This area was created by the staff at Wetlands Watch and supports activity for the new “Sea Level Rise” app. We are running the app on iPhone and Android devices and are in the field testing it now. The goal is to crowdsource flooding information for use by researchers, emergency managers, people working on predictive flood models, and citizens seeking control of the flooding impacts in their coastal communities - so we can start to take action on flooding and sea level rise.
Version 1.1 of the app has two modes for data collection:
1) Trouble – this mode allows the approved user to indicate locations where flooding occurs, provide some information about the type of flooding (rain, tidal, both), and take photos of the location. Red pins are dropped at flood locations and are displayed along with descriptive information.
2) Events – this mode collects information about the extent of flooding during flood events by allowing the approved user to walk the edge of the flooded area and drop blue location pins every few feet, creating an outline of the extent of the flooding.
While the app is available to all to view, data entry is only allowed for approved users who have undergone basic training (takes 10 mins). This is done to insure consistent data collection, since some of this information will be used by government agencies and academic researchers to develop flood protection tools in the future.
This device is being tested along the Atlantic Coast and will work anywhere in the world. We are expanding its use and finding new test cases for its operation and looking for new partners to insure the app's sustainability.
Read more about recent app activity:
Phone App Data Used in Flooding Model Visualization
Phone App Tests Running Length of Atlantic Coast
Data exported in recent flood mapping exercises
Fall higher tides present opportunity for phone app mapping demonstration
Recent Activity
October 03
Matt Rajkowski @Sea Level Rise published Sea Level Rise 2.0 IS HERE!
2 years ago
September 02
Skip Stiles @Sea Level Rise: Gettting ready to do some ad hoc mapping on Sat, 9/3/2016. Anyone in Norfolk who wants to map, get back to me.
2 years ago
April 23
David Richards @Sea Level Rise: Old Dominion University, Wetlands Watch, AeroTech and Concursive Corporation are partnering on the "Market Bridge Coastal Resilience Challenge" competition. This is a design competition that rewards the winning team with $10,000. What do you have to win? Simply submit the best idea for a next-generation mobile app that helps us live with, adapt to, and manage sea level rise. The competition isn't looking for the app to be developed. Rather, simply for it to be conceived and illustrated. For more information visit: http://gov2com.org/s...
2 years ago
David Richards @Sea Level Rise: You wouldn't know this by the number of "News" items we add to this stream, but there's actually been a fair number of tests and live mappings of water-related events. These have taken place with volunteers as well as real academics from Maine to Florida and many states in-between.
2 years ago
October 04
Skip Stiles @Sea Level Rise posted the topic Liability Waivers
3 years ago
October 03
Erin Deady @Sea Level Rise posted a photo: Neighborhood in Lower Matecumbe, Islamorada (Events)
3 years ago
Maddy Russell @Sea Level Rise posted the topic Registered
3 years ago
Web Master 2 @Sea Level Rise: Our first non-Hampton Roads mappers are testing the app around Hurricane Joaquin. They're spread out from Florida to New York. Go team, go!
3 years ago
Skip Stiles @Sea Level Rise posted a reply to Day 1 tracking from Georgia
3 years ago
October 02
Madeleine Russell @Sea Level Rise posted the topic Day 1 tracking from Georgia
3 years ago
September 27
Derek Loftis @Sea Level Rise posted a photo: Water was 3 1/2 inches deep at the Norfolk a calibration point near the Chrysler Museum of art (Events)
3 years ago
Derek Loftis @Sea Level Rise posted a photo: W. Olney St. and Boush St. Flooding in Norfolk Hague (Events)
3 years ago
Derek Loftis @Sea Level Rise posted a photo: Intersection of Duke Street and West Olney (Events)
3 years ago
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An Innovation Collaboration
Our app was created as a collaboration between two, leading Hampton Roads organizations: Wetlands Watch, the only statewide organization at the grassroots to save wetlands in the mid-Atlantic region, and Concursive Corporation, an Intel Capital portfolio company.
Events
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JC NERR staff test
Starts 9/29/2016 at 1:25 PM EDT
Ends 10/2/2016 at 11:55 PM EDT
420 East Main St, Tuckerton NJ 08087 -
Hermine - 9-3-2016
9/3/2016 12:00 AM - 11:55 PM EDT
2601 Granby Ave., Norfolk Virginia 23517 -
May 2016 New Moon
Starts 5/5/2016 at 2:30 PM EDT
Ends 5/8/2016 at 3:55 AM EDT
Norfolk, VA, 2601 Granby Ave., Norfolk VA 23517 -
Wetlands WAtch board test
Starts 4/18/2016 at 4:00 AM EDT
Ends 4/19/2016 at 3:55 AM EDT
1121 Graydon Ave., Norfolk Virginia 23507 -
Eastern Shore April 7-10
Starts 4/7/2016 at 4:00 PM EDT
Ends 4/11/2016 at 3:55 AM EDT
40 Atlantic Avenue, Wachapreague VA 23480 -
UNC-CH Beaufort Test
Starts 4/5/2016 at 4:00 AM EDT
Ends 4/6/2016 at 3:55 AM EDT
425 Front St, Beaufort NC 28516 -
Eastern Shore Test at Oanancock
Starts 3/23/2016 at 4:20 AM EDT
Ends 3/24/2016 at 3:20 AM EDT
2 Market Street, Onanaock VA 23417 -
Eastern Shore Test Event
Starts 3/23/2016 at 4:00 AM EDT
Ends 3/24/2016 at 3:55 AM EDT
40 Alantic Ave., Wachapreague VA 23480 -
Cape Cod test #4 - 3/13/16
Starts 3/13/2016 at 5:00 AM EDT
Ends 3/14/2016 at 3:55 AM EDT
3195 Main St,, Barnstable MA 02630 -
Maine Test - Slovinski
3/9/2016 2:40 PM - 4:40 PM EST
93 State House Station , Augusta ME 04333 -
Social Coast Demo - 2/9-2/11 2016
Starts 2/9/2016 at 5:00 AM EST
Ends 2/12/2016 at 4:55 AM EST
Charleston, SC, 387 King Street, Charleston SC 29403 -
Cape Cod Test #3 - 2/8/2016
Starts 2/8/2016 at 5:00 AM EST
Ends 2/10/2016 at 4:55 AM EST
3195 Main St,, Barnstable MA 02630 -
Lake Wright wetland
1/27/2016 10:00 PM - 10:30 PM EST
Land adjacent to Lake Wright in Norfolk, 6280 Northampton Blvd, Norfolk Virginia 23502 -
Newport News 1/24/2016
Starts 1/24/2016 at 5:00 AM EST
Ends 1/25/2016 at 4:55 AM EST
18 south King st., Hampton VA 23669 -
Jan 22-24 Cousteau NEER Mappign (NJ)
Starts 1/22/2016 at 5:00 AM EST
Ends 1/25/2016 at 4:55 AM EST
130 Great Bay Blvd., Tuckerton NJ 08087 -
Cape Cod Test #2
Starts 12/14/2015 at 5:00 AM EST
Ends 12/15/2015 at 4:55 AM EST
3195 Main St, , Barnstable MA 02630 -
cape cod test mapping
Starts 11/10/2015 at 5:00 AM EST
Ends 11/11/2015 at 4:55 AM EST
3675 Main St, Barnstable MA 02630 -
florida mapping 10/29/2015
Starts 10/29/2015 at 4:00 AM EDT
Ends 10/30/2015 at 3:55 AM EDT
12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo FL 33773 -
florida mapping 10/28/2015
Starts 10/28/2015 at 4:00 AM EDT
Ends 10/29/2015 at 3:55 AM EDT
12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo FL 33773 -
Georgia Oct 2015 mapping
Starts 10/27/2015 at 4:00 AM EDT
Ends 10/29/2015 at 3:55 AM EDT
715 Bay Street, Brunswick GA 31520 -
Florida Mapping 10/27/15
Starts 10/27/2015 at 4:00 AM EDT
Ends 10/28/2015 at 3:00 AM EDT
12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo FL 33773 -
Norfolk Mapping 10-27-28/2015
Starts 10/27/2015 at 4:00 AM EDT
Ends 10/29/2015 at 3:55 AM EDT
801 Union St, , Norfolk Virginia 23510 -
Galveston flooding 10/24-27/2015
Starts 10/24/2015 at 12:40 PM EDT
Ends 10/27/2015 at 3:40 AM EDT
823 Rosenberg, Galveston TX 77553 -
New Jersey Storm Mapping - 10-4-2015
Starts 10/4/2015 at 4:00 AM EDT
Ends 10/5/2015 at 3:55 AM EDT
105 80th St, Avalon NJ 08202 -
norfolk storm mapping 10-4-2015
Starts 10/4/2015 at 4:00 AM EDT
Ends 10/5/2015 at 3:55 AM EDT
801 Union St, Norfolk Virginia 23510 -
Nags Head Mapping 10-4&5-2015
Starts 10/4/2015 at 4:00 AM EDT
Ends 10/6/2015 at 3:55 AM EDT
9601 S. Old Oregon Inlet Rd., Nags Head NC 27959 -
New York Mapping: 10-4-2015
Starts 10/4/2015 at 4:00 AM EDT
Ends 10/5/2015 at 3:50 AM EDT
2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn NY 11210 -
Tybee Island 10-4&5-2015
Starts 10/4/2015 at 4:00 AM EDT
Ends 10/6/2015 at 3:55 AM EDT
1509 Strand St, Tybee Island GA 31328 -
South Carolina - 10/3&4/2015
Starts 10/3/2015 at 4:30 AM EDT
Ends 10/5/2015 at 3:55 AM EDT
1027 Oceanview Rd, , Charleston SC 29412 -
Florida Mapping - 10-3&4-2015
Starts 10/3/2015 at 4:00 AM EDT
Ends 10/5/2015 at 3:55 AM EDT
15 s university circle, Deland FL 32724