New Interactive Map For Understanding Global Flood Risks

An anonymous reader writes "Using computations on the massive near-global SRTM surface model from NASA, this map lets you query watersheds, interactively set the sea-level and flood the world (North America at 500m increase in sea-level), or play around with river thresholds on a global or regional scale (computed rivers around NYC/NJ). It can be used to get an understanding of the watersheds and water flow paths in your local neighborhood; do you know where rain (or pollutants) that falls in your backyard end up? The map is freely available to the public."

Re:If you're going to go to all that trouble...

[SeeSchloss]

The sea-floor elevation maps are vastly less precise (because you can't just use a radar from satellite to measure sea-floor).

Re:There is an interactive sea-level map from NASA

[rickyslashdot]

http://climate.nasa.gov/intera... [nasa.gov] found here http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multim... [nasa.gov] along with other goodies or you could spend time going thru http://nasasearch.nasa.gov/sea... [nasa.gov]