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Tompkins County committee hears pitch for MyCoast photo‑reporting to fill small‑scale flood data gaps
Summary
A summer intern and a New York State Water Resources Institute representative asked Tompkins County officials to promote MyCoast, a photo‑reporting tool that captures local flooding and erosion to supplement large‑scale flood models.
Ally Hartung, a summer intern with the New York State Water Resources Institute, told the Tompkins County Planning, Energy and Environmental Quality Committee on June 9 that MyCoast is an app and web platform that lets residents upload geolocated photos and reports of flooding, shoreline change and storm impacts to build a local archive.
“MyCoast...allows people to share and track photos of changing water levels, shorelines, and hazardous weather impacts,” Hartung…
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