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2013 Queen Annes County HD LiDAR & Hydro
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            title:  2013 Queen Annes County HD LiDAR & Hydro
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                date:  2014-12-31
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        abstract:  The County of Queen Anne Maryland requested delivery of three dimensional classified point cloud and hydro-flattened terrain data derived from LiDAR(Light Detection and Ranging) technology for the entirety of Queen Anne's County, MD. Remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements were collected by Axis Geospatial, LLC using airborne LiDAR sensors. This data set is an LAZ (compressed LAS) format file containing LIDAR point cloud data.
        purpose:  The purpose of this project was to acquire LiDAR for The County of Queen Anne Maryland covering the entirety of Queen Anne's County, MD plus 200 feet, to allow the generation of the required topography.
        credit:  The LIDAR for this project were done by Axis Geospatial, LLC of Easton, Maryland., Axis Geospatial 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 Jul 01, 2023 at https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer.
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            keyword:  EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION
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            keyword:  Centreville
            keyword:  Kent Island
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            otherConstraints:  Cite As: OCM Partners, [Date of Access]: 2013 Queen Annes County HD LiDAR & Hydro [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/51889.
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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 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. | Distribution Liability: The data represents the results of data collection/processing for this specific project and describes the general existing condition on the ground at the time of the acquisition. As such the data is only valid for its intended use, content, time, accuracy, and scale specifications. The user is responsible for the results of any application of the data for other than its intended purpose. Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of NOAA, the Office for Coastal Management or its partners
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            title:  The attributes and classifications met contract specifications.
            date: (unavailable)
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            nameOfMeasure:  Horizontal Positional Accuracy
            evaluationMethodDescription:  This data meets RMSEr <50 cm
            result: (missing)
        report:  (DQ_AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy)
            nameOfMeasure:  Vertical Positional Accuracy
            evaluationMethodDescription:  This data meets the Digital Elevation Data Vertical Accuracy - Class IV. Non-vegetated: 10 cm RMSEz; 20 cm @ 95% confidence. Vegetated: 30 cm @ 95 percentile. Relative Accuracy Swath-to-Swath in Non-vegetated Terrain: 8 cm RMSDz; 16 cm Max Diff
            result: (missing)
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            evaluationMethodDescription:  The data covers the Queen Annes County LiDAR project area located in Queen Annes County, Maryland. The project area includes Kent Island and the Chesapeake Bay on the western side and extends east to the Delaware State line. The total project acquisition area covers 510 square miles.
            result: (missing)
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            evaluationMethodDescription:  Data for the Queen Annes County LiDAR project was visually inspected by Axis Geospatial, LLC for both vertical and horizontal accuracy. Checks are done to ensure that the data is seamless from one tile to the next before being combined and the project requirements have been met across the entire project area. All data are seamless from one tile to the next, containing no gaps or "no data" areas.
            result: (missing)
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                description:  Using a Trimble Harrier 68i High Definition LiDAR sensor on board a Cessna 206, 185 flight lines of high-density data were collected during 18 separate missions, flown as close together as the weather conditions permitted, to ensure consistent ground conditions across the project area, at a nominal pulse spacing (NPS) of 0.46 m achieved a point density of 4.73 ppm2, were collected by Axis Geospatial, LLC covering Queen Annes County, MD (approximately 510 square miles). Data Acquisition Height = 2,034 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) - Aircraft Speed = 116 Knots. Multiple returns were recorded for each laser pulse along with an intensity value for each return. A total of 17 missions were flown from February 14th, 2013 to March 5th, 2013 with one additional collection on January 13th, 2014. The presence of a strong CORS (Continuously Operating Reference Station) configuration allowed for the LiDAR to be acquired with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) techniques and procedures. 92 ground control points were surveyed through static methods. The GEOID used to reduce satellite-derived elevations to orthometric heights was GEOID12A. Data for the task order is referenced to the Maryland State Plane, North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83), and North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88), in US Survey Feet. Airborne GPS data was differentially processed and integrated with the post-processed inertial measurement unit (IMU) data to derive a smoothed best estimate of trajectory (SBET). The SBET was used to reduce the lidar slant range measurements to a raw reflective surface for each flight line. The coverage was classified to extract a bare earth digital elevation model (DEM) and separate last returns.
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                  DateTime:  2013-02-14T00:00:00
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                description:  During the project data acquisition by Axis Geospatial, LLC, East-West cross flights were flown over each of the 7 delivery block areas in order to tie the data together from multi-day North-South collections.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2013-02-14T00:00:00
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                description:  Once the data acquisition and GPS processing phases are complete, the lidar data were processed immediately by Axis Geospatial, LLC to verify the coverage had no voids. The GPS and IMU data were post-processed using ApplanixPOSPac v.6.1 software to derive a best estimate of trajectory. The quality of the solution was verified to be consistent with the accuracy requirements of the project.
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                  DateTime:  2013-02-14T00:00:00
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                description:  The individual flight lines were inspected by Axis Geospatial, LLC to ensure the systematic and residual errors have been identified and removed. Then, the flight lines were compared to adjacent flight lines for any mismatches to obtain a homogenous coverage throughout the project area. Axis Geospatial, LLC compared LiDAR intensity values against known control point locations that were on defineable features such as the end of a paint line and measured the apparent offsets; these values were then averaged to come up with the X and Y values used for the horizontal correction. Additionally Axis Geospatial, LLC compared a TIN (Triangulated Irregular Network) of LiDAR points within 25 feet of each surveyed control point and measured the apparent vertical offsets; these values were then averaged to come up with the Z value used for the vertical correction. Next the point cloud underwent a classification process to determine bare-earth points and non-ground points utilizing TerraSolid, TerraScanLiDAR processing and modeling software. v. 014.013. This process determined Default (Class 1), Ground (Class 2), Noise (Class 7), and Water (Class 9) classifications. The bare-earth (Class 2 - Ground) lidar points underwent a manual QA/QC step to verify that artifacts have been removed from the bare-earth surface. The surveyed ground control points are used to perform the accuracy checks and statistical analysis of the lidar dataset.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2014-12-31T00:00:00
            processStep:  (LI_ProcessStep)
                description:  Axis Geospatial, LLC located a total of 43 check points for use in the analysis of the lidar data quality. The points were located on relatively flat terrain on surfaces that generally consisted of grass, gravel, or bare earth. Vertical RMSE for FVA (based on 12 points) was found to 0.104 feet; SVA Field (based on 25 points) was found to be 0.181 feet; and SVA Woods (based on 6 points) was found to be 0.373 feet. Applanix software (PosPAC MMS) was used in the post processing of the airborne GPS and inertial data, which are critical to the positioning and orientation of the sensor during all flights. POSPac MMS provides the smoothed best estimate of trajectory (SBET) that is necessary for the post processor to develop the point cloud from the lidar missions. The point cloud is the mathematical three-dimensional collection of all returns from all laser pulses as determined from the aerial mission. The GEOID used to reduce satellite derived elevations to orthometric heights was GEOID12A. Data for the task order is referenced to the Maryland State Plane, NAD83, and NAVD88, in US Survey Feet. At this point the data are ready for analysis, classification, and filtering to generate a bare-earth surface model in which the above ground features are removed from the data set. The point cloud was manipulated by the Optech or Leica software; GeoCue, TerraScan, and TerraModeler software were used for the automated data classification, manual cleanup, and bare-earth generation from the data. Project specific macros were used to classify the ground. All data were manually reviewed and any remaining artifacts removed using functionality provided by TerraScan and TerraModeler. All ground (ASPRS Class 2) lidar data inside of a Lake Pond and Double Line drain were classified to water (ASPRS Class 9) using digitized breaklines and TerraScan macro functionality. All Lake Pond and Double Line Island features were checked to ensure that the ground (ASPRS Class 2) were reclassified to the correct classification after the automated classification was completed. Data were then run through additional macros to ensure deliverable classification levels matching the ASPRS LAS Version 1.2 Classification structure. GeoCue functionality was then used to ensure correct LAS Versioning. In-house software was used as a final QA/QC check to provide LAS Analysis of the delivered tiles. QA/QC checks were performed on a per tile level to verify final classification metrics and full LAS header information.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2014-12-31T00:00:00
            processStep:  (LI_ProcessStep)
                description:  Axis Geospatial, LLC used the bare-earth (Class 2 - Ground) lidar points and Hydro 3-D breaklines to generate Hydro-flattened Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) using Blue Marble Geographics Global Mapper v15.2.9 software. The DEMs were exported to an Erdas Imagine File (.img) format with 32-bit floating point samples and a 2-foot sample spacing (pixel size). The DEMs were tiled out into the same 565 MD State delivery tiles (6000 feet x 4000 feet) as the LiDAR delivery. Note that much of the hydro within the project area, specifically the Sea Shore features (Chesapeake Bay, Chester River, shores around Wye Island) are influenced by the tide. The LiDAR acquisition took place over the course of 18 different missions at varying tidal stages; because of this, there may be anomalies in the hydro-flattening between data from different missions as a result of the tide.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2014-12-31T00:00:00
            processStep:  (LI_ProcessStep)
                description:  NOAA OCM downloaded the data from the Maryland iMAP (imap.maryland.gov). Data were reprojected into geographic coordinates and transformed to ellipsoid heights (meters) vertically. The geoid12a model was used for the transform.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2018-03-07T00:00:00
                processor:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                    organisationName:  Office for Coastal Management
                    role:  (CI_RoleCode) processor
            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:  2023-07-01T08:42:47
                processor:  (CI_ResponsibleParty)
                    individualName:  NOAA Office for Coastal Management
                    contactInfo:  (CI_Contact)
                        address:  (CI_Address)
                            electronicMailAddress:  coastal.info@noaa.gov
                    role:  (CI_RoleCode) processor