Source observations around an event
Request pre-event and event-period data for a catchment or portfolio. Receive suitable observations for your existing assessment process.
What you take away
Dated imagery and coverage information
Solutions / Flood exposure and recovery
Find the flood observations. Focus the follow-up.
Bring your event area and asset list. Acquire suitable observations, compare the recorded extent and give your team a practical way to review locations after a flood.
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Explore a workflow for this industry. The app preview uses illustrative data; contact us to discuss your own sites, requirements and access.
For your team
- Local authorities
- Asset owners
- Disaster consultants
- Environmental review teams
The work you need to do
Connect the event footprint to your asset list.
Identify assets needing review
Compare observed water with your roads, facilities or property records. Keep potential exposure and confirmed field findings distinct.
What you take away
Exposure candidates with observation dates
Prepare a recovery briefing
Bring repeat observations, inspection notes and review status into one report so colleagues can see what still needs attention.
What you take away
Site review report and follow-up list
01 / Acquire the data
Order for your location.
Specify what matters.
Specify an event area anywhere on Earth and the observations you need. Compare suitable archive radar, optical or published event products; for subsequent recovery observations, explore future collection options. Confirm coverage, timing and availability before ordering. Data delivery can complete the request without an analysis or app.
- Location and coverage
- Provide the event boundary, upstream context and assets to review. Include the minimum area that must be covered in a delivery.
- Dates and collection
- Specify baseline and event windows, relevant capture times and delivery deadlines. Identify whether the request concerns an archive event or later recovery observations.
- Measurements and quality
- Request the spatial detail, radar products or optical bands needed. Review cloud, terrain, vegetation and urban areas that complicate water interpretation.
- Delivery and license
- Choose georeferenced imagery or mapped products, source metadata and permitted sharing with your assessment partners. Review the quote and delivery terms.
- Radar observations
- Optical imagery
- Published event maps
- Elevation and field records
Just need the data? Acquiring it is a complete outcome. Use delivered files in your own tools where the license permits, or continue with analysis and apps in Milkypad.
02 / Run your own analysis
From event data to an inspection plan
Use the delivery in your own tools, or ask Milkypad to help prepare a dated exposure review.
- 01
Define the event and assets
Set the area and time window. Add asset identifiers, earlier observations and available field or gauge records.
- 02
Acquire suitable observations
Compare source options, review coverage and ordering terms, then receive the agreed data and capture information.
- 03
Compare and review exposure
Ask for a water-extent comparison suited to the observations and overlay your assets. Inspect uncertain areas and compare findings with local observations from the same period.
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Prepare the follow-up
Export reviewed candidates and a briefing, or build a reusable app for inspections and later recovery rounds.
03 / Build and customize your app
Flood Exposure Review
A proposed app for moving from an event map to an asset review list. Customize the map, filters and briefing in plain language, then let colleagues operate the app directly.
Explore a prepared example
Observed water and assets in one event review
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01 / Data inputs
Place the event beside your assets
Start with the event window, catchment and asset records. Select suitable observations and keep their acquisition times attached.
- Event windowDates relevant to the review
- Asset inventoryThe locations you need to inspect
- Source coverageObserved and unresolved areas
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02 / Review a layer
Review candidate water exposure
The blue overlay illustrates an event-water footprint around selected assets. Observed extent does not establish peak flooding, depth or damage.
- Water footprintA prepared comparison layer
- Asset intersectionsCandidates for closer review
- Unresolved areasKeep data gaps in the assessment
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03 / Use an app
Prepare a post-event inspection queue
Use a review app to connect candidate exposure with field confirmation, site notes and the next assessment action.
- West assetsCompare with the event observation
- River crossingRequest local confirmation
- South sitePrepare the follow-up briefing
Prepared scenes and records show how a workflow could look. These are illustrative locations and layers, with no live data or analysis.
Illustrative app brief
Build a flood review app for our asset inventory. Show capture dates and coverage, filter potentially exposed sites, and let reviewers add field confirmation and export a dated inspection list.
Describe the tool and the changes you need in ordinary language. The AI assistant helps build it; colleagues use the resulting maps, tables, and controls without writing code.
Explore App BuilderControls for your team
- Select the event and observation date
- Filter assets by type and review status
- Inspect excluded or uncertain map areas
- Record field findings and follow-up notes
Exposure review map
Observed extent, asset candidates and data gaps shown together.
Inspection list
Site identifiers, reasons for review and recorded field confirmation.
Event briefing
A dated summary with sources, coverage and outstanding checks.
Use the result with context
Keep the event timing in view
A capture may miss peak flooding. Observed extent does not establish water depth, building damage or insured loss. Use local evidence and qualified review for those conclusions.
Questions for your workflow
Plan the work
around your needs.
Can we request observations for a past flood?
Yes. Specify the area and event window so matching archive products can be assessed. Available capture times and coverage determine what the delivery can show.
Is radar always the right source?
Radar can help when clouds obstruct optical imagery, but terrain, vegetation and built structures affect interpretation. Choose the source and method for the event conditions.
Can our team reuse the app for another event?
That is the intended workflow. Keep asset identifiers and review controls, then add suitable observations and an event-specific analysis for the next assessment.
Milkypad for floods
Which event and assets do you need to review?
Share the area, event dates, data requirements and briefing or inspection output your team needs.
Discuss your requirements