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OCM Partners, 2024: 2018 - 2020 FDEM Lidar: Florida Peninsular, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/64526.

Item Identification

Title: 2018 - 2020 FDEM Lidar: Florida Peninsular
Short Name: fl2018_peninsular_m9275_metadata
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2019-12-16
Abstract:

Product: This project was designed to acquire and produce QL1 lidar data to support the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) "Florida Statewide Lidar" initiative. These lidar data are processed Classified LAS 1.4 files, formatted to individual 5000 ft x 5000 ft tiles; used to create intensity images, 3D breaklines, and hydro-flattened DEMs as necessary.

Geographic Extent: The project area covers peninsular Florida. When complete, a total of 39,217 tiles will be produced for the project, providing approximately 34,950 sq. miles of coverage.

Dataset Description: The Florida Peninsular project called for the planning, acquisition, processing, and derivative products of lidar data to be collected at a nominal pulse spacing (NPS) of 0.35 meters. Project specifications are based on the U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Program Base LiDAR Specification, Version 1.3. The data were developed based on a horizontal projection/datum of NAD83(2011) / Florida North/East/West (ftUS), Foot US and vertical datum of NAVD88 GEOID12B, Foot US. LiDAR data were delivered as processed Classified LAS 1.4 files formatted to individual 5000 ft x 5000 ft tiles, as tiled intensity imagery, and as tiled bare earth DEMs; all tiled to the same 5000 ft x 5000 ft schema. Continuous breaklines were produced in Esri file geodatabase format.

Ground Conditions: LiDAR was collected in 2018, 2019 and 2020, while no snow was on the ground and rivers were at or below normal levels. In order to post process the LiDAR data to meet task order specifications and meet ASPRS vertical accuracy guidelines ground control points that were used to calibrate the LiDAR to known ground locations established throughout the project area. Additional independent accuracy checkpoints were used to assess the vertical accuracy of the data. These checkpoints were not used to calibrate or post process the data.

The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) downloaded data sets from this USGS site:

ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Elevation/LPC/Projects/

The data sets downloaded were:

FL_Peninsular_FDEM_2018_D19_DRRA/FL_Peninsular_FDEM_Collier_2018/ Number of files: 530

FL_Peninsular_FDEM_2018_D19_DRRA/FL_Peninsular_FDEM_KeyBiscayne_2020/ Number of files: 14

FL_Peninsular_FDEM_2018_D19_DRRA/FL_Peninsular_FDEM_Nassau_2018/ Number of files: 763

These files were processed to the Data Access Viewer (DAV) and https. Additional areas will be downloaded, processed, and added to this data set as they are made available from USGS. The areas currently available from the DAV have the following coverage:

Collier County - 475 square miles

Key Biscayne (in Miami-Dade County) - 5 square miles

Nassau County - 684 square miles

Hydro breaklines are also available. These data are available for download at the link provided in the URL section of this metadata record. Please note that these products have not been reviewed by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) and any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of NOAA or OCM.

Purpose:

To acquire detailed surface elevation data for use in conservation planning, design, research, floodplain mapping, dam safety assessments and elevation modeling, etc. Classified LAS files are used to show the manually reviewed bare earth surface. This allows the user to create intensity images, breaklines and raster DEMs. The purpose of these LiDAR data was to produce high accuracy 3D hydro-flattened digital elevation models (DEMs) with a 2.5 feet cell size. These raw LiDAR point cloud data were used to create classified LiDAR LAS files, intensity images, 3D breaklines, and hydro-flattened DEMs as necessary.

Supplemental Information:

Contract No. G16PC00016, Task Order No. 140G0218F0443; CONTRACTOR: Quantum Spatial, Inc.

The following are the USGS lidar fields in JSON:

{

"ldrinfo" : {

"ldrspec" : "USGS-NGP Base Specification v1.3",

"ldrsens" : "Leica ALS 80",

"ldrmaxnr" : "unlimited",

"ldrnps" : "0.316",

"ldrdens" : "10.0",

"ldranps" : "0.309",

"ldradens" : "10.47",

"ldrfltht" : "1400",

"ldrfltsp" : "150",

"ldrscana" : "20",

"ldrscanr" : "52",

"ldrpulsr" : "585",

"ldrpulsd" : "2.5",

"ldrpulsw" : "0.31",

"ldrwavel" : "1064",

"ldrmpia" : "1",

"ldrbmdiv" : "0.22",

"ldrswatw" : "1019.0",

"ldrswato" : "60",

"ldrgeoid" : "GEOID12B",

"ldrcrs" : "NAD83(2011) / Florida East (ftUS), Foot US"

},

"ldraccur" : {

"ldrchacc" : "0",

"rawnva" : "0",

"rawnvan" : "0",

"clsnva" : "0",

"clsnvan" : "0",

"clsvva" : "0",

"clsvvan" : "0"

},

"lasinfo" : {

"lasver" : "1.4",

"lasprf" : "6",

"laswheld" : "Withheld (ignore) points were identified in these files using the standard LAS Withheld bit.",

"lasolap" : "Swath "overage" points were not classified in these files.",

"lasintr" : "16",

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "1",

"clasitem" : "Processed, but Unclassified"

},

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "2",

"clasitem" : "Bare-Earth Ground"

},

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "6",

"clasitem" : "Buildings"

},

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "7",

"clasitem" : "Low Noise"

},

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "9",

"clasitem" : "Water"

},

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "17",

"clasitem" : "Bridge Decks"

},

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "18",

"clasitem" : "High Noise"

},

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "20",

"clasitem" : "Ignored Ground"

}

}}

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > COASTAL ELEVATION
ISO 19115 Topic Category
elevation
UNCONTROLLED
None beach
None erosion

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > FLORIDA
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
VERTICAL LOCATION > LAND SURFACE
UNCONTROLLED
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords U.S. Coastline
None Continent > North America > United States Of America > Florida > Collier County
None Continent > North America > United States Of America > Florida > Miami-Dade County > Key Biscayne
None Continent > North America > United States Of America > Florida > Nassau County

Instrument Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
LIDAR > Light Detection and Ranging

Platform Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
Airplane > Airplane

Physical Location

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

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: Elevation
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Data Presentation Form: Model (digital)
Distribution Liability:

Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of NOAA, the Office for Coastal Management or its partners.

Data Set Credit: Florida Dept. of Emergency Management (FDEM)

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 1057402
Date Effective From: 2021
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: 1057401
Date Effective From: 2021
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: 1057403
Date Effective From: 2021
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: 1057404
Date Effective From: 2021
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

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1145803
W° Bound: -82.316384
E° Bound: -80.142858
N° Bound: 30.835778
S° Bound: 25.674777

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 1145799
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2018-11-28
End: 2018-12-18
Description:

Nassau County

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 2

CC ID: 1145800
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2018-12-26
End: 2019-01-21
Description:

Collier County

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 3

CC ID: 1145802
Time Frame Type: Discrete
Start: 2020-01-15
Description:

Key Biscayne (Miami-Dade County)

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Grid: No
Vector: Yes
Text / Table: No
TIN: No
Stereo Model: No
Video: No

Reference Systems

Reference System 1

CC ID: 1145797

Coordinate Reference System

CRS Type: Geographic 3D
EPSG Code: EPSG:6319
EPSG Name: NAD83(2011)
See Full Coordinate Reference System Information

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:

Data is available online for bulk and custom downloads.

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 Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 1057408
Start Date: 2021-04-12
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=9275/details/9275
Distributor: NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) (2021 - Present)
File Name: Customized Download
Description:

Create custom data files by choosing data area, product type, map projection, file format, datum, etc. A new metadata will be produced to reflect your request using this record as a base. Change to an orthometric vertical datum is one of the many options.

File Type (Deprecated): Zip
Compression: Zip

Distribution 2

CC ID: 1057409
Start Date: 2021-04-12
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/9275/index.html
Distributor: NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) (2021 - Present)
File Name: Bulk Download
Description:

Bulk download of data files in LAZ format, geographic coordinates, orthometric heights. Note that the vertical datum (hence elevations) of the files here are different than described in this document. They will be in an orthometric datum.

File Type (Deprecated): LAZ
Distribution Format: LAS/LAZ - LASer
Compression: Zip

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 1057398
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/
Name: NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM) Data Access Viewer (DAV)
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: HTML
Description:

The Data Access Viewer (DAV) allows a user to search for and download elevation, imagery, and land cover data for the coastal U.S. and its territories. The data, hosted by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management, can be customized and requested for free download through a checkout interface. An email provides a link to the customized data, while the original data set is available through a link within the viewer.

URL 2

CC ID: 1057442
URL: https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/9275/supplemental/
Name: Lidar Reports
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: pdf
Description:

Link to the individual county lidar reports.

URL 3

CC ID: 1057443
URL: https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/9275/breaklines/
Name: Hydro Breaklines
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: Zip
Description:

Link to the individual county hydro breaklines.

Technical Environment

Description:

MicroStation Version 8; TerraScan Version 18; TerraModeler Version 18; GeoCue Version 2017.1.14.1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3; Global Mapper 19; Leica Cloud Pro 1.2.4; Windows 10 Operating System

\\point_cloud\tilecls\*.las

Data Quality

Vertical Positional Accuracy:

The project specifications require that only Non-Vegetated Vertical Accuracy (NVA) be computed for raw lidar point cloud swath files. The required accuracy (ACCz) is: 19.6 cm (0.64 ft) at a 95% confidence level, derived according to NSSDA, i.e., based on RMSE of 10 cm (0.33 ft) in the “bare earth” and "urban" land cover classes. The checkpoints were distributed throughout the project area and were surveyed using GPS techniques. Elevations from the unclassified lidar surface were measured for the x,y location of each check point. Elevations interpolated from the lidar surface were then compared to the elevation values of the surveyed control points. AccuracyZ has been tested to meet 19.6 cm (0.64 ft) or better Non-Vegetated Vertical Accuracy at 95% confidence level using RMSE(z) x 1.9600 as defined by the National Standards for Spatial Data Accuracy (NSSDA); assessed and reported using National Digital Elevation Program (NDEP)/ASRPS Guidelines.

Collier County

Vendor determined value: Not provided

USGS determined value: Awaiting absolute vertical accuracy assessment

Key Biscayne (Miami-Dade County)

Vendor determined value: Not provided

USGS determined value: Awaiting absolute vertical accuracy assessment

Nassau County

Vendor determined value: Not provided

USGS determined value: Awaiting absolute vertical accuracy assessment

Completeness Report:

These LAS data files include all data points collected. No points have been removed or excluded. A visual qualitative assessment was performed to ensure data completeness. No void areas or missing data exist. The raw point cloud is of good quality and the data pass Non-Vegetated Vertical Accuracy specifications.

Conceptual Consistency:

Data cover the entire area specified for this project.

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: Yes
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: Unknown
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: Yes
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: NCEI-CO
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

Data is backed up to tape and to cloud storage.

Lineage

Lineage Statement:

The lidar data were collected for the Florida Department of Emergency Management (FDEM) and provided to the USGS. The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) downloaded the data from the USGS rockyftp site and processed the data for download from the Data Access Viewer (DAV) and from https.

Sources

Ground Control for the Florida Peninsular FDEM 2018 D19 DRRA Project

CC ID: 1145793
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Quantum Spatial Inc.
Publish Date: 2019-12-06
Extent Type: Discrete
Extent Start Date/Time: 2019-07-12
Source Contribution:

This data source was used (along with airborne GPS/IMU data) to georeference the LiDAR point cloud data.

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 1145794
Description:

Raw Data and Boresight Processing: The boresight for each lift was done individually as the solution may change slightly from lift to lift. The following steps describe the Raw Data Processing and Boresight process: 1) Technicians processed the raw data to LAS format flight lines using the final GPS/IMU solution. This LAS data set was used as source data for boresight. 2) Technicians first used Quantum Spatial, Inc. proprietary and commercial software to calculate initial boresight adjustment angles based on sample areas selected in the lift. These areas cover calibration flight lines collected in the lift, cross tie, and production flight lines. These areas are well distributed in the lift coverage and cover multiple terrain types that are necessary for boresight angle calculation. The technicians then analyzed the results and made any necessary additional adjustment until it was acceptable for the selected areas. 3) Once the boresight angle calculation was completed for the selected areas, the adjusted settings were applied to all of the flight lines of the lift and checked for consistency. The technicians utilized commercial and proprietary software packages to analyze how well flight line overlaps matched for the entire lift and adjusted as necessary until the results met the project specifications. 4) Once all lifts were completed with individual boresight adjustment, the technicians checked and corrected the vertical misalignment of all flight lines and also the matching between data and ground truth. The relative accuracy was less than or equal to 7 cm RMSEz within individual swaths and less than or equal to 10 cm RMSEz or within swath overlap (between adjacent swaths). 5) The technicians ran a final vertical accuracy check of the boresighted flight lines against the surveyed checkpoints after the z correction to ensure the requirement of NVA = 19.6 cm 95% Confidence Level (Required Accuracy) was met.

Process Date/Time: 2019-12-16 00:00:00

Process Step 2

CC ID: 1145795
Description:

LAS Point Classification: The point classification was performed as described below. The bare earth surface was manually reviewed to ensure correct classification on the Class 2 (Ground) points. After the bare-earth surface was finalized, it was then used to generate all hydro-breaklines through heads-up digitization. All ground (ASPRS Class 2) LiDAR data inside of the Lake Pond and Double Line Drain hydro-flattened breaklines were then classified to Water (ASPRS Class 9) using TerraScan macro functionality. A buffer of 1 meter was also used around each hydro-flattened feature to classify these ground (ASPRS Class 2) points to Ignored ground (ASPRS Class 20). All Lake Pond Island and Double Line Drain Island features were checked to ensure that the ground (ASPRS Class 2) points were reclassified to the correct classification after the automated classification was completed. All data were manually reviewed and any remaining artifacts removed using functionality provided by TerraScan and TerraModeler. Global Mapper was used as a final check of the bare earth dataset. GeoCue was then used to create the deliverable industry-standard LAS files for both the All Point Cloud Data and the Bare Earth. Quantum Spatial, Inc. proprietary software was used to perform final statistical analysis of the classes in the LAS files, on a per tile level to verify final classification metrics and full LAS header information.

Process Date/Time: 2019-12-16 00:00:00

Process Step 3

CC ID: 1145796
Description:

The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) downloaded data sets from this USGS site:

ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Elevation/LPC/Projects/

The data sets downloaded were:

FL_Peninsular_FDEM_2018_D19_DRRA/FL_Peninsular_FDEM_Collier_2018/ Number of files: 530

FL_Peninsular_FDEM_2018_D19_DRRA/FL_Peninsular_FDEM_KeyBiscayne_2020/ Number of files: 14

FL_Peninsular_FDEM_2018_D19_DRRA/FL_Peninsular_FDEM_Nassau_2018/ Number of files: 763

These files were processed to the Data Access Viewer (DAV) and https. Additional areas will be downloaded, processed, and added to this data set as they are made available from USGS.

The data were in FL State Plane East (NAD83 2011), US survey feet coordinates and NAVD88 (Geoid12B) elevations in feet. The data were classified as: 1 - Unclassified, 2 - Ground, 6 - Buildings, 7 - Low Noise, 9 - Water, 17 - Bridge Decks, 18 - High Noise, 20 - Ignored Ground. OCM processed all classifications of points to the Digital Coast Data Access Viewer (DAV). Classes available on the DAV are: 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 17, 18, 20.

OCM performed the following processing on the data for Digital Coast storage and provisioning purposes:

1. Internal OCM scripts were run to check the number of points by classification and by flight ID and the gps, elevation, and intensity ranges.

2. Internal OCM scripts were run on the laz files to:

a. Convert from orthometric (NAVD88) elevations to ellipsoid elevations using the Geoid12B model

b. Convert the Collier, Key Biscayne, and Nassau laz files from FL State Plane East Zone 0901 (NAD83 2011), US survey foot coordinates to geographic coordinates

c. Convert from vertical units of feet to meters

d. Filter points outside the elevation range of -100 to 3000 feet

e. Filter points outside the geographic range of the bounding coordinates of -89, 24, -79, 31 degrees

f. Assign the geokeys, sort the data by gps time and zip the data to database and to https.

Process Date/Time: 2021-04-05 00:00:00
Process Contact: Office for Coastal Management (OCM)

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 64526
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:64526
Metadata Record Created By: Rebecca Mataosky
Metadata Record Created: 2021-04-12 14:04+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-10-17 16:12+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