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Current GRANIT Projects
| Coastal Floodplain Mapping Project |
| Description | In an ongoing effort to provide more accurate flood maps in New Hampshire, new floodplain data and maps will be created for a number of flooding sources within the Piscataqua / Salmon Falls watershed basin. The study area covers 239 miles and includes 17 communities within the eastern portions of Rockingham and Strafford Counties. The new floodplain data will be based on high resolution LiDAR topographic data collected in the spring of 2011, which will yield more accurate products than prior efforts ... More |
| Lead Agency | GRANIT |
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| RiskMAP FY11 |
| Description | GRANIT staff at Earth Systems Research Center are assisting the NH Office of Energy and Planning in implementing FEMA's Risk MAP (Mapping, Assessment and Planning) Program in New Hampshire, as outlined in the state's business plan submitted to and approved by FEMA. To support this objective, GRANIT staff are involved in a range of activities including maintenance of a digital base map inventory, assessment of community mapping needs, maintenance of DFIRM web pages, and participation in outreach ... More |
| Lead Agency | UNH Earth Systems Research Center |
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| Space Grant - 2011 |
| Description | Object-based image analysis (OBIA) methods are being used to classify various forms of forest change in northern New Hampshire. Definiens OBIA software is used to segment and classify clearcut, thinned, and forests in the early stages of succession based on Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) data from September of 2001 and August of 2010. As a general rule, areas that appear green in 2001 and bright pink in 2010 are classified as "clearcut", while areas that are green in 2001 but brownish green in 2010 ... More |
| Lead Agency | GRANIT |
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