2017 FEMA Lidar: California Region 9 Point Cloud files with Vertical Datum North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) using GEOID18

Below are links to the files that make up the 2017 FEMA Lidar: California Region 9 dataset.

Vertical datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) using GEOID18 in meters
Horizontal projection/datum	NAD83(NSRS2007) / UTM zone 10N

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_ca2017_fema_r9_m8979.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/geoid18/8979/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:

-np = don't grab the parent directory
-r = recursive (descend into directories)
-nH = don't generate host-prefixed directories
-L = follow relative links only (so you don't download wget just because it's linked here)

If you have problems with wget that look like an authorization or certificate issue, you may need to add the option "--no-check-certificate". Windows users may want to install the Windows Subsystem for Linux to get a current wget.

The total size to download all the files is 764G. There are 4291 LAZ files and the summary class table is:

Class Number	Class Name	Points
1	Unclassified	45861476933
2	Ground	27951491134
3	Low Vegetation	8089530600
4	Medium Vegetation	58468477463
5	High Vegetation	2886302903
6	Building	62836707
7	Low Point (noise)	17093748
9	Water	292203146
10	Ignored Ground (near breakline)	6975872
17	Bridge Deck	1693775
18	High Noise	4278593