Authors: Andy Carter – University of Texas at Austin
Title: TX-Bridge: Flood Warnings for Bridges
Abstract: TX-bridge (pronounced as Texas Bridge) is a software repository designed to extract and derive geospatial data of bridges from LiDAR points classified as bridge. TX-bridge uses programmatic geospatial tools to create a data inventory of bridge information that can be paired with real-time and predictive stream flow modeling to provide warnings regarding the impact of flooding on gaged and un-gaged bridge structures. Specifically, it was built to conflate bridges to the National Water Center National Water Model (NWM) hydrofabric. TX-bridge was created using open-source tools and is written in Python. It is developed and maintained by Andy Carter at the University of Texas Center for Water and the Environment. The code is available on GitHub at http://github.com/andycarter-pe/tx-bridge.