This from the latestnews update from FEMA -- FEMA provides access to the National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL) through a Web Map Service named "flood," which displays flood hazard areas with blue map symbols.
FEMA's customers use this service directly in Geographic Information System (GIS) and computer mapping software, and through old versions of the "FEMA NFHL" Google Earth (tm) utility file (kmz file).
On November 30, 2008, FEMA will end the "flood" WMS.
To avoid a gap in service, if you use an application that displays flood hazard areas with blue map symbols and:
. You use GIS or computer mapping software, please change your software to use the "NFHL" WMS.
. You use the "FEMA NFHL" Google Earth (tm) utility (kmz) files, please upgrade to the new version of the "FEMA NFHL" kmz file.
Information about the "NFHL" WMS and "FEMA NFHL" Google Earth (tm) utility (kmz) file is available in the NFHL section of the FEMA Map Service Center web page at http://msc.fema.gov.
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