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2015 Lidar: Municipality of Anchorage, AK
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                deliveryPoint:  2234 South Hobson Ave
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                postalCode:  29405-2413
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      DateTime:  2020-09-15T00:00:00
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    identificationInfo:  (MD_DataIdentification)
        citation:  (CI_Citation)
            title:  2015 Lidar: Municipality of Anchorage, AK
            alternateTitle:  ak2015_anchorage_m8406_metadata
            date:  (CI_Date)
                date:  2017-12-14
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                    title:  NOAA/NMFS/EDM
                    date: (inapplicable)
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                  Anchor:  InPort Catalog ID 50281
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                organisationName:  NOAA Office for Coastal Management
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                        deliveryPoint:  2234 South Hobson Ave
                        city:  Charleston
                        administrativeArea:  SC
                        postalCode:  29405-2413
                        country: (missing)
                        electronicMailAddress:  coastal.info@noaa.gov
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                        linkage: https://coast.noaa.gov
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        abstract:  The base LiDAR deliverables will conform to USGS LBS specifications V1.4 for Quality Level 2 (QL2) data. The QL2 requires collection of 2 points per square meter (ppsm), nominal LiDAR pulse spacing of no greater than 0.7 meter for 463 square miles and 4 PPSM for 494 sq. miles and a vertical accuracy of better than 10-cm RMSE. (Merrick will provide data to a 9.25cm vertical accuracy in the interest of meeting a 1 foot contour accuracy specification and this will still meet the QL2 specification). The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) downloaded this lidar data from the USGS ftp site, processed it and made it available on the NOAA Digital Coast. In addition to this lidar point data, bare earth digital elevation model (DEM) raster and breakline data are also available. Links to these data are located in the URL section of this metadata record. The breakline data has not been reviewed by the OCM and is made available at the user's discretion . This data set is an LAZ (compressed LAS) format file containing LIDAR point cloud data.
        purpose:  957 square miles of 2 ppsm and 4 ppsm LiDAR to USGS QL2 specifications to support the Municipality base mapping efforts.
        credit:  Municipality of Anchorage, AK; Merrick & Co; McElhanney The custom download may be cited as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Digital Coast Data Access Viewer. Charleston, SC: NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Accessed Oct 20, 2020 at https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer.
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                    deliveryPoint:  2234 South Hobson Ave
                    city:  Charleston
                    administrativeArea:  SC
                    postalCode:  29405-2413
                    country: (missing)
                    electronicMailAddress:  coastal.info@noaa.gov
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                    city:  Charleston
                    administrativeArea:  SC
                    postalCode:  29405-2413
                    country: (missing)
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            fileName: https://coast.noaa.gov/htdata/lidar2_z/geoid12b/data/8406/supplemental/ak2015_anchorage_m8406.kmz
            fileDescription:  This graphic displays the footprint for this lidar data set.
            fileType:  kmz
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            keyword:  Earth Science > Land Surface > Topography > Terrain Elevation
            keyword:  Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coastal Elevation
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                title:  Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
                date: (missing)
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            keyword:  Elevation
            keyword:  LIDAR
            keyword:  Light Detection and Ranging
            keyword:  Topography
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            keyword:  North America > United States > Alaska
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                title:  Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)
                date: (missing)
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            keyword:  Anchorage
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            keyword:  2015
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            keyword:  Lidar - partner (no harvest)
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            useLimitation:  NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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            otherConstraints:  Access Constraints: None | Use Constraints: Users should be aware that temporal changes may have occurred since this data set was collected and that some parts of these data may no longer represent actual surface conditions. Users should not use these data for critical applications without a full awareness of its limitations. | Distribution Liability: Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of Merrick, the Municipality of Anchorage, the NOAA Office for Coastal Management, or its partners.
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        language:  eng; US
        topicCategory:  (MD_TopicCategoryCode) elevation
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                westBoundLongitude:  -150.286492
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                    description:   | Currentness: Ground Condition
                    beginPosition:  2015-05-10
                    endPosition:  2015-05-31
        supplementalInformation:  Fully Classified LAS formatted files LAS 1.4 format or as required by MOA Classification of the LiDAR point cloud in accordance with the following classification scheme: Class 1 = Processed, but Unclassified Class 2 = Bare-earth Ground Class 7 = Low point (noise) Class 9 = Water Class 10 = ignored ground (near a Breaklines) Class 17 = Bridges Decks
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            title:  LAS 1.4 format or as required by MOA Classification of the LiDAR point cloud in accordance with the following classification scheme: Class 1 = Processed, but Unclassified Class 2 = Bare-earth Ground Class 7 = Low point (noise) Class 9 = Water Class 10 = ignored ground (near a Breaklines) Class 17 = Bridge Decks
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                organisationName:  NOAA Office for Coastal Management
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                        voice:  (843) 740-1202
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                        city:  Charleston
                        administrativeArea:  SC
                        postalCode:  29405-2413
                        country: (missing)
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                linkage: https://coast.noaa.gov/htdata/lidar2_z/geoid12b/data/8406
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                name: https://coast.noaa.gov/htdata/lidar2_z/geoid12b/data/8406
                description:  Link to bulk download laz files in geographic coordinates and elevations in NAVD88 meters .
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        report:  (DQ_AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy)
            nameOfMeasure:  Horizontal Positional Accuracy
            evaluationMethodDescription:  This data set was produced to meet ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data (2014) for a 42.98 cm RMSEx / RMSEy Horizontal Accuracy Class which equates to Positional Horizontal Accuracy = +/- 74.68 cm at a 95% confidence level.
            result: (missing)
        report:  (DQ_AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy)
            nameOfMeasure:  Vertical Positional Accuracy
            evaluationMethodDescription:  This data set was tested to meet ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standard for Digital Geospatial Data (2014) for a 10.0-cm RMSEz Vertical Accuracy Class. Actual NVA accuracy (55 NVA check points) was found to be RMSEz = 6.965 cm, equating to +/- 13.651 cm at the 95% confidence level. Actual VVA accuracy (45 VVA check points) was found to be +/- 15.180 cm at the 95th percentile.
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            nameOfMeasure:  Completeness Report
            evaluationMethodDescription:  This dataset contains unclassified returns of the LIDAR sensor. The sensor data was verified in MARS software to ensure complete coverage.
            result: (missing)
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            nameOfMeasure:  Conceptual Consistency
            evaluationMethodDescription:  Calibrations of the LIDAR flightline data are performed; this process is known as boresighting. The flightlines are compared to evaluate both their relative and absolute accuracies.
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                description:  LIDAR data was collected using McElhanney's ALS70 HP LIDAR sensor. The raw data was verified in MARS software for complete coverage of the project area, and boresighted to align the flightlines. Raw data files were parsed into manageable client-specific tiles. These tiles were then processed through automated filtering that separates the data into different classification groups: unclassified points, ground points, low points, water, ignored ground, Bridge Decks and Culverts. The data was next taken into MARS to reclassify the erroneous points that may remain in the LIDAR point cloud after auto filter.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2016-11-29T00:00:00
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                description:  The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) downloaded the data in laz format from the USGS site on Nov 2, 2017 (ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/NED/LPC/projects/USGS_LPC_AK_Anchorage_2015_LAS_2017/) . The files contained lidar elevation and intensity measurements. The data were in UTM Zone 6 (NAD83) meters coordinates and NAVD88 (Geoid12a) elevations in meters. OCM did the following processing to the data for Digital Coast storage and provisioning purposes: 1. File names were changed to remove USGS_LPC_2017 and _LAS_2017 from the filenames. 2. Converted from UTM Zone 6 (NAD83) meters coordinates to geographic coordinates 3. Converted from NAVD88 elevations to NAD83(2011) ellipsoid elevations using Geoid12a grids 4. Copied the laz files to database and https
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                  DateTime:  2017-11-15T00:00:00
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                    title:  Ground Control
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                        date:  2015-01-01
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                        date:  2016-11-29
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                description:   The vertical values in this data set have been converted to reference North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) (GEOID12B) meters, using the GEOID12B grids provided by the National Geodetic Survey. Any datum and projection transformations were then done with the Office for Coastal Management 'datum_shift' program. Compression to an LAZ file was done with the LAStools 'laszip' program and can be unzipped with the same free program (laszip.org) Processing notes:
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2020-10-20T04:49:49
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