Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
These files contain topographic lidar data collected by the CHARTS system in Saipan, CNMI. This file contains both first and last returns. The data points representing bare earth have been classified as such using TerraScan. Classification values are: Class 1: Unclassified Class 2: Ground
Citation
Title 2007 JALBTCX Topographic Lidar: Saipan, CNMI
publication  Date   2007-12-11
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  NOAA's Ocean Service, Coastal Services Center (CSC)
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), Coastal Services Center (CSC)
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX)
Topic Category:  elevation
Theme keywords (theme):
Bathymetry/Topography
Lidar
Elevation
thesaurus name >
Title None
Location keywords:
United States Territory
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI)
Saipan
thesaurus name >
Title None
Temporal keywords:
May 2007
thesaurus name >
Title None
Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Resource Type > Document
publication  Date   2017-08-24
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Thu Aug 24 09:58:53 UTC 2017
Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Hydrologic Feature
publication  Date   2017-08-24
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Thu Aug 24 09:58:53 UTC 2017
Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2017-08-24
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Thu Aug 24 09:58:53 UTC 2017
Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Physiographic Feature
publication  Date   2017-08-24
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Thu Aug 24 09:58:53 UTC 2017
purpose:
The purpose of this survey is to collect topographic lidar across the island of Saipan to support the production of 2-foot contours.
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of JALBTCX, the Coastal Services Center, or its partners. Disclaimer 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.
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.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints: None
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  145.689546
eastBoundLongitude  145.830793
northBoundLatitude  15.290357
southBoundLatitude  15.091355
Temporal Extent
2007-05-06 2007-05-09
Additional information on resource:
This data set was collected for the CNMI Coastal Resources Management Office, CNMI Department of Public Works, and the CNMI Emergency Management Office. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District project manager was Milton Yoshimoto (contact number: 808-438-2250). A footprint of this data set may be viewed in Google Earth at: ftp://ftp.csc.noaa.gov/pub/crs/beachmap/qa_docs/cnmi/2007_JALBTCX_Topo_Saipan_Lidar.kmz
Credits:
Acknowledgement of the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX) would be appreciated in any publications or derived products.
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reference system 1

Reference System Identifier
Identifier string: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
authority
Title World Geodetic System 1984
alternateTitle  WGS 84
revision  Date   2007-08-27
cited responsible party - resourceProvider
organisation Name
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name WGS 84
URL:http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
link function information
Description GML of World Geodetic System 1984 coordinate 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: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::5715
authority
Title Mean Sea Level depth
alternateTitle  MSL depth
revision  Date   2012-08-10
cited responsible party - resourceProvider
organisation Name
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name MSL depth
URL:http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::5715
link function information
Description GML for Vertical CRS in EPGS Registry.
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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Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Resource lineage description
source
source description  Source Contribution: LidarSource Type: hard drive
source citation
Title 2007 CNMI Saipan CHARTS Survey
publication  Date   2007-01-01
Edition 1
presentationForm  documentHardcopy
other Citation Details  These data were collected by JALBTCX as project number 07006.
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  JALBTCX (comp.)
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
2007-05-06 2007-05-09
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description  The data positions were obtained using post processed KGPS methods. The horizontal accuracy of the data is better than +/- 0.75m.
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy
measure Description  1 Sigma
Quantitative Result
result value 0.75
value Units
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Vertical Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description  The data positions were obtained using post processed KGPS methods. The vertical accuracy of the data is better than +/- 0.20m.
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Vertical Positional Accuracy
measure Description  1 Sigma
Quantitative Result
result value 0.20
value Units
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description  These data covered the required survey area with minimal gaps in data coverage except near tops of mountains. These gaps are caused when the ground elevation rises so steeply that the lidar swath (based on maximum scan angles and altitude) from adjacent flight lines no longer overlap. These gaps are at elevations above the maximum required for this project. The data postings are very consistent with nominal posting density of 1.3 meters.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description  The data provided in this file were tested against ground truthed data. At these locations the lidar data matched within 0.20 meters, and different flight line data agreed within 0.20 meters.
QuantitativeAttributeAccuracy
name Of Measure Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Assessment
measure Description  These data are not attributed.
evaluation Method Description  These data are not attributed.
Quantitative Result
result value N/A
value Units

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  NOAA Coastal Services Center
position Name Clearinghouse Manager
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 843-740-1210
Address
2234 South Hobson Ave., Charleston, SC, 29405-2413
electronic Mail Addressclearinghouse@noaa.gov
Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
individual Name Pamela Grothe
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Contact information
Telephone
Voice (303) 497-6120
Fax (303) 497-6513
Address
NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC E/GC1 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80305-3328 Country USA
electronic Mail Addresspamela.grothe@noaa.gov
hoursOfService 7:30-5:00 Mountain
contact Instructions
Contact Data Center
Metadata data stamp:  2011-11-19
Resource Maintenance Information
date of next update:  2012-11-19
maintenance or update frequency:  annually
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2012-08-08 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform.
notes: Translated from FGDC 2012-10-10T10:40:02.12-06:00
notes: Last Metadata Review Date: 2011-11-19
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
organisation Name  NOAA Coastal Services Center
position Name Clearinghouse Manager
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 843-740-1210
Address
, Charleston, SC, 29405-2413
electronic Mail Addressclearinghouse@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:  gov.noaa.csc.maps:2007_USACE_CNMI_m561

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)