The Texas Hazard Mitigation Package (THMP) an online digital geographic data resource for hazard analysis in Texas. A great find, this data-rich portal offers visitors a wealth of GIS data as well as some fantastic interactive mapping packages... most noteworthy, fire up the IMS and you can easily map a county and view historical hurricane tracks, flood-prone areas, evacuation routes, and other signifigant themes... for those planning or mapping for emergency response in Texas this is must bookmark!
About the THMP, a free resource:
The Texas Geographic Society (TXGS), a not-for-profit corporation located in Austin, Texas, received a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Planning Grant (HMPG) in 2003 as a sub-grantee to the Texas Division of Emergency Management. The purpose of this grant is to develop an Internet-based viewing and distribution tool for digital geographic datasets that can be used by state and local hazard mitigation planners and emergency managers in identifying natural hazards, risk areas and vulnerabilities in Texas.
According to the site, their purpose is as foillows:
1. Identify historical hazard occurences by the event location or summarized by county,
2. Identify hazard risk areas and other detailed geographic data relative to hazards
3. Identify vulnerable population and property value areas to particular hazards, and
4. Download any data to perform detailed quantification of impact on other mapping/GIS systems
Data available is themed as:
Base Maps
Weather related
non-weather
vulnerability
Supporting the data and map viewers is a listing of useful data resources and related web resources that are very useful... this site scores very high on our rating!
The Texas Hazard Mitigation Package (THMP) an online digital geographic data resource for hazard analysis in Texas. A great find, this data-rich portal offers visitors a wealth of GIS data as well as some fantastic interactive mapping packages... most noteworthy, fire up the IMS and you can easily map a county and view historical hurricane tracks, flood-prone areas, evacuation routes, and other signifigant themes... for those planning or mapping for emergency response in Texas this is must bookmark!
