Flood monitoring system website using google earth and 3D GIS

The locations where floods are generated are not always known. People nearby for whom there is a possibility of danger due to flooding need information by which to predict flooding and to find refuge quickly and exactly. A Flood Monitoring System website using Google Earth and 3D GIS has been developed by employing Google Earth pro v.6.0 and ArcGIS 10.0 (ESRI). This system provided a viewer for PC windows and smart phones in which information consisted of digital elevation data from a 2m Digital Surface Model (DSM) integrating a 1:2500 digital topographic map from the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan with official river information from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, transport and Tourism of Japan and local river offices. It included flood simulations and hazard maps from local governments. Any user is able to download KML file and/or Shape file data for private use.