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LiDAR Acquisition Workshop Scheduled for June 18, 2009
9AM to Noon
Joseph Young
Maine Floodplain Management Program
Digital Elevation Model Hailey, Idaho Aero-Metric Inc. Thomas Asbeck, from Aero-Metric Inc. has agreed to put on a workshop focused on writing specifications for LiDAR acquisition. The workshop will be held in the main conference room at the State Planning Office on 184 State Street, Augusta. Topics to be included are; How do I write an RFP?, What information do I need to provide to
potential vendors to insure the LiDAR data set meets my needs at a competitive
price? Once I receive the data, how do I QA/QC it to make sure it meets
the requirements of my project? What elements of the LiDAR dataset should be
checked to make sure I received what I paid for? and, what other potential
applications can this rich dataset be used for? Mr. Asbeck is Production Manager for Aero-Metric Inc. a provider of geospatial services to government and corpoprate clients based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and with nine other offices accross the United States.
As Flight Operations/Production Manager, Mr. Asbeck is
responsible for all data collection and mapping activities. He approves all flight plans and integrates
acquisition activities as well as controling the corporation's budget for
capital improvements in aircraft, imaging, surveying, and production
technologies. Additionally, Mr. Asbeck
directly supervises production at Aero-Metric's Sheboygan, Wisconsin
facility. Space is limited so please e-mail your intent to attend to Joseph Young, Floodplain Mapping Coordinator.
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Remember This?
I bet you can't get this one either! Grey beard or not it should be a challenge!
We will publish the location in our next newsletter along with the names of anyone who can identify it.If you have any flooding pictures you would like to contribute to our archives please send them along either by e-mail or regular parcel post to:
Joseph Young
Maine State Planning Office
184 State St.
38 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0038.
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Last Months Picture
Got Ya!
This is Downtown Mexico During the 1987 April Fools Day Flood
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Floodplain Map Meetings Scheduled for Cumberland and YorkInformational meetings will be held in York and Cumberland Counties on June 22 and 23 to discuss the recently released preliminary Floodplain Maps. These meetings are designed to provide local officials an the public an opportunity to review the maps, make comments and to learn about the process for adopting new flood plain maps.
Meetings are scheduled in the following locations:
For Cumberland County;
Scarborough Municipal Building
295 US Route 1,
Scarborough, ME.
Monday June 22, 2009 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Directions
Naples Town Hall
15 Village Green Lane, Naples, ME
Monday June 22, 2009 6:00
PM to 9:00 PM. Directions
For York County Towns;
Kennebunk Town Hall
3rd Floor, Room 300-301
1 Summer Street,
Kennebunk, ME.
Tuesday, June 23rd
1:00 PM- 3:00 PM
Directions
Sanford Town Hall
Council Chambers
919 Maine Street, Sanford, ME.
Tuesday, June 23rd
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM.
Directions
For more information or to register for any of the meetings please contact Joseph Young Floodplain Mapping Coordinator.
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Cumberland and York County Preliminary DFIRMS Released
Joseph Young, Mapping Coordinator Maine Floodplain Management Program 207-287-8051 FEMA delivered preliminary maps for Cumberland County communities to review during the week of May 20th and York County towns should be receiving their maps on or about June 9th. The deliverance of these maps will mark entry into the final phase of remapping of floodplains in these two counties. The new products will be in digital format allowing for integration into other GIS products such as parcel and zoning maps. Community review of these maps is of critical importance to ensure the most accurate maps possible. Special attention should be focused on the coastal communities. Many of these communities have received new engineering studies and re-delineation of flood plains. There may be some substantial changes in flood zones so it is important that community officials and code enforcement officers be aware of the changes. Property owners may find their property with in a floodplain in the new maps resulting in the need for flood insurance if they do not have it already. By buying insurance early they could minimize premium costs by entering the program at the lowest premium level for being outside a floodplain. This gives the owner a grandfathered status that ensures discounted pricing once the new maps become effective. If you have any questions regarding the mapping process please contact Joseph Young.
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Hundreds Attend Maine Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference
JoAnn Mooney207.624.4466 State Hazard Mitigation Officer Maine Emergency Management Agency More than
500 people attended the First Annual Maine Partners in Emergency Preparedness
Conference held at the Augusta
Civic Center
on April 30 - May 1, 2009.
One
attendee echoed typical comments by writing, "The best part of the conference
was listening to presenters with experience, either in an actual incident or
planning expertise!"
In an
effort to address emerging issues at the time of the conference, Dr. Dora Mills
added a presentation on the states' response to the H1N1 virus. The H1N1 presentation was well received by
the attendees and the information was subsequently used by many communities in
their own response to the virus.
Attendees
had the opportunity to attend break-out sessions that were organized by topics
that included Business Preparedness, Community Preparedness, HAZMAT, Incident
Responses, Natural Hazards and Planning, Operations and Response, Public Health
and Home Preparedness, School Preparedness, and Volunteer Opportunities.
The two-day
conference attendees included the American Red Cross, business owners,
emergency management, the EPA, federal and state agencies including FEMA, fire
departments; law enforcement; Maine CDC, schools, the Small Business Administration,
volunteer agencies including the Maine Volunteer Organizations Active in
Disaster and the Citizen Corp, and many individuals who help Mainers prepare
for different types of emergencies.
The
conference was organized and sponsored by the Maine Association of Local
Emergency Managers, State Emergency Response Commission and the Maine Emergency
Management Agency.
Mark your calendar - The Second Annual Maine Partners in
Emergency Preparedness Conference is already scheduled for May 24-25, 2010 at
the August Civic Center. Please reserve those dates on your calendar
and watch for additional updates. For
more information on the Annual Maine Partners in Emergency Preparedness
Conference please contact the Co-Chairs:
Dwane Hubert and Robert Gardner of Maine Emergency Management Agency at
207-624-4400.
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Quote of the Day
"The future is where we will spend the rest of our lives..."
Edward D. Wood
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Newsletter Funding
This newsletter is funded with a grant provided by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA)
EMB-2007-CA-0874
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