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2004 NGS Lidar: Elkhorn Slough NERR (National Estuarine Research Reserve)
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            title:  2004 NGS Lidar: Elkhorn Slough NERR (National Estuarine Research Reserve)
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                date:  2009
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        abstract:  This data collected for Elkhorn Slough NERR by NGS (National Geodetic Survey). Original contact information: Contact Org: NOAA - NGS, Remote Sensing Division Phone: 301-713-0665 Email: jason.woolard@noaa.gov This data set contains point cloud data(' in LAZ (compressed LAS) format', ''). The data may have been reprojected or otherwise modified from the original data in an automated process. Disregard projection information in this abstract and refer to the spatial reference section.
        purpose:  Environmental and ecologic research
        credit:  Acknowledgement of NOAA - NGS would be appreciated in products derived from these data. 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 2025-03-17 at https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer.
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            keyword:  EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION > TOPOGRAPHICAL RELIEF MAPS
            keyword:  EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY
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            otherConstraints:   This data set was compiled dynamically. It will be removed 10 days after 2025-03-17 from the NOAA system. Cite As: National Geodetic Survey, [Date of Access]: 2004 NGS Lidar: Elkhorn Slough NERR (National Estuarine Research Reserve) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48204.
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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:   This data set was compiled dynamically. It will be removed 10 days after 2025-03-17 from the NOAA system. Access Constraints: None
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            otherConstraints:   This data set was compiled dynamically. It will be removed 10 days after 2025-03-17 from the NOAA system. 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.
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            otherConstraints:   This data set was compiled dynamically. It will be removed 10 days after 2025-03-17 from the NOAA system. Distribution Liability: Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of NGS, Elkhorn Slough NERR, the Office for Coastal Management or its partners.
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                    description:   | Currentness: Ground Condition
                    timePosition:  2004-04-13
        supplementalInformation:  This data was not ground truthed prior to distribution. Elkhorn Slough NERR has done some ground truthing and should be contacted.
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                date:  2024-02-01
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                description:  NGS processed in field. NOAA Cessna Citation Acquired in April 2004 Optech ALTM 2050 system 4,000 ft AGL ~1-2 m post spacing Nav data was from an Applanix POS processed with the POSPAC software Laser data processed with Optech's REALM software. LAS files generated with LAStools
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                description:  The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) received the files in LAS format. The data were in UTM zone 10. OCM performed the following processing to the data to make it available within Digital Coast: 1. The data were classified using LASEdit 2. The data were converted from UTM coordinates to geographic coordinates. 3. The LAS data were sorted by latitude and the headers were updated. 4. The data were filtered to remove outliers.
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                description:   The dataset has been mosaiced, reprojected, and clipped as needed from the original input files using PDAL and GDAL commands.
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                  DateTime:  2025-03-17
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