Flood Mapping Louisiana in Virtual Earth

<p><a href="LA Consolidated Government, with a grant from Department of Homeland Security, and FEMA, " target="_blank">Lafayette, Louisiana Consolidated Government</a>, with a grant from Department of Homeland Security, and FEMA, has a public facing Louisiana Mapping Project web site showing citizens flood risk zones in particular regions. <p>Within only a couple of weeks, the initial phase of this public facing site has been upgraded to utilize Virtual Earth. <p>With this, they are seeing a considerable improvement in site performance. <p>Check it out for yourself. <a href="http://gis.lafayettela.gov/website/femafloodzones_prelim/viewer.htm" target="_blank">Here is the site</a> not yet upgraded with Virtual Earth maps (have patience as the old maps load): <p><a href="http://gis.lafayettela.gov/website/femafloodzones_prelim/viewer.htm" target="_blank">

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