2001 NCFMP Lidar: Phase 1A (Neuse, Pasquotank, Tar-Pamlico, White Oak River Basins)

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
This airborne LiDAR terrain mapping data was acquired January through March 2001. The data were collected for the floodplain mapping program for the state of North Carolina. The data were collected for the state in three phases: 1, 2, and 3. This metadata record describes that data that were in phase 1 of collection and fall within the Neuse, Pasquotank, Tar-Pamlico, and White Oak River Basins in central and eastern North Carolina. This area consists of 33 counties which are listed below in the Place Keywords field. The data were received by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Lidar Coordination and Knowledge (CLICK). For data storage and Digital Coast provisioning purposes, the OCM converted the data to geographic coordinates and ellipsoid (Geoid99) elevations. The data are unclassified.
Citation
Title 2001 NCFMP Lidar: Phase 1A (Neuse, Pasquotank, Tar-Pamlico, White Oak River Basins)
publication  Date   2012-12-01
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  NC Floodplain Mapping Program (NCFMP), NC Department of Crime Control and Public Safety (NCDPS) Division of Emergency Management, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR)
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Linkage for online resource
URL: http://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/index.html?action=advsearch&qType=in&qFld=ID&qVal=1397
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Linkage for online resource
URL: ftp://coast.noaa.gov/pub/DigitalCoast/lidar1_z/geoid12a/data/1397
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URL: http://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer
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Linkage for online resource
URL: http://coast.noaa.gov
Keywords:
Theme keywords (theme):
LIDAR
Lidar
Elevation
Full return
Raw
Contour
Shapefile
ESRI
Elevation
Flood
Floodplain
Hydraulic Modeling
thesaurus name >
Title Keywords
Location keywords:
North Carolina
NC
Coastal
Neuse River Basin
Pasquotank River Basin
Tar-Pamlico River Basin
White Oak River Basin
Beaufort County
Camden County
Carteret County
Chowan County
Craven County
Currituck County
Dare County
Durham County
Edgecombe County
Franklin County
Gates County
Granville County
Greene County
Halifax County
Hyde County
Johnston County
Jones County
Lenoir County
Martin County
Nash County
Onslow County
Orange County
Pamlico County
Pasquotank County
Perquimans County
Person County
Pitt County
Tyrrell County
Vance County
Wake County
Warren County
Washington County
Wayne County
Wilson County
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Title Geographic Names Information System
Theme keywords (theme):
Survey
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Title Activity > Observation
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 06:59:44 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
NOAA
USGS
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Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 06:59:44 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
River
Basin
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Title Feature > Hydrologic Feature
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 06:59:44 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
Phasing
Data Storage
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Title Method > Information Processing
publication  Date   2016-11-14
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Theme keywords (theme):
Hide
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Title Material > Environmental Material
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 06:59:44 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
LIDAR
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Instrument
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 06:59:44 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
Geography
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Title Science Domain > Earth Science
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 06:59:44 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
ESRI
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Title Organization > Commercial Organization
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 06:59:44 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
Coast
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Marine Feature
publication  Date   2016-11-14
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Theme keywords (theme):
Metadata Record
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Title Resource Type > Data Set
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 06:59:44 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
Elevation
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Physiographic Feature
publication  Date   2016-11-14
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Mon Nov 14 06:59:44 UTC 2016
purpose:
These data were collected and derived by the North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program (www.ncfloodmaps.com) as part of its effort to modernize FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) statewide. Although created for specific use in the engineering aspects of floodplain delineation, the data were also developed to address the elevation data requirements of the broader geospatial data user community. The North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program was established in response to the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
Browse image (thumbnail):
thumbnail file name:  ...
file type: kmz
thumbnail file description:  This graphic shows the lidar coverage for the Neuse, Pasquotank, Tar-Pamlico, and White Oak River Basins in Phase 1 of the North Carolina statewide lidar collection.
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 NC Floodplain Mapping Program, EarthData International, the NOAA 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 that 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
Constraints on resource usage:
Security Constraints
Classification  unclassified
Classification System None
Handling Description N/A
Spatial representation type code:  vector
Processing environment:  Native Dataset Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -79.241832
eastBoundLongitude  -75.451653
northBoundLatitude  36.563854
southBoundLatitude  34.464308
Temporal Extent
2001-01-03 2001-03-23
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/1397/supplemental/2001_NCFMP_Lidar_Phase1a.kmz The Lidar Accuracy Assessment Reports for these data are available by county and may be viewed at: http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/lr/geodetic/floodplaininfo
Credits:
Acknowledgement of the North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program is appreciated when using the data set. This data set was developed for the North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program by EarthData International of North Carolina. Parts of the raw data acquisition were subcontracted to Horizons Inc. and 3001 Inc.
point of contact - pointOfContact
organisation Name  NC Floodplain Mapping Program
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 919-715-0408
Address
4105 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607 Country USA
electronic Mail Address hmorgan@ncem.org
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Grid spatial representation

number of grid dimensions: 2
Grid axis property:
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  column
Dimension Size 
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  row
Dimension Size 
transformation parameter availability:  false
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Content information: feature catalog description

Included With Dataset  false
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Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Resource lineage description
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description  LIDAR full return mass points were compared with surveyed elevations provided by independent contractors to the NCGS. More information about the Quality Control reports is available at http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/lr/geodetic/floodplaininfo. Numerous internal quality assurance/quality control steps taken to ensure the quality of the LIDAR terrain data to meet the bare earth requirements and RMSE accuracy standards in the NC Floodplain Mapping Program. Step 1. Preprocessing Step 2. Post-Automated Editing QC (Data Evaluation) Step 3. QC Check of Tiles Step 4. Manual Editing (Hillshade Checks / Peer Review) Step 5. QC and Tile Edge Matching Step 6. Final EarthData QC Step 7. Comparisons of Independent Field Survey Data with LIDAR Data
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy
measure Description  RMSE (m) of bare earth LIDAR points compared with independent checkpoints.
Quantitative Result
result value 2
value Units
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Vertical Positional Accuracy Report
evaluation Method Description  LIDAR full return mass points were compared with surveyed elevations provided by independent contractors to the NCGS. A vertical bias was acquired after airport calibration based on this comparison. For the NC Floodplain Mapping Program, the vertical accuracy for coastal counties is less than or equal to 20 cm RMSE. For mainland counties, the vertical accuracy of the elevation data is less than or equal to 25 cm RMSE. The RMSE value for each county is available in the Lidar Accuracy Assessment Report. These reports are available by county and may be viewed at: http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/lr/geodetic/floodplaininfo Numerous internal quality assurance/quality control steps were taken to ensure the quality of the LIDAR terrain data to meet the bare earth requirements and RMSE accuracy standards in the NC Floodplain Mapping Program. Step 1. Preprocessing Step 2. Post-Automated Editing QC (Data Evaluation) Step 3. QC Check of Tiles Step 4. Manual Editing (Hillshade Checks / Peer Review) Step 5. QC and Tile Edge Matching Step 6. Final EarthData QC Step 7. Comparisons of Independent Field Survey Data with LIDAR Data
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Vertical Positional Accuracy
measure Description  RMSE (m) of bare earth LIDAR points compared with independent checkpoints.
Quantitative Result
result value 0.20
value Units
Completeness Commission
evaluation Method Description  The full return mass points contain voids where insufficient energy was reflected from the surface to generate a valid return from the terrain. Voids in the full return mass points tend to occur in water bodies. Wet sand and certain types of vegetation can also cause voids or anomalous elevations.
Completeness Omission
evaluation Method Description  The full return mass points contain voids where insufficient energy was reflected from the surface to generate a valid return from the terrain. Voids in the full return mass points tend to occur in water bodies. Wet sand and certain types of vegetation can also cause voids or anomalous elevations.
ConceptualConsistency
measure Description  Data was vertically adjusted based on RMSE and mean difference from control report.
QuantitativeAttributeAccuracy
name Of Measure Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Assessment
measure Description  Less than or equal to 20 cm RMSE of bare earth LIDAR points compared with independent checkpoints.
evaluation Method Description  LIDAR full returns were compared with NCGS QA/QC checkpoints using only single and final returns per pulse. A vertical bias was acquired after airport calibration based on this comparison. For the NC Floodplain Mapping Program, the vertical accuracy for coastal counties is less than or equal to 20 cm RMSE. For mainland counties, the vertical accuracy of the elevation data is less than or equal to 25 cm RMSE. More information about the Quality Control reports and a summary of the quality control checks for each county can be found at http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/lr/geodetic/floodplaininfo.
Quantitative Result
result value 20
value Units

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:  2012-12-01
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 2012-06-20T17:21:00 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform.
notes: Last Metadata Review Date: 2014-07-03
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:  caba2fb1-d885-4267-84a7-e211e010189f

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)