2011 U.S. Geological Survey Topographic LiDAR: LiDAR for the North East

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
USGS Contract: G10PC00026, Task Order Number: G10PD02143 Task Order Numbers: G10PD01027 (ARRA) and G10PD02143 (non-ARRA) The LiDAR for the North East Project, funded in large part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, as well as, other funding sources was designed to help stimulate the U.S. economy and provide for more accurate floodplain mapping in the North East, representing the start of a regional LiDAR collection program that served as a test case for a national elevation program. Lead by the United States Geological Survey's (USGS) National Geospatial Program Office and the State of Maine's Office of GIS with active collaboration and participation by other federal, state and local agencies resulted in LiDAR acquisition and processing of over 8,000 sq. miles of (LiDAR) data of a coastal zone spanning six North Eastern states, including Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York. USGS's National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (USGS NGTOC) in Rolla, MO provided project management and quality control oversight for the project which consisted of two Task Orders issued to USGS contractor, GMR Aerial Surveys inc. d/b/a Photo Science (contractor), for task order execution through the use of USGS's Geospatial Products and Services Contract (USGS Contract: G10PC00026). Task Order specifications included state/area specific vertical accuracy, nominal post spacing and tide coordinated acquisition requirements. To see state/area specific information please see the individual project metadata links in the Supplemental_Information section below. NOAA CSC received the topographic LAS files from USGS and Maine Office of GIS. The data was minimally processed by CSC, however the classes were adjusted (individual points were not changed): NOAA CSC Modified Classification Scheme: Class 1: Unclassified Class 2: Ground Class 7: Noise Class 9: Water Class 10: Breakline Proximity Class 14: Bare (Open) Water Class 15: Overlap Water Class 16: Overlap Bare (Open) Water Class 17: Overlap Default Class 18: Overlap Ground
Citation
Title 2011 U.S. Geological Survey Topographic LiDAR: LiDAR for the North East
publication  Date   2013-08-01
presentationForm  imageDigital
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 843-740-1200
Address
2234 South Hobson Ave., Charleston, SC, 29405-2413
electronic Mail Address coastal.info@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://coast.noaa.gov
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  DOI/USGS > United States Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Maine's Office of GIS (MEGIS)
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 843-740-1200
Address
2234 South Hobson Ave., Charleston, SC, 29405-2413
electronic Mail Address coastal.info@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://coast.noaa.gov
Topic Category:  elevation
Keywords:
Theme keywords (theme):
Topography/Bathymetry
Elevation
Model
LiDAR
Remote Sensing
thesaurus name >
Title none
Location keywords:
US
Coastal Northeast US
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Maine
New York
Connecticut
thesaurus name >
Title None
Theme keywords (theme):
Survey
thesaurus name >
Title Activity > Observation
publication  Date   2017-08-24
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Thu Aug 24 09:51:40 UTC 2017
Theme keywords (theme):
Topographic
thesaurus name >
Title Resource Type > Document
publication  Date   2017-08-24
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Thu Aug 24 09:51:40 UTC 2017
Theme keywords (theme):
USGS
NOAA
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Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
publication  Date   2017-08-24
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Theme keywords (theme):
Island
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Hydrologic Feature
publication  Date   2017-08-24
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Theme keywords (theme):
U.S. Department of Commerce
Office of Information Technology
thesaurus name >
Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
publication  Date   2017-08-24
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Theme keywords (theme):
Water
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Environmental Material
publication  Date   2017-08-24
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Thu Aug 24 09:51:40 UTC 2017
Theme keywords (theme):
Topographic
Vertical
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2017-08-24
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Thu Aug 24 09:51:40 UTC 2017
Theme keywords (theme):
Topographic
Elevation
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Physiographic Feature
publication  Date   2017-08-24
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Theme keywords (theme):
Specification
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Title Resource Type > Specification
publication  Date   2017-08-24
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Thu Aug 24 09:51:40 UTC 2017
purpose:
LiDAR data has a wide range of applications such as earthquake hazard studies, hydrologic modeling, forestry, coastal engineering, roadway and pipeline engineering, flood plain mapping, wetland studies, geologic studies and a variety of analytical and cartographic projects.
Browse image (thumbnail):
thumbnail file name:  ...
file type: kmz
thumbnail file description:  This kmz file shows the extent of coverage for the 2011 USGS Lidar for the Northeast data set.
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
These data depict the elevations at the time of the survey and are only accurate for that time. 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. Any conclusions drawn from analysis of this information are not the responsibility of NOAA or any of its partners. These data are NOT to be used for navigational purposes.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Use Limitation
While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
Spatial representation type code:  vector
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -74.236678
eastBoundLongitude  -66.938738
northBoundLatitude  45.193096
southBoundLatitude  40.574468
Temporal Extent
2010-12-20 2011-12-11
Credits:
Photo Science, Inc. flew the LiDAR and processed the data. Northrop Grumman/3001 helped with the acquisition of the LiDAR data. Acknowledgement of the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated for products derived from these data.
point of contact - pointOfContact
organisation Name  State of Maine, Office of Information Technology
position Name State GIS Manager, Maine Office of GIS
Contact information
Telephone
Voice (207)215-5530
Address
State House Station 174, 264 Civic Center Drive, Augusta, ME, 04333-0174 Country USA
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Vector spatial representation information

Geometric Objects
geometric Object Type  point
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reference system 1

Reference System Identifier
Identifier string: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269
authority
Title North American Datum 1983
alternateTitle  NAD83
revision  Date   2007-01-19
cited responsible party - resourceProvider
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name NAD83
URL: http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269
link function information
Description Link to Geographic Markup Language (GML) description of reference system.
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  European Petroleum Survey Group
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name European Petroleum Survey Group Geodetic Parameter Registry
URL: http://www.epsg-registry.org/
link function search
Description Registry that accesses the EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset, which is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations.
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reference system 2

Reference System Identifier
Identifier string: Ellipsoid in Meters
Identifier code space:  Local Vertical Reference
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Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Resource lineage description
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Vertical Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description  The reported RMSEz value was determined using the calibration control points, and not the Blind Control. The calibration control points are the same points that were used to remove any bias in the dataset before bare earth editing. The listed RMSEz values shown below were calculated from the ground (ASPRS Class 2) data in the final Classified LAS file. The vertical unit of the value is in decimal meters with 2-decimal point precision: - Massachusetts: 0.071 - Connecticut UTM Zone 18N: .100 - Connecticut UTM Zone 19N: .049 - New Hampshire: 0.091 - New York: 0.061 - Rhode Island: 0.067
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Vertical Positional Accuracy
measure Description  Root Mean Square Z in meters, as calculated from Classified LAS files.
Quantitative Result
result value 0.15
value Units
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description  Datasets contain complete coverage of project area and tiles.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description  Raw Flightlines, Classified LAS files, Breaklines, and Raster DEMs were tested by Photo Science for both vertical and horizontal accuracy. Checks are done to ensure that the data is seamless from one tile to the next before being combined and that breaklines meeting the project requirements have been collected across the entire project area. Combining the breaklines with LiDAR data to create other deliverables is another check of the data. All data are seamless from one tile to the next, no gaps or no data areas.

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 843-740-1200
Address
2234 South Hobson Ave., Charleston, SC, 29405-2413
electronic Mail Address coastal.info@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://coast.noaa.gov
Standard ordering process
Ordering Instructions  The National Geophysical Data Center serves as the archive for this LIDAR data. NGDC should only be contacted for this data if it cannot be obtained from NOAA Coastal Services Center.
Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
individual Name Mike Sutherland
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers of Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 303-497-6120
Fax 303-497-6513
Address
325 Broadway E/GC1, Boulder, CO, 80305-3328 Country USA
electronic Mail Address mike.sutherland@noaa.gov
hoursOfService 7:30am-5:00pm Mountain
Standard ordering process
Ordering Instructions  The National Geophysical Data Center serves as the archive for this LIDAR dataset. NGDC should only be contacted for the data if it cannot be obtained from NOAA Coastal Services Center.
Format
Format name LAZ
Format version 

Metadata data stamp:  2013-11-26
Resource Maintenance Information
date of next update:  2014-11-26
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 2013-01-04 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 for LiDAR transform.
notes: Translated from FGDC 2013-11-26T17:10:30.28-05:00
Metadata contact - author
individual Name Mike Sutherland
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers of Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 303-497-6120
Fax 303-497-6513
Address
325 Broadway E/GC1, Boulder, CO, 80305-3328 Country USA
electronic Mail Address mike.sutherland@noaa.gov
hoursOfService 7:30am-5:00pm Mountain
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:  gov.noaa.csc.maps:ne2011_usgs_lftne_m2524

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)