FluxAtlas

Locally, change is accelerating.

A community sees a shoreline retreating, a road, home, or cemetery collapsing into the sea.

But without repeatable measurements, it's difficult to quantify how quickly the landscape is changing, or know exactly when action is needed.

Across Canada, the problem is everywhere.

243,000+

km Ocean Coastline

9,500

km Great Lakes Shoreline

7M+

Coastal Population

From the Arctic to the Atlantic, Pacific, and Great Lakes, Canadian communities face erosion and flooding across an enormous and difficult-to-monitor geography.

But we don't measure change everywhere.

Satellites

✓ Wide Coverage

✕ Often too coarse for local change

Professional Surveys

✓ High Precision

✕ Expensive and infrequent

Community Observation

✓ Local and Immediate

✕ Difficult to standardize

The result: vast areas sit in the dark between expensive professional surveys and coarse regional datasets.

And Canada is only the beginning.

150–200M

Immediate High-Value Target Zone

People living in the intersection of very low elevation and immediate coastal proximity.

~300M

Compound Risk Zone

People living in low-elevation river deltas where coastal and riverine processes interact.

1.4B+

Direct Fluvial Flood Exposure

People exposed to significant river flood risk globally.

Across the world, communities, infrastructure, and ecosystems are being reshaped by coastal and riverine change.

FluxAtlas connects these scales.

From smartphone surveys to professional-grade terrain data, FluxAtlas turns fragmented observations into a continuous, high-resolution record of landscape change.

Aligned with Global Goals

UN Ocean Decade Challenge 6

Increasing community resilience to ocean hazards through accessible, data-driven monitoring.

Measure. Monitor. Understand. Act.

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Technology Platform

Built to eliminate the bottlenecks of traditional geospatial processing.

Consumer Devices

Decision-ready Results

Unlock cm accurate outputs from the smartphones and off-the-shelf drones already deployed in your communities.

Multi-Source

One Shared Terrain Model

Seamlessly integrate varied datasets—from phone LiDAR to satellite imagery—into a single, cohesive environment.

Time

Measure Change, Not Just Geometry

Stop looking at static 3D models. Accurately measure erosion, deposition, and precise volumetric change over time.

Automation

Reduce Weeks to Minutes

Our algorithms handle the complex alignment of repeat surveys, replacing weeks of manual GIS labor with automated workflows.

What can you monitor with FluxAtlas?

Coastal & Riverine Erosion Monitoring

Track erosion and landscape change over time.

Infrastructure Risk

Monitor assets and surrounding terrain.

Community Monitoring

Enable local organizations to contribute repeat observations.

Research & Adaptation

Build datasets that support scientific research and climate adaptation.

Built on Research. Designed for Practice.

Academic Research

FluxAtlas originated from research into community-based coastal monitoring at the University of British Columbia and has grown into a platform for making repeat, community based, environmental monitoring more accessible.

Field Validation

Designed from firsthand experience conducting coastal monitoring in some of Canada's most challenging environments. Developed and tested across diverse environments including the Arctic, Coastal BC, and the Great Lakes.

Professional Practice

Developed directly by practicing coastal engineers to solve real-world industry bottlenecks.

Community Focused

Built to empower all users, not just the GIS wizards, to use terrain data to make the decisions that matter.

Our Team

Isaac Guld, P.Eng.

Founder & CEO

Coastal & Hydrotechnical Engineer

MASc Candidate, UBC

Isaac is a hydrotechnical engineer with nearly a decade of professional experience in coastal and riverine engineering. His recent graduate research focuses on community-based environmental monitoring and coastal change.

Andrew Zhao

Founder & CFO

JD/MBA Candidate, UBC

Andrew bridges the gap between law and finance. He pairs his background at an international law firm with financial expertise gained through his MBA and experience at the BC Securities Commission.

Anastasia Bogdanovic

Founder & COO

MASc Candidate (Civil Engineering)

Anastasia’s research on water treatment in decentralized settings brings expertise in community engagement, engineering, and science, making her the perfect founder to manage Community Engagement, Engineering, & Operations.

How FluxAtlas Works