U.S. Federal Mapping Coordination for Hurricane Sandy Recovery

Mapping requirements and plans collected by NOAA and federal partners for areas impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The data are intended to coordinate the use of emergency supplemental funds for ocean and coastal mapping activities. The information supports decision-making for marine debris removal, beach renourishment, habitat assessment, and coastal resilience.

Use Cases

• Planning hydrographic survey campaigns based on identified requirements for side scan and multibeam data.
• Prioritizing beach renourishment projects based on topographic and bathymetric lidar data plans.
• Assessing habitat changes for environmental impact studies using planned digital imagery and hyperspectral data.
• Updating nautical charts for safe navigation using coordinated hydrographic survey data.
• Modeling coastal inundation risks for future storm resilience using integrated topobathy data.

Strengths

• Data is coordinated by the Integrated Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IWG-OCM), led by NOAA.
• Focuses on the 'map once, use many times' principle to optimize federal and state emergency funding.
• Supports a wide range of applications mentioned in the description, from marine debris removal to coastal resilience.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-03-24 20:02:38.935835; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Information collected from federal and state agencies on requirements and plans.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-24 20:02:38.935835

Geography

Sandy-impacted region of the United States