2018 USGS Lidar: Post Hurricane Maria - Puerto Rico Point Cloud files with Vertical Datum Puerto Rico Vertical Datum of 2002 (PRVD02) using GEOID18

Below are links to the files that make up the 2018 USGS Lidar: Post Hurricane Maria - Puerto Rico dataset.

Vertical datumPuerto Rico Vertical Datum of 2002 (PRVD02) using GEOID18 in meters
Horizontal projection/datumNAD83(2011) / UTM Zone 19N

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_2018_USGS_PostMaria_PR_lidar_m9102.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/geoid18/9102/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:


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 2.0T. There are 4376 LAZ files and the summary class table is:

Class NumberClass NamePoints
1Unclassified278988155852
2Ground40160622345
7Low Point (noise)736792944
9Water608793768
17Bridge Deck49603217
18High Noise548399402
20Ignored Ground (near breakline)4215402

Cloud Access

This data is in an AWS S3 bucket at s3://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds/laz/geoid18/9102.

Meta Information

Tile Index: tileindex_2018_USGS_PostMaria_PR_lidar_m9102.zip (Shapefile)
Tile Index: tileindex_2018_USGS_PostMaria_PR_lidar_m9102.gpkg (Geopackage)
Metadata: metadata_2018_USGS_PostMaria_PR_lidar.xml
Metadata: metadata_2018_USGS_PostMaria_PR_lidarforHumans.html
XYZ range table: minmax_2018_USGS_PostMaria_PR_lidar_m9102.csv
URL List: urllist_2018_USGS_PostMaria_PR_lidar_m9102.txt

Supplemental Info

Files

Appendix_B_Ground_Control_Survey_Report.pdf
Appendix_A_Survey_Report.pdf
Appendix_D_GPS_Processing.pdf
PR_USVI_Lidar_2018_Project_Report.pdf
extent_PR_2018_m9102.kmz

Spatial Temporal Asset Catalog (STAC)

collection.json (See collection in STAC Browser)
noaa_copc_item_collection_m9102.json

Links to Related Datasets

Title Bulk Download Data Access Viewer ID #
2018 USGS Lidar DEM: Post Hurricane Maria - Puerto Ricobulk linkDAV9101
2018 USGS Lidar DEM: Post Hurricane Maria - USVIbulk linkDAV9113
2018 USGS Lidar: Post Hurricane Maria - USVIbulk linkDAV9114

Point Cloud Directories

Prvi_a
Prvi_c
Prvi_d
Prvi_e
Prvi_f
Prvi_g
Prvi_h

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