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2011 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar: California
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            title:  2011 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar: California
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                date:  2015-04-14
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                        linkage: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=9432/details/9432
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                        name:  Custom DEM Download
                        description:  Link to custom download, from the Data Access Viewer (DAV), the raster Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data that were created from this lidar data set.
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                        description:  The Data Access Viewer (DAV) allows a user to search for and download elevation, imagery, and land cover data for the coastal U.S. and its territories. The data, hosted by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management, can be customized and requested for free download through a checkout interface. An email provides a link to the customized data, while the original data set is available through a link within the viewer.
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        abstract:  These files contain bathymetric lidar data collected by the SHOALS-1000T system along the coast of California. Data coverage generally extends along the coastline from the waterline offshore 1,000 meters or to laser extinction. Exclusively on areas where Fugro Pelagos acquired or planned to acquire multibeam sonar data, coverage extends from the shoreline either to the 10-m contour, the 20-m contour or the landward extend of the multibeam data plus an additional 100 m offshore. The SHOALS system has a pulse repetition rate of 1 kHz at 532 nm (green wavelength). Native lidar data is not generally in a format accessible to most Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Specialized in-house and commercial software packages are used to process the native lidar data into 3-dimensional positions that can be imported into GIS software for visualization and further analysis. The 3-D position data are sub-divided into a series of ASCII file products, with each covering approximately 5 kilometers of shoreline. The file index is provided by the shape file, "CA_Boxes", and the numbers used to identify files are in the "Box" field of the shape file. The data file naming convention is based on the year, project, area name, "Box" number and product type (H - bathymetry). An example file name is "2009_NCMP_CA_001_H.xyz", where <2009> is the project year, <NCMP> is the project under which data were collected, <CA> is the area of data collection, <001> is the "Box" number and <H> is the product type. The ASCII columns are Longitude, Latitude, UTM Zone, Easting, Northing, Elevation (orthometric), Elevation (ellipsoid), Date, and Time. In addition to these lidar point data, the bare earth Digital Elevation Models (DEM) created from the lidar point data are also available. These data are available for custom download at the link provided in the URL section of this metadata record. This data set is an LAZ (compressed LAS) format file containing LIDAR point cloud data.
        purpose:  These data were collected as a part of the National Coastal Mapping Program (NCMP) to depict the elevations above and below the water line in the California coastal zone.
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            fileName: https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/4826/supplemental/ca2011_ncmp_m4826.kmz
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            keyword:  California
            keyword:  San Mateo
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            keyword:  2010
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            otherConstraints:  Cite As: OCM Partners, [Date of Access]: 2011 USACE NCMP Topobathy Lidar: California [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/49644.
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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: These data depict the heights at the time of the survey and are only accurate for that time. Acknowledgment of the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of eXpertise (JALBTCX) would be appreciated in any publications or derived products. The data herein, including but not limited to geographic data, tabular data, analytical data, electronic data structures or files, are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, or statutory, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties or merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the data is assumed by the user. No guarantee of accuracy is granted, nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Office, Spatial Data Branch be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, loss of anticipated profits or benefits arising out of use of or reliance on the data. The Spatial Data Branch does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the data or as a result of changes to the data caused by system transfers or other transformations or conversions, nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the data in any manner or form. | Distribution Liability: Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of USACE, JALBTCX, NOAA, or the Office for Coastal Management (OCM) or its partners.
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        language:  eng; US
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        topicCategory:  (MD_TopicCategoryCode) oceans
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                westBoundLongitude:  -124.417884
                eastBoundLongitude:  -117.664484
                southBoundLatitude:  33.441071
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                    description:   | Currentness: Ground Condition
                    beginPosition:  2011-05-19
                    endPosition:  2011-08-03
        supplementalInformation:  A footprint of this data set may be viewed in Google Earth at: https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/4826/supplemental/ca2011_ncmp_m4826.kmz
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            nameOfMeasure:  Accuracy
            evaluationMethodDescription:  These data are not attributed.
            result: (missing)
        report:  (DQ_AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy)
            nameOfMeasure:  Horizontal Positional Accuracy
            evaluationMethodDescription:  Topographic data - The data positions were obtained using post processed KGPS methods. The horizontal accuracy of the data is better than plus or minus 0.50 m. Bathymetric data - The data positions were obtained using post processed KGPS methods. The horizontal accuracy of the data is better than plus or minus 1.5 m.
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            evaluationMethodDescription:  Topographic data - The data positions were obtained using post processed KGPS methods. The vertical accuracy of the data is better than plus or minus 0.15 m. Bathymetric data - The data positions were obtained using post processed KGPS methods. The vertical accuracy of the data is better than plus or minus 0.15 m.
            result: (missing)
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            evaluationMethodDescription:  Cloud Cover: Unknown
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            nameOfMeasure:  Completeness Report
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            evaluationMethodDescription:  Topographic data - Differences between a DEM created from the lidar data representing bare ground and the ground truth data is unbiased and within +/- 15 cm (RMSE) in flat terrain and within +/-30 cm (RMSE) in hilly terrain. Bathymetric data - The data provided were tested against ground truth data. At these locations the lidar data matched within 0.30 meters (RMSE 95% confidence level).
            result: (missing)
        lineage:  (LI_Lineage)
            statement:  The USACE collected, processed, and provided the data to the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM). OCM received the data and processed it to be available for custom download from the Data Access Viewer (DAV) and for bulk download from https.
            processStep:  (LI_ProcessStep)
                description:  Topographic data - These data were collected using the ALS60 lidar system. They are owned by Fugro EarthData and operated through contract. The system collects topographic lidar data at maximum pulse rate of 200 kHz in a wavelength of 1064 nm. A CASI-1500 hyperspectral line scanner is integrated with the system. Aircraft position, velocity and acceleration information are collected by the onboard GPS/IMU system. Raw data were transferred to the office and processed in IPAS software. Aircraft position data are processed using POSPac software and the results are combined with the lidar data to produce 3-D positions for each lidar shot. Upon processing, validation and QA/QC in the software packages GeoCue and TerraScan, anomalous data are flagged as invalid and necessary reflights are called. Fugro's proprietary software converts all valid data from ellipsoid to orthometric heights based on the NGS' GEOID09 model and exports topographic data as a series of LAS files with a single file per flightline per 5km box.
            processStep:  (LI_ProcessStep)
                description:  Topographic data - 1. The raw lidar data was processed through a minimum block mean algorithm, and points were classified as either bare earth or non-bare earth. 2. User developed macros that factor mean terrain angle and height from the ground were used to determine bare earth point classification. 3. The next phase of the surfacing process was a 2D edit procedure that ensures the accuracy of the automated feature classification. 4. Editors used a combination of imagery, intensity of the lidar reflection, profiles and tin-editing software to assess points. 5. The lidar data was filtered, as necessary, using a quadric error metric to remove redundant points. This method leaves points where there is a change in the slope of surfaces (road ditches) and eliminates points from evenly sloped terrain (flat field) where the points do not affect the surface. 6. The algorithms for filtering data were utilized within Fugro EarthData's proprietary software and commercial software written by TerraSolid. 7. The flight line overlap points were merged back into filtered data set for delivery product. 8. The point cloud data were delivered tiled in LAS 1.0 format; unclassified (1), ground (2), low/noise (7), water (9), and overlap (12). Horizontal positions, provided in decimal degrees of latitude and longitude, are referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). Vertical positions are referenced to the NAD83 ellipsoid and provided in meters. The National Geodetic Survey's (NGS) GEOID09 model is used to transform the vertical positions from ellipsoid to orthometric heights referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88).
            processStep:  (LI_ProcessStep)
                description:  Bathymetric data - These data were collected using the SHOALS-1000T system. It is owned by Fugro Pelagos Inc. and operated through contract. The system collects bathymetric lidar data at 1kHz and RGB imagery at 1Hz. A CASI-2 hyperspectral line scanner is integrated with the system as well. Aircraft position, velocity and acceleration information are collected through a combination of Novatel and POS A/V 410 equipment. All raw data streams are transferred to the office for downloading and processing in SHOALS GCS software. Aircraft position data are processed using POSPac software and the results are combined with the lidar data to produce 3-D positions for each lidar shot. Upon inspection and QA/QC in the software package Fledermaus, anomalous data are flagged as invalid. FPI Workbench then converts all valid data from ellipsoid to orthometric heights based on the NGS' GEOID09 model and exports data as a series of bathymetry (H) ASCII files. The bathymetry files contain all of the returns from the bathymetric sensor which include returns both above and below the water. Horizontal positions, provided in decimal degrees of latitude and longitude, are referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). Vertical positions are referenced to the NAD83 ellipsoid and provided in meters. The National Geodetic Survey's (NGS) GEOID09 model is used to transform the vertical positions from ellipsoid to orthometric heights referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88).
            processStep:  (LI_ProcessStep)
                description:  The topographic and bathymetric data were received by the Office for Coastal Management (OCM). The topographic data were in las format and the bathymetric data were in ASCII format. The topographic and bathymetric data were in orthometric (NAVD88) heights and in geographic coordinates. The following steps document the processing of the data for Digital Coast storage and provisioning purposes: 1. The topographic data were converted from orthometric heights to ellipsoid heights using GEOID09. 2. The bathymetric data were converted from orthometric heights to ellipsoid heights using GEOID09. 3. All points were converted to laz format.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2015-03-20T00:00:00
                processor:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                    organisationName:  Office for Coastal Management
                    role:  (CI_RoleCode) processor
            source:  (LI_Source)
                sourceCitation:  (CI_Citation)
                    title:  USACE JALBTCX
                    date: (missing)
                    citedResponsibleParty:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                        organisationName:  USACE JALBTCX
                        role:  (CI_RoleCode) originator
            processStep:  (LI_ProcessStep)
                description:   The vertical values in this data set have been converted to reference North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) (GEOID18) meters, using the GEOID18 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:  2023-08-01T05:40:23
                processor:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                    individualName:  NOAA Office for Coastal Management
                    contactInfo:  (CI_Contact)
                        address:  (CI_Address)
                            electronicMailAddress:  coastal.info@noaa.gov
                    role:  (CI_RoleCode) processor