Dataset Identification:
- This dataset consists of classified LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) elevation points produced by the PAMAP Program. Additional information is available at the PAMAP website: www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/pamap. 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: Chester : 20060321 - 20060502 ---- Cumberland : 20060406 - 20060429 ---- Dauphin : 20060406 - 20060429 & 20060321 - 20060502 ---- Delaware : 20060406 - 20060429 ---- Fayette : 20060406 - 20060429 & 20070430 ---- Franklin : 20060406 - 20060429 & 20060321 - 20060502 ---- Fulton : 20060406 - 20060429 ---- Greene : 20060406 - 20060429 ---- Huntingdon : 20060406 - 20060429 ---- Indiana : 20060406 - 20060429 ---- Juniata : 20060426 - 20060430 ---- Lancaster : 20060426 - 20060430 ---- Lawrence : 20060426 - 20060430 & 20060406 - 20060429 & 20060321 - 20060502 ---- Adams : 20070430 ---- Allegheny : 20070430 ---- Armstrong : 20070430 ---- Beaver : 20070430 ---- Bedford : 20070430 ---- Berks : 20070430 ---- Blair : 20070430 ---- Bucks : 20070430 ---- Butler : 20070430 ---- Cambria : 20070430 ---- Lebanon : 20080330 - 20080418 & 20080419 - 20080420 ---- Lehigh : 20080330 - 20080418 & 20080419 - 20080420 & 20080415 - 20080419 & 20080423 - 20080424 ---- Mifflin : 20080410 - 20080411 & 20080330 - 20080418 & 20080410 - 20080419 ---- Montgomery : 20080410 - 20080411 & 20080425 ---- Northampton : 20080410 - 20080418 & 20080402 - 20080403 & 20080321 - 20080326 ---- Perry : 20080410 - 20080419 & 20080410 - 20080418 & 20080424 & 20080415 - 20080419 ---- Philadelphia : 20080410 - 20080419 & 20080424 & 20080414 - 20080510 ---- Schuylkill : 20080414 - 20080425 & 20080414 - 20080510 & 20080321 - 20080326 ---- Snyder : 20080414 - 20080425 & 20080410 - 20080418 - 20080510 ---- Somerset : 20080414 - 20080425 & 20080410 - 20080418 & 20080321 - 20080326 ---- Washington : 20080419 - 20080420 & 20080415 - 20080419 & 20080423 - 20080424 & 20080402 - 20080403 ---- Westmoreland : 20080419 - 20080420 & 20080423 - 20080424 ---- York : 20080419 - 20080420 ----
- Title 2006-2008 PAMAP LiDAR Data of Pennsylvania (Southern Counties)
- publication Date 2013-09-27
- 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
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- Telephone
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- Voice 843-740-1200
- Address
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- 2234 South Hobson Ave., Charleston, SC, 29405-2413
- electronic Mail Address coastal.info@noaa.gov
- organisation Name PAMAP Program, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey
- 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
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- Telephone
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- Voice 843-740-1200
- Address
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- 2234 South Hobson Ave., Charleston, SC, 29405-2413
- electronic Mail Address coastal.info@noaa.gov
Theme keywords (theme):
Topography
Elevation
Model
LiDAR
LAZ
Remote Sensing
- Title none
Location keywords:
US
Pennsylvania
Chester County
Cumberland County
Dauphin County
Delaware County
Fayette County
Franklin County
Fulton County
Greene County
Huntingdon County
Indiana County
Juniata County
Lancaster County
Lawrence County
Adams County
Allegheny County
Armstrong County
Beaver County
Bedford County
Berks County
Blair County
Bucks County
Butler County
Cambria County
Lebanon County
Lehigh County
Mifflin County
Montgomery County
Northampton County
Perry County
Philadelphia County
Schuylkill County
Snyder County
Somerset County
Washington County
Westmoreland County
York County
- Title None
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
- publication Date 2017-08-24
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Property > Measure
- publication Date 2017-08-24
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Resource Type > Data Set
- publication Date 2017-08-24
Theme keywords (theme):
- Title Feature > Physiographic Feature
- publication Date 2017-08-24
purpose:
Browse image (thumbnail):
- maintenance or update frequency: unknown
- Constraints
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- 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.
- Legal Constraints
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- 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.
Resource extent
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- westBoundLongitude -80.546389
- eastBoundLongitude -74.709372
- northBoundLatitude 41.170386
- southBoundLatitude 39.688443
Geographic Bounding Box - Temporal Extent
Geographic Extent
2006-03-21
2008-05-10
- PAMAP Program, Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- individual Name Helen Delano
- organisation Name Pennsylvania DCNR Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey
- position Name Senior Geologic Scientist
- Contact information
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- Telephone
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- Voice 717?702?2031
- Address
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- 3240 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown, PA, 17057 Country U.S.
Vector spatial representation information
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- Geometric Objects
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- geometric Object Type point
reference system 1
- Reference System Identifier
- Identifier string: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269
- authority
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- Title North American Datum 1983
- alternateTitle NAD83
- revision Date 2007-01-19
- cited responsible party - resourceProvider
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- organisation Name
- Contact information
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- Linkage for online resource
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- 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
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- organisation Name European Petroleum Survey Group
- Contact information
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- Linkage for online resource
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- 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.
reference system 2
- Reference System Identifier
- Identifier string: Ellipsoid in Meters
- Identifier code space: Local Vertical Reference
Data quality information
Scope of quality information
- source
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- source description Source Contribution: GPS Ground Control points. 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
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- Title GPS Photo Control Survey
- publication Date 2006-04-24
- cited responsible party - originator
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- organisation Name RETTEW Associates, Inc.
Resource extent
- Temporal Extent
2006-04-24
- 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.
- 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 Southern PA Collections Vertical Accuracies (cm) 2006 Central South : 20.4 ---- 2006 SouthWest : 27.1 ---- 2006 WestCentral South : 31.7 ---- 2007 North Central South : 19.2 ---- 2007 South Central South : 20.7 ---- 2008 Allentown : 12.2 ---- 2008 Doylestown : 24.4 ---- 2008 Harrisburg : 23.8 ---- 2008 Hazleton : 15.2 ---- 2008 Lancaster : 23.8 ---- 2008 Philadelphia : 3.7 ---- 2008 Pottsville : 19.5 ---- 2008 Reading : 14.0 ---- 2008 Selinsgrove : 7.3 ---- 2008 Stroudsburg : 7.9 ---- 2008 Westchester East : 29.9 ---- 2008 Westchester West : 18.0 ---- 2008 York : 15.2 ---- Average ---- 18.6 ----
- 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
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- result value 0.19
- value Units
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- 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.
- 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
- 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
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- Telephone
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- Voice 843-740-1200
- Address
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- 2234 South Hobson Ave., Charleston, SC, 29405-2413
- electronic Mail Address coastal.info@noaa.gov
- 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
- individual Name Mike Sutherland
- organisation Name DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers of Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Contact information
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- Telephone
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- Voice 303-497-6120
- Fax 303-497-6513
- Address
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- 325 Broadway E/GC1, Boulder, CO, 80305-3328 Country USA
- electronic Mail Address mike.sutherland@noaa.gov
- 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 name LAZ
- Format version
- date of next update: 2014-12-31
- 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 2013-12-31T20:03:47.196-05:00
- individual Name Mike Sutherland
- organisation Name DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers of Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Contact information
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- Telephone
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- Voice 303-497-6120
- Fax 303-497-6513
- Address
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- 325 Broadway E/GC1, Boulder, CO, 80305-3328 Country USA
- electronic Mail Address mike.sutherland@noaa.gov