2023 NYS Lidar: Lake Ontario Shoreline, NY

Description

Original Dataset Product: These lidar data are processed Classified LAS 1.4 files, formatted to 2690 individual 1500 m x 1500 m tiles; used to create intensity rasters, 3D breaklines and hydro-flattened DEMs as necessary. Original Dataset Geographic Extent: Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Orleans, Oswego, St. Lawrence, and Wayne Counties counties, New York, covering approximately 2337 square miles. Original Dataset Description: The lidar project called for the Planning, Acquisition, processing and derivative products of lidar data to be collected at a nominal pulse spacing (NPS) of 0.7 meters. Project specifications are based on the U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Program Base Lidar Specification v2023, Rev. A. The data was developed based on a horizontal projection/datum of NAD83 (2011), Universal Transverse Mercator, meters and vertical datum of NAVD88 (GEOID18), meters. Lidar data was delivered as flightline-extent unclassified LAS swaths and as processed Classified LAS 1.4 files, formatted to 2690 individual 1500 m x 1500 m tiles, as tiled Intensity Rasters, and as tiled bare-earth DEMs; all tiled to the same 1500 m x 1500 m schema. Ground Conditions: Lidar was collected in spring 2023, while no snow was on the ground and rivers were at or below normal levels. In order to post process the lidar data to meet task order specifications and meet ASPRS vertical accuracy guidelines, Sanborn Map Company, Inc., established a total of 28 ground control points that were used to calibrate the lidar to known ground locations established throughout the project area. An additional 150 independent accuracy checkpoints, 84 in Bare Earth and Urban landcovers (84 NVA points), 66 in Tall Grass and Brushland/Low Trees categories (66 VVA points), were used to assess the vertical accuracy of the data. These check points were not used to calibrate or post process the data. This dataset was downloaded by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) from the New York State GIS Clearinghouse to make the data available for bulk and custom downloads from the NOAA Digital Coast Data Access Viewer.

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Name Format Description Link
0 Create custom data files by choosing data area, product type, map projection, file format, datum, etc. A new metadata will be produced to reflect your request using this record as a base. Change to an orthometric vertical datum is one of the many options. https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=10407/details/10407
21 Bulk download of data files in LAZ format, UTM Zone 18N NAD83(2011) meters coordinates, and elevations in NAVD88(GEOID18) meters. https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/10407/index.html
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/76868
23 Link to view the point cloud (using the Entwine Point Tile (EPT) format) in the 3D Potree viewer. https://coast.noaa.gov/lidar/viewer/v/noaapotree.html?r=https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/entwine/geoid18/10407/ept.json
0 The Data Access Viewer (DAV) allows a user to search for and download elevation, imagery, and land cover data for the coastal U.S. and its territories. The data, hosted by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management, can be customized and requested for free download through a checkout interface. An email provides a link to the customized data, while the original data set is available through a link within the viewer. https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/76868.pdf
23 Entwine Point Tile (EPT) is a simple and flexible octree-based storage format for point cloud data. The data is organized in such a way that the data can be reasonably streamed over the internet, pulling only the points you need. EPT files can be queried to return a subset of the points that give you a representation of the area. As you zoom further in, you are requesting higher and higher densities. A dataset in EPT will contain a lot of files, however, the ept.json file describes all the rest. The EPT file can be used in Potree and QGIS to view the point cloud. https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/entwine/geoid18/10407/ept.json

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  • vertical location
  • topography
  • united states of america
  • office of coastal management
  • land surface
  • terrain elevation
  • national ocean service
  • oceans
  • continent
  • noaa
  • north america
  • airplane
  • doc/noaa/nos/ocm
  • new york
  • coastal elevation
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • light detection and ranging
  • lidar
  • coastal processes

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