JCastleton
commented
4 years ago "Report Summary, table: I see one column with the heading "Mapped Hazard Severity." Per my comments elsewhere regarding the word "severity," I think this is misleading. With the exception of ground shaking, where the map category may include the word "severe," what we're mapping is susceptibility, which is different from severity. Susceptibility refers to the degree to which something may or may not happen; severity refers to how bad or impactful the thing that happens may be. For the column heading, how about "Mapped Hazard Category" (or just "Hazard Category")?"
This has been fixed in the tables and the text and just needs to be updated.
So the Table 1 description is fixed but I don't know where the table itself is sourced from to change the "Mapped Hazard Severity" there.
marshallrobinson
mikehylland
marthajensen
[x] Any possibility of giving the user a heads up right off the bat regarding the maximum allowable extent for the area of interest? I found myself getting the "Area of interest is too large, try a smaller extent" message multiple times as I gradually selected smaller and smaller areas, thinking, "Hmmm, this is kinda lame..." I think that response could be mitigated somewhat by telling the user in the "Report Generator" pop-up window that the custom reports are intended for relatively small areas (maybe provide a guideline for maximum area). In other words, establish the expectation level right at the start.
[x] Report Summary, table: I see one column with the heading "Mapped Hazard Severity." Per my comments elsewhere regarding the word "severity," I think this is misleading. With the exception of ground shaking, where the map category may include the word "severe," what we're mapping is susceptibility, which is different from severity. Susceptibility refers to the degree to which something may or may not happen; severity refers to how bad or impactful the thing that happens may be. For the column heading, how about "Mapped Hazard Category" (or just "Hazard Category")?
[x] In the report I generated, the table shows two instances of "Collapsible Soil Susceptibility," both with a Hazard Severity of "Unlikely." Both hyperlinks appear to take me to the same place in the report. Something that needs to be fixed?
[x] Earthquake Hazard, main paragraph: There are a couple instances where "M" (magnitude) is bold. They should all be plain text (no bold), as we're using "magnitude" generally (i.e., not specifying a particular type of magnitude. The bold M had previously been used to indicate moment magnitude, but that convention seems to have fallen out of use.). (I also see a bold M in "Liquefaction Susceptibility"; the bold should be removed anywhere "M" is used.)
[x] Earthquake Hazard: In the list of earthquake hazards, is there a formatting issue with "Earthquake-Triggered Landslides and Rockfall"? Only the word "Earthquake" is bold, and the rest of the hazard name is separated from the word "Earthquake."
[x] In reference lists, I see a reference to the Glen Canyon hazards report as a contract deliverable. This should be updated to reference the Special Study.
[x] My report produces a section on "Flood Hazard." Under the flood hazard map, two hazard categories are shown, but the map itself doesn't show any mapped hazard areas, either within my area of interest or in the immediate surroundings. This seems to be a problem with the map rendering, as the main app does indeed show two hazard categories in my area of interest.
[x] One additional comment regarding the main app page: Are we going to provide a version and date of most recent update (similar to what we do on the existing Q Faults app)? Seems like that might be important for tracking and referencing updates. Also, on the custom report, perhaps right below the "Report generated on" line, might be helpful to add a line something to effect of: "Data from Utah Geologic Hazards Portal, version X."