Capabilities
What HydroMap does, in depth.
HydroMap LLC delivers engineering services, software development, and technical consulting across the full stack of water resources informatics. We select a small number of engagements each year and invest deeply in each one.
Water Modeling & Forecasting
National Water Model (NWM) integration, flood inundation mapping, hydrologic forecast post-processing, and operational data pipelines for rivers, reservoirs, and watersheds.
- NWM API design and deployment
- Flood inundation mapping (HAND, synthetic rating curves)
- Reach-indexed forecast delivery
- Real-time data ingestion
Software Engineering
Custom application development across desktop, web, and mobile — delivered as production software, research prototypes, or open-source packages.
- GIS plugin development (QGIS, MapWindow)
- Mobile apps (iOS & Android)
- Python, .NET, TypeScript
- REST API design and deployment
Hydroinformatics
Hydrologic information systems, observations data services, and metadata standards that make water data discoverable and usable.
- CUAHSI Hydrologic Information System
- WaterML / WaterOneFlow services
- HydroShare integration
- Time series data architecture
GIS Consulting
Geospatial analytics and decision-support systems for watershed planning, environmental assessment, and water-resource management.
- Custom spatial analysis toolboxes
- Watershed delineation workflows
- Geoprocessing automation
- Data visualization and map design
Expert Witness
Technical expert services in civil litigation involving GIS software, water-modeling tools, and hydrologic engineering, drawing on two decades of source-code-level familiarity with the major software systems in the field.
- Software patent disputes
- Source code analysis
- Expert reports and depositions
- Technology due diligence
Research Collaboration
HydroMap partners with universities and federal research centers on water-resources research, prototyping, and translating research outputs into operational software.
- CIROH / NOAA research programs
- University research collaborations
- Federally-funded R&D subcontracts
- Open-science publishing