2006-2008 PAMAP LiDAR Data of Pennsylvania (Northern Counties)

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
This dataset consists of classified LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) elevation points produced by the PAMAP Program. PAMAP data are organized into blocks, which do not have gaps or overlaps, that represent 10,000 feet by 10,000 feet on the ground. The coordinate system for blocks in the northern half of the state is Pennsylvania State Plane North (datum:NAD83, units: feet); blocks in the southern half of the state are in Pennsylvania State Plane South. A block name is formed by concatenating the first four digits of the State Plane northing and easting defining the block's northwest corner, the State identifier "PA", and the State Plane zone designator "N" or "S" (e.g. 45001210PAS). The following are the collection dates for each county chronologically from 2006-2008: CLARION : 20060321 - 20060502 FOREST : 20060321 - 20060502 MERCER : 20060321 - 20060502 VENANGO : 20060321 - 20060502 LUZERNE : 20060406 - 20060429 CAMERON : 20060426 - 20060430 CENTRE : 20060426 - 20060430 CLEARFIELD : 20060426 - 20060430 JEFFERSON : 20060426 - 20060430 ELK : 20060426 - 20060430 & 20060321 - 20060502 CLINTON : 20070430 CRAWFORD : 20070430 ERIE : 20070430 LACKAWANNA : 20070430 LYCOMING : 20070430 MCKEAN : 20070430 POTTER : 20070430 TIOGA : 20070430 UNION : 20070430 WARREN : 20070430 MONTOUR : 20080325 - 20080506 COLUMBIA : 20080325 - 20080506 & 20080410 - 20080419 NORTHUMBERLAND : 20080325 - 20080506 & 20080414 - 20080510 BRADFORD : 20080406 - 20080505 SULLIVAN : 20080406 - 20080505 WYOMING : 20080406 - 20080505 PIKE : 20080409 - 20080507 WAYNE : 20080409 - 20080507 SUSQUEHANNA : 20080409 - 20080507 & 20080406 - 20080505 CARBON : 20080430 MONROE : 20080430
Citation
Title 2006-2008 PAMAP LiDAR Data of Pennsylvania (Northern Counties)
publication  Date   2013-09-27
presentationForm  LAS
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  NOAA's Ocean Service, Office for Coastal Management (OCM)
Contact information
Address
, Charleston, SC
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM)
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  PAMAP Program, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/index.html?action=advsearch&qType=in&qFld=ID&qVal=2573
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: ftp://coast.noaa.gov/pub/DigitalCoast/lidar1_z/geoid12a/data/2573
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://coast.noaa.gov
Topic Category:  elevation
Keywords:
Theme keywords (theme):
Topography
Elevation
Model
LiDAR
LAZ
Remote Sensing
thesaurus name >
Title none
Location keywords:
US
Pennsylvania
Bradford County
Cameron County
Carbon County
Centre County
Clarion County
Clearfield County
Clinton County
Columbia County
Crawford County
Elk County
Erie County
Forest County
Jefferson County
Lackawanna County
Luzerne County
Lycomin County
McKean County
Mercer County
Monroe County
Montour County
Northumberland County
Pike County
Potter County
Sullivan County
Susquehanna County
Tioga County
Union County
Venango County
Warren County
Wayne County
Wyoming County
thesaurus name >
Title None
purpose:
General-purpose aerial topographic survey of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. LiDAR data are useful for a variety of scientific and resource management applications such as hydrologic modeling, resource monitoring, mapping, global change research, and landscape visualization. These data were used in conjunction with color aerial photography to create color digital orthophotos, raster digital elevation models, and topographic contours (2 ft interval).
Browse image (thumbnail):
thumbnail file name:  ...
file type: KMZ
thumbnail file description:  This graphic shows the lidar coverage for PA northern blocks collected in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  unknown
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of PA DCRN, PAMAP, NOAA, the Office for Coastal Management or its partners.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use Constraints: Users should be aware that temporal changes may have occurred since this data set was collected and some parts of this data may no longer represent actual surface conditions. Users should not use this data for critical applications without a full awareness of its limitations. These data depict the heights at the time of the survey and are only accurate for that time.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints: None
Spatial representation type code:  vector
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -80.575257
eastBoundLongitude  -74.663306
northBoundLatitude  42.290361
southBoundLatitude  40.601898
Temporal Extent
2006-03-21 2008-05-10
Additional information on resource:
A footprint of this data set may be viewed in Google Earth at: ftp://coast.noaa.gov/pub/DigitalCoast/lidar1_z/geoid12a/data/2573/supplemental/pa2006_2008_pamap_north_counties.KMZ Collection reports from the vendor for this data set may be viewed at these locations: ftp://coast.noaa.gov/pub/DigitalCoast/lidar1_z/geoid12a/data/2573/supplemental/pa2006_2008_pamap.pdf and ftp://coast.noaa.gov/pub/DigitalCoast/lidar1_z/geoid12a/data/2573/supplemental/pa2006_2008_pamap_faq.pdf
Credits:
PAMAP Program, Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
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Content information: feature catalog description

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Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Resource lineage description
source
source description  Source Contribution: GPS control points are used to support the acquisition of the imagery and LiDAR data. A number of "blind-point" panels were established and used during the QA/QC check of the orthophotos, LiDAR data and contour information. All horizontal and vertical control was prepared under the supervision of licensed Professional Land Surveyors.Source Type: CD-ROM
source citation
Title GPS Photo Control Survey
publication  Date   2006-04-24
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  RETTEW Associates, Inc.
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2006-04-24
source
source description  Source Contribution: LiDAR elevation data used in the creation of the terrain surface.Source Type: disc
source citation
Title LiDAR
publication  Date   2006-04-30
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Woolpert
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  LandAir
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2006-04-26 2006-04-30
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description  The horizontal accuracy standard follows the NSSDA-1998 standard. The maximum permissible RMSE for 95% of the horizontal check points for the mapping product is 5 feet or better.
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Vertical Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description  Independent accuracy testing was performed by Dewberry using 24 high accuracy quality control checkpoints distributed on near level open bare terrain, high grass, brush, forest and urban terrain. Dewberry uses testing procedures consistent with those specified by both the NSSDA/FEMA and NDEP/ASPRS methods. NSSDA/FEMA: (1) Compared to criteria RMSEz less than or equal to 0.61 ft in Open Terrain, tested 0.535 ft; (2) Compared to criteria Accuracyz less than or equal to 1.19 ft at 95% confidence level, tested 1.049 ft. NDEP/ASPRS: (1) Compared to criteria Fundamental Vertical Accuracy less than or equal to 1.19 ft at 95% confidence level, tested 1.049 ft; (2) Compared to criteria Consolidated Vertical Accuracy less than or equal to 2.38 ft at 95% confidence level, tested 1.134 ft. Consolidated Vertical Accuracies from individual metadata reports 95% Confidence, tested Northern PA Collections Vertical Accuracies (cm) 2006 Central North : 20.4 ---- 2006 Luzerne : 32.0 ---- 2006 West Central North : 31.7 ---- 2007 North Central North : 19.2 ---- 2007 NorthWest : 14.3 ---- 2008 Bloomsburg : 12.8 ---- 2008 Hawley : 21.3 ---- 2008 Poconos : 15.2 ---- 2008 Towanda : 24.1 ---- Average ---- 21.2 ----
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Vertical Positional Accuracy
measure Description  The 95% confidence level could be phrased as "95% of the points meet or exceed the specified accuracy level." This statistic provides information on the quality of the data collection parameters (global quality). It can be calculated using RMSE x 1.96 if the errors have a normal distribution, which most bare-earth points follow
Quantitative Result
result value 0.21
value Units
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description  All files are visually inspected for completeness to ensure that no gaps or misplacement exists in the data. The files have been checked to ensure that the boundary and the content has been covered in its entirety.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description  All files are inspected by the Production Manager to ensure that they conform to the specified file naming conventions, all files load in their correct geographic position, all files conform to the project specifications for file standard and content.

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 843-740-1202
Address
2234 South Hobson Avenue, Charleston, SC, 29405-2413
electronic Mail Address coastal.info@noaa.gov

Metadata data stamp:  2013-06-06
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  annually
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2015-05-04 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform.
notes: Translated from FGDC 2015-06-11T11:41:51.845-04:00
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
organisation Name  NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 843-740-1202
Address
2234 South Hobson Avenue, Charleston, SC, 29405-2413
electronic Mail Address coastal.info@noaa.gov
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata language  eng; USA
Metadata character set encoding:   utf8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata record identifier:  d448b23c-0280-4ad8-ab75-7798e6cefad3

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)