The goal of FEMA's Map Modernization Plan is to upgrade the 100,000 panel flood map inventory by:

• developing up-to-date flood hazard data for all floodprone areas nationwide to support sound floodplain management and prudent flood insurance decisions
  
  
• providing the maps and data in digital format to improve the efficiency and precision with which mapping program customers can use this information
  
  
• fully integrating FEMA's community and state partners into the mapping process to build on local knowledge and efforts
  
  
• improving processes to make it faster to create and update the maps
  
  
• improving customer services to speed processing of flood map orders and raise public awareness of flood hazards
  
  

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