Flood Information Online

Historical and potential flood areas, information on potential damage as well as up-to-date land use maps - all this can be accessed easily through an info button on www.floodrisk.eu. Additionally, the information system allows the user to access particular locations through a comfortable search function and to print high-resolution maps.

Local squad leaders, water management agencies, civil protection forces and rescue services, as well as European authorities in charge of international flood management - a great variety of users will benefit from the FloodServer in the next years.

In addition to the two geo-information providers user organisations such as the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) as well as the transnational INTERREG III B Project ELLA (ELbe and LAbe) dealing with risk prevention in the Elbe catchment, have supported the definition of the information layers implemented on the FloodServer today.

The novel approach of developing up-to-date geo-information services in close cooperation with the user organisations is a key aspect of the European GMES initatitive. Within this program, the European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA) work together to establish a long-term operational European Earth observation program. GMES is intended to provide authorities and administrations in Europe with environment and security related information. The FloodServer was developed within the GMES projects RISK-EOS and PREVIEW, which address the development and validation of GMES applications in the field of risk management.

The use of the FloodServer, which is jointly operated by Infoterra GmbH and geomer GmbH, is free of charge. Organisations and authorities interested in making flood risk maps and existing additional information accessible for their own responsibilities, can also utilise the platform. Minor charges may apply for individual editing and integration of data.