"______________ For the Nation" Watch: Elevation

A story from the Associated Press on the Boston Globe web site focuses on cal by the NRC for an update of elevation data across the US:

The National Research Council yesterday proposed an "Elevation for the Nation" program to produce up-to-date data.

The story reports on the effort by FEMA to move from paper to digital Flood Maps, but notes that the basic elevation data behind those Flood Maps are in some cases decades out of date. And it explains, very briefly "Lidar."

Via All POINTS BLOG.