Draft Details

1.1 Inclusions

This Standard provides requirements and recommendations for the following:

a)  geospatial data that is produced for a flood study, including data management, geospatial reference systems, file formats, geometric validity, data layer schema, and interoperability;

b)  data required for flood mapping, including digital terrain models (DTMs), imagery, and thematic geospatial datasets;

c)  map layout and base mapping requirements;

d)  specific requirements for different types of flood maps; and

e)  data ownership and copyright.

1.2 Exclusions

This Standard does not cover bathymetric data collection or topo-bathymetric DTM development in detail.

1.3 Terminology

In this Standard, “shall” is used to express a requirement, i.e., a provision that the user is obliged to satisfy in order to comply with the standard; “should” is used to express a recommendation or that which is advised but not required; and “may” is used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of the Standard.

Notes accompanying clauses do not include requirements or alternative requirements; the purpose of a note accompanying a clause is to separate from the text explanatory or informative material.

Notes to tables and figures are considered part of the table or figure and may be written as requirements.

Annexes are designated normative (mandatory) or informative (non-mandatory) to define their application.