GIS5100 Module 3: Coastal Flooding
Ah, summer. How I wish to be at the beach! It's been raining on and off with this high-temperature weather. Sadly, no vacation until the end of the month, so I'm holding out and trying to get these modules done as early as I can. Instead, I get the chance to learn about the coast rather than be at the coast. Module 3 is on Coastal Flooding. This time around, we're talking about New Jersey and Florida, with Part A & B covering Hurricane Sandy and storm surges across New Jersey while Part C brings us back to Florida. This lab required a lot of LiDAR and DEM work, so I had to make sure I followed instructions way more than last week. Out of the gate, I was saddened because it required us to have access to the Data Interoperability Extension, which my laptop lacks. It drove me up the wall having to go back into the virtual desktop, but thankfully, Part A was the only part that required this and the SpatialETL Tool. It allowed us to convert LAZ to LAS. From there, we generat...