The Coastal Structures Management, Analysis, and Ranking Tool (CSMART) is an internet application being developed in the Coastal Inlets Research Program (CIRP) for prioritization of coastal jetties and breakwaters in OM budget development.

There was a need to improve the interface visualization capability, develop an online help system, and refine connectivity and features already implemented for Google Earth backgrounds.

• Ranks coastal structures using economic indicators (commercial tonnage and fishing), security indicators (US Coast Guard incident reports), and port facilities infrastructure (dredging volumes and boat ramp data) to provide decision-support tools to all levels of Corps management in an effort to reduce cost of O&M at Federal coastal inlet navigation projects.
• The final rankings can be exported and saved for later viewing, or used to generate Google Earth™ overlays for visualizations.