Below are links to the files that make up the 2015 FEMA Lidar: Michigan Part 2 (Alger, Benzie, Delta, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Mackinac, Manistee Counties) dataset.
| Vertical datum | North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) using GEOID18 in meters |
| Horizontal projection/datum | NAD83(2011) / UTM zone 16N |
Informational files are listed first (such as geospatial indices, metadata, and so on), followed by the files. To download in bulk, it is suggested you use a download manager such as wget, uget, or filezilla for example. The geospatial index file in shapefile format also has a URL attribute that some GIS programs can use to download files. You can also subset the data, make derived products, and change projection, datum, etc., using the Digital Coast Data Access Viewer (add to cart, the link to bulk download will take you here).
The files are in LAZ format, a lossless compressed version of the ASPRS LAS format. The compression and decompression can be done with the free and open source 'laszip' program available at https://rapidlasso.de/laszip/ (source at https://github.com/LASzip/LASzip). This is not the same as the more general zip format. You may also want to try the uGet program using the list of URLs in file urllist_mi2015_part2_m8735.txt. Several posts on the GeoZone blog provide help with downloading, including:
Example to download entire data set using wget (note: sufficiently new and trusted pre-compiled Windows versions can be hard to find):
wget -np -r -nH -L --cut-dirs=2 https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/8735/index.html/
This will give you the directory structure starting with geoid18. Modify the --cut-dirs=2 argument to modify
the start directory (e.g. --cut-dirs=4 will start at $missionid). Wget is a command-line program and the output will
be to the directory you run it in. More options and information can be found at https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html.
The other options in the example mean:
The total size to download all the files is 467G. There are 24835 LAZ files and the summary class table is:
| Class Number | Class Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Never Classified | 405 |
| 1 | Unclassified | 35499264152 |
| 2 | Ground | 27861551865 |
| 3 | Low Vegetation | 10 |
| 4 | Medium Vegetation | 59 |
| 5 | High Vegetation | 7 |
| 6 | Building | 8 |
| 7 | Low Point (noise) | 22719771 |
| 8 | Model Key Point | 8 |
| 9 | Water | 1897117192 |
| 10 | Ignored Ground (near breakline) | 9487734 |
| 11 | Withheld | 24356213973 |
| 12 | Overlap | 9 |
| 13 | Bridge Deck | 10 |
| 14 | Dam | 11 |
| 21 | High Noise | 11 |
| Title | Bulk Download | Data Access Viewer | ID # |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 MiSAIL Lidar DEM: Berrien County, MI | bulk link | DAV | 8511 |
| 2015 MiSAIL Lidar DEM: Emmet County, MI | bulk link | DAV | 8513 |
| 2015 MiSAIL Lidar: Berrien County, MI | bulk link | DAV | 8509 |
| 2015 Lidar DEM: Allegan County, MI | bulk link | DAV | 8519 |
| 2014 MiSAIL Lidar: Van Buren County, MI | bulk link | DAV | 8514 |
| 2014 MiSAIL Lidar DEM: Van Buren County, MI | bulk link | DAV | 8515 |
| 2015 MiSAIL Lidar: Emmet County, MI | bulk link | DAV | 8512 |
| 2015 Lidar: Allegan County, MI | bulk link | DAV | 8520 |
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