Short Citation
OCM Partners, 2025: 2008 Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) Lidar Project: Pasco County, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/49692.
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Abstract

This data set is one component of a digital terrain model (DTM) for the Florida Division of Emergency Management's (FDEM) Project Management and Technical Services for Mapping within Coastal Florida (Contract 07-HS-34-14-00-22-469), encompassing the entire coastline of Florida.

This survey was performed according to Baseline Specifications v 1.2. These specifications were developed by a coalition of GIS practitioners, including the Florida Division of Emergency Management, Florida Water Management Districts, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Army Corp of Engineers Jacksonville District, and other state and federal agencies as the model requirements for orthophotography and LiDAR data collection for publicly funded projects within Florida.

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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.

elevation

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Point of Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov

Metadata Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov

Geographic Area 1

Leaflet © OpenStreetMap

-82.810729° W, -81.672485° E, 28.431031° N, 28.182862° S

Time Frame 1
2008-02-09

Title:	2008 Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) Lidar Project: Pasco County
Short Name:	fl2008_fdem_coastalpasco_m4731_metadata
Status:	Completed
Publication Date:	2015-01-12
Abstract:	This data set is one component of a digital terrain model (DTM) for the Florida Division of Emergency Management's (FDEM) Project Management and Technical Services for Mapping within Coastal Florida (Contract 07-HS-34-14-00-22-469), encompassing the entire coastline of Florida. This survey was performed according to Baseline Specifications v 1.2. These specifications were developed by a coalition of GIS practitioners, including the Florida Division of Emergency Management, Florida Water Management Districts, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Army Corp of Engineers Jacksonville District, and other state and federal agencies as the model requirements for orthophotography and LiDAR data collection for publicly funded projects within Florida.
Purpose:	The LiDAR topographic mapping survey is to support the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) development and maintenance of Regional Hurricane Evacuations Studies (RHES), which include vulnerability assessments, and to assist disaster response personnel in understanding the threats to Florida's citizens and visitors. Additional intended uses for this survey are growth management, map modernization/floodplain mapping, natural lands stewardship, and homeland security planning.
Notes:	10336
Supplemental Information:	A footprint of this data set may be viewed in Google Earth at: https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/4731/supplemental/fl2008_fdem_coastalpasco_m4731.kmz A report for this dataset is available at: https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/4731/supplemental/fl2008_fdem_coastalpasco_m4731_surveyreport.pdf

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elevation

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Geographic Information > LiDAR

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2008

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February

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OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA

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COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida

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OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico > Florida

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Organization:	Office for Coastal Management
City:	Charleston
State/Province:	SC

Data Set Scope Code:	Data Set
Maintenance Frequency:	As Needed
Entity Attribute Overview:	Lidar points in LAZ format (Classes 1,2,9,12)
Entity Attribute Detail Citation:	none
Distribution Liability:	Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of FDEM, Woolpert, NOAA, the Office for Coastal Management or its partners.

Data Steward

CC ID: 672755

Date Effective From:	2015-01-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization):	NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address:	2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address:	coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone:	(843) 740-1202
URL:	https://coast.noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 672757

Date Effective From:	2015-01-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization):	NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address:	2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address:	coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone:	(843) 740-1202
URL:	https://coast.noaa.gov

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 672758

Date Effective From:	2015-01-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization):	NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address:	2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address:	coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone:	(843) 740-1202
URL:	https://coast.noaa.gov

Point of Contact

CC ID: 672756

Date Effective From:	2015-01-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization):	NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address:	2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address:	coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone:	(843) 740-1202
URL:	https://coast.noaa.gov

Currentness Reference:	Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1136274

W° Bound:	-82.810729	Leaflet © OpenStreetMap
E° Bound:	-81.672485
N° Bound:	28.431031
S° Bound:	28.182862

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 1136273

Time Frame Type:	Discrete
Start:	2008-02-09

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Vector:	Yes

Security Class:	Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:	This data can be obtained on-line at the following URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=4731;
Data Access Constraints:	None
Data 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 1

CC ID: 740777

Download URL:	https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=4731
Distributor:
File Name:	Customized Download
Description:	Create custom data files by choosing data area, product type, map projection, file format, datum, etc.

Distribution 2

CC ID: 740778

Download URL:	https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/4731/index.html
Distributor:
File Name:	Bulk Download
Description:	Simple download of data files.

URL 1

CC ID: 740780

URL:	https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer
URL Type:	Online Resource

URL 2

CC ID: 740781

URL:	https://coast.noaa.gov
URL Type:	Online Resource

URL 3

CC ID: 740782

URL:	https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/4731/supplemental/fl2008_fdem_coastalpasco_m4731.kmz
Name:	Browse Graphic
URL Type:	Browse Graphic
File Resource Format:	kmz
Description:	This graphic shows the coverage of the 2008 FDEM USACE Coastal Pasco County lidar collection.

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 672778

Activity Date/Time:	2016-05-23
Description:	Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 672777

Activity Date/Time:	2017-11-14
Description:	Converted from FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.

Activity Log 3

CC ID: 718241

Activity Date/Time:	2018-02-08
Description:	Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only.

Activity Log 4

CC ID: 740779

Activity Date/Time:	2018-03-13
Description:	Partial upload to move data access links to Distribution Info.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:	Horizontal accuracy is +/- 1.158-meters at the 95% confidence level using RMSE(r) x 1.7308 as defined by the FGDC Geospatial Positional Accuracy Standards, Part 3: NSSDA. Please refer to the Supplemental_Information field above for links to the Final Report of LiDAR Mapping and a Final Report of LiDAR Control and QA/QC Checkpoint Survey for each project area. ; Quantitative Value: 1.158 meters, Test that produced the value: 115.8cm RMSE
Vertical Positional Accuracy:	0.091-meters RMSE for unobscured ground points Please refer to the Supplemental_Information field above for links to the Final Report of LiDAR Mapping and a Final Report of LiDAR Control and QA/QC Checkpoint Survey for each project area. ; Quantitative Value: 0.091 meters, Test that produced the value: 9.14 cm RMSEz
Completeness Report:	This LiDAR data represents the complete set of data for all the project areas in southwest Florida.
Conceptual Consistency:	The LiDAR DTM was developed in accordance with the Baseline Specifications 1.2. The DTM is intended to support 2-foot contours, and the vertical accuracy of ground points in unobscured areas is not to exceed 0.6-feet RMSE.

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 1136270

Description:

LiDAR was collected within a very small

coastal area of Pasco County.

System Parameters/Flight Plan.

The LiDAR system acquisition parameters were developed based on a maximum average ground sample distance of 4 feet. Two Leica

ALS50 sensors were used for acquisition. Acquisition specifications for the two sensors were as follows:

Sensor 19

Field of View (full angle) - 29 degrees

Nominal flight altitude (AMSL) - 3999.30 feet

Airspeed - 54.02 meters/sec

Laser pulse rate - 75,000 Hz

Nominal swath width (on ground) - 2068.58 feet

Maximum cross track point spacing - 3.91 feet

Maximum along track point spacing - 3.94 feet

Average point spacing - 2.21 feet

Flight line spacing - 1544.95 feet

Side overlap - 25.31 percent

Sensor 59

Field of View (full angle) - 29 degrees

Nominal flight altitude (AMSL) - 3999.30 feet

Airspeed - 60.70 meters/sec

Laser pulse rate - 84,400 Hz

Nominal swath width (on ground) - 2068.58 feet

Maximum cross track point spacing - 3.94 feet

Maximum along track point spacing - 3.91 feet

Average point spacing - 2.21 feet

Flight line spacing - 1413.72 feet

Side overlap - 31.66 percent

LiDAR System Calibration.

Prior to the LiDAR acquisition, the system underwent a calibration to verify the operational accuracy and misalignment angles.

Boresight calibrations were performed for each LiDAR system at the beginning and end of each flight mission.

LiDAR Data Acquisition.

LiDAR data acquisition only occurred when the sky was sufficiently clear of clouds, smoke, and atmospheric haze. The LiDAR data

was processed immediately after the acquisition to verify the coverage had no voids.

GPS/Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Post Processing.

The GPS and IMU data was post processed using differential and kalman filter algorithms to derive a best estimate of trajectory.

The quality of the solution was verified to be consistent with the accuracy requirements of the project.

LiDAR Processing and Classification.

The LiDAR data was post processed and verified to be consistent with the project requirements in terms of post spacing and absence

of artifacts. The point cloud underwent classification to determine bare-earth points (class 2), noise points (class 7),

water returns (class 9), and unclassified data (class 1). Class 12 contains LiDAR points removed from the overlap region between

adjacent flight lines. The MASSPOINT feature class contains ground (class 2) points only.

Process Date/Time:

2008-07-31 00:00:00

Process Step 2

CC ID: 1136271

Description:

The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) received files in LAS format. The files contained LiDAR intensity and elevation measurements.

OCM performed the following processing on the data to make it available within Digital Coast:

1. The data were converted from State Plane Florida West coordinates to geographic coordinates.

2. The data were converted from NAVD88 heights to ellipsoid heights using Geoid03.

3. The LAS header fields were sorted by latitude and updated.

In 2014 OCM performed the following:

1. Isolated Pasco county data

2. Updated project footprint and KMZ

Process Date/Time:

2010-01-01 00:00:00

Catalog Item ID:	49692
GUID:	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:49692
Metadata Record Created By:	Anne Ball
Metadata Record Created:	2017-11-15 15:21+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By:	SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified:	2025-05-15 19:15+0000
Metadata Record Published:	2022-03-16
Owner Org:	OCMP
Metadata Publication Status:	Published Externally
Do Not Publish?:	N
Metadata Last Review Date:	2022-03-16
Metadata Review Frequency:	1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date:	2023-03-16

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