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2006 Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) Lidar: Jefferson County
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            title:  2006 Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) Lidar: Jefferson County
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                date:  2007-08
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        abstract:  Using a LH Systems ALS50 Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) system, flight lines of standard density (1.4 meter ground sample distance) data were collected over areas in Jefferson County, TX (approximately 960 square miles). Multiple returns were recorded for each laser pulse along with an intensity value for each return. The data acquisition occurred in missions between July 4, 2006, and July 6, 2006. The data was collected by Sanborn Mapping Company, Inc. for the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Original contact information: Contact Name: Ryan Mitchell Contact Org: Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS) Phone: 512-463-8337 Email: lidar@tnris.state.tx.us This data set is an LAZ (compressed LAS) format file containing LIDAR point cloud data.
        purpose:  This LIDAR operation was designed to provide a high density set of masspoints within the defined areas. The data sets are suitable for the development of contours for use in hydraulic/hydrologic model development, and for assessing environmental impacts. Typical uses for the data set include: FEMA Flood Plain Map Modernization, DFIRM map updates, watersheds and other hydro studies per FEMA specifications, county mapping projects, and flood mitigation assessment.
        credit:  Data collected by Sanborn Mapping Company, Inc. for the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Acknowledgement of TNRIS (Texas Natural Resources Information System) would be appreciated in products derived and used from this data. Sanborn Mapping Company asks to be credited in derived products. 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 Aug 01, 2023 at https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer.
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            keyword:  Lidar - partner (no harvest)
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            otherConstraints:  Cite As: OCM Partners, [Date of Access]: 2006 Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) Lidar: Jefferson County [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/50039.
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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: Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of the Office for Coastal Management or its partners.
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                westBoundLongitude:  -94.468744
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        supplementalInformation:  The Jefferson County data set was received from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB). It was reviewed by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management at the macro level, which included checking for format and point characteristics for approximately 5% of the tiles. In addition, the entire data set was reviewed to establish that bare earth processing and proper classification of the points had been performed. It did not include accuracy or data processing (e.g. bare earth quality, flightline mismatch, feature removal) assessments. Based on the limited review, the data set on average appeared to be of fair quality. This determination is based on the issues listed under the reviews below. Again, no accuracy assessment was performed. The results may be viewed as a formatted document. This document is entitled "Lidar Fact Sheet: Jefferson County, Texas," and may be viewed at: https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/93/supplemental/JeffersonCounty_factsheet.pdf Tile Review Some formatting issues were noted: 1) no flightline source information, 2) some noisy two-return data, and 3) the majority of ground points were first of two (i.e., first of many) returns. These issues all appeared to be systematic, which, although not necessarily affecting accuracy, raises flags about overall data quality. Returns from water are largely classified as ground. High values also remain in the data set, although correctly classified (as unclassified). Bare Earth Point Density Review There appears to be a tile-specific level of classification as evidenced by the bare-earth point densities (color variations, Figure 1 in the pdf). Aside from the tile-specific classification and remaining water points, the bare-earth process appears to be complete with no holidays or systematic low-density areas. The largest issue is the lack of proper return number information, which raises flags about the accuracy of the data. A footprint of this data set may be viewed in Google Earth at: https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/93/supplemental/2006_TWDB_Lidar_Jefferson_County.kmz
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                description:  Data Collection: Using a LH Systems ALS50 Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) system, flight lines of standard density (1.4 meter ground sample distance) data were collected over areas in Jefferson County, TX (approximately 960 square miles). Multiple returns were recorded for each laser pulse along with an intensity value for each return. The data acquisition occurred in missions between July 4, 2006, and July 6, 2006. During the LIDAR campaign, the Sanborn field crew conducted a GPS field survey to establish final coordinates of the ground base stations for final processing of the base-remote GPS solutions.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2007-08-01T00:00:00
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                description:  Airborne GPS Processing: Airborne GPS data was differentially processed and integrated with the post processed 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 overlap between flight lines was removed to provide a homogeneous coverage, and the coverage was classified to extract a bare earth digital elevation model (DEM). Airborne GPS is differentially processed using the GrafNAV V7.50 software by Waypoint Consulting of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The PDOP and distance separation is as follows: IMU data is processed using the PosPac V4.2 software by Applanix Corporation of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. The reflective surface is derived using the ALS Post Processor software by Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping Division of Atlanta, Georgia. The classification and quality control (QC) of LiDAR data is carried out using TerraScan software by Terrasolid Limited of Helsinki, Finland.
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                  DateTime:  2007-08-01T00:00:00
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                description:  IMU data Processing: IMU data provides information concerning roll, pitch, and yaw of collection platform during collection event. IMU information allows the pulse vector to be properly placed in 3D space allowing the distance from the aircraft reference point to be properly positioned on the elevation model surface. IMU data is processed using the PosPac V4.2 software by Applanix Corporation of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.
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                  DateTime:  2007-08-01T00:00:00
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                description:  Reflective Surface Generation: The reflective surface is derived using the ALS Post Processor software by Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping Division of Atlanta, Georgia.
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                  DateTime:  2007-08-01T00:00:00
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                description:  LIDAR Point Classification The classification and quality control (QC) of LiDAR data is carried out using TerraScan software by Terrasolid Limited of Helsinki, Finland.
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                  DateTime:  2007-08-01T00:00:00
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                description:  Output LAS Files The product output of LiDAR data is carried out using TerraScan software by Terrasolid Limited of Helsinki, Finland. LAS Binary, ascii xyz, and intensity images were created.
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                  DateTime:  2007-08-01T00:00:00
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                description:  The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) received the files in las format. The files contained Lidar elevation and intensity measurements. The data was in UTM projection, and NAVD88 Geoid 03 vertical datum. OCM performed the following processing to the data to make it available within the Digital Coast: 1. The data were converted from UTM coordinates to geographic coordinates. 2. The data were converted from NAVD88 (orthometric) heights to GRS80 (ellipsoid) heights using Geoid 03. 3. The LAS data were sorted by latitude and the headers were updated. NOAA OCM also performed a macro level review of this data set. This review involved checking for format and point characteristics in about 5% of the tiles. In addition, the entire data set was reviewed to establish that bare-earth processing and proper classification of the points had been performed. This review did not include accuracy or data-processing (e.g., bare-earth quality, flightline mismatch, feature removal) assessments. Please refer to the Supplemental_Information field for more information about this review.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2008-08-13T00:00:00
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                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:
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                  DateTime:  2023-08-01T07:31:38
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