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Digital Coast Tools for Informed Coastal Decision Making in California

Learn how Digital Coast tools can inform coastal decision-making with high-resolution data, visualization alternatives, and training courses. Discover partnerships and resources available to support coastal management and planning efforts in Monterey County.

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Digital Coast Tools for Informed Coastal Decision Making in California

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  1. OfficeforCoastalManagement Digital Coast Using Digital Coast tools to inform coastal decision making California State Association of Counties Becky Smyth NOAA Office for Coastal Management December 1, 2015

  2. Digital Coast https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast

  3. DigitalCoast Partnership: • American Planning Association, • Association of State Floodplain Managers, • Coastal States Organization, • National Estuarine Research Reserve Association, • National Association of Counties • National States Geographic Information Council, • The Nature Conservancy, • Urban Land Institute, • NOAA Office for Coastal Management. OfficeforCoastalManagement

  4. Digital Coast Data • Over 65 terabytes of high-resolution data: Socio-economic, elevation, land cover, orthoimagery • 200-plus Web-mapping services • Linkages to over 40 national-level coastal data sets

  5. DigitalCoastElevationData OfficeforCoastalManagement

  6. Coastal Change Analysis Program

  7. Digital Coast Tools An inventory of over 50 decision-support and information visualization tools Many provide visualization and analysis capabilities without the need for GIS software Sea Level Rise Viewer Coastal County Snapshots Coastal County Snapshots CanVis

  8. Coastal CountySnapshots http://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/snapshots

  9. Ocean Jobs Snapshot

  10. Flood Exposure Snapshot

  11. CanVis 6FT above Mean Higher High Water Current Mean Higher High Water www.coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoastcanvis/

  12. CanVis CanVis Visualization Alternatives

  13. Sea Level Rise Viewer

  14. Digital Coast Training • 22 training courses, including many Web-based options • An archive of recorded webinars highlighting Digital Coast tools and data

  15. Monterey County Hazard Mitigation Plan Update: Digital Coast Pilot • Two goals: • Update Monterey County’s Hazard Mitigation Plan to include climate impacts • Understand how Digital Coast can be used and improved to help counties with updating their plans

  16. Monterey County: Digital Coast Contributions Provided hands on training for Hazard Mitigation Planning Team Provided data for coastal flooding and sea level rise analysis Also used in Flood Management Plan and several local coastal planning efforts

  17. Monterey County: The Results

  18. Connect with the Digital Coast https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast Rebecca.Smyth@noaa.gov 510-637-3791 http://www.facebook.com/NOAADigitalCoast @NOAADigitalCoast

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