1. Fraser River Flood Monitoring App
Ben Kerr, Foundry Spatial Ltd.
Matt Osler, City of Surrey

8. Why River Levels? Public safety Dyke maintenance Improved awareness
(public, engineering, emergency staff)

9. Why Surrey? Open Data Vulnerable to flooding during high water
Flood response and emergency management

10. Flood Protection South Westminster Dyking district (1920)
By 1967, 500 homes in flood plain plus significant industrial presence
Responsibility
transferred from
Province
Courtesy Surrey Archives

12. How
Open data
Web maps and interactive charts
Clean and simple design

13. Data 6 2 9 1 SCADA / ftp SCADA / ftp Web API Web scraper locations

14. Open data? Publically available* License allows re-use
* Public domain ¹ Open data
EX:

15. Web Maps & Interactive Charts
CartoDB
Map tiles
City of Surrey
ESRI web map
Leaflet.js
D3.js
Data from each network
presented in same manner (historical percentiles, current year observations)

16. Technology Linux Ubuntu (server) Postgres (database) NGINX (webserver)
Leaflet.js, D3.js (presentation)
100% open source (Annual software licensing costs = $0)

17. Web app best practices Users typically look for one thing
Too much choice can be debilitating
So,
Deliver that one thing quickly, clearly

18. Opportunities Further regional collaboration Predictions and forecast
Support open data
Develop partnerships
Focus on meeting a specific need, and knock it out of the park

19. Questions