levees Coordinates to identifiable location River Miles
Levee Locator Tool – Mapping Page Ability to map locations and identify levees