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Summary

Short Citation
OCM Partners, 2024: 2008 City of Baltimore Lidar, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/49785.
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Abstract

In the spring of 2008, the City of Baltimore expressed an interest to upgrade the City GIS Database with mapping quality airborne LiDAR data.

The City of Baltimore currently had in place a contract for mapping GIS/services with the KCI/Sanborn Joint Venture Partnership, L.L.C. under

Project 1051. The City of Baltimore issued Change Order #1 on on Project 1051 for the LiDAR acquisition and processing. KCI/Sanborn acquired

the LiDAR data over the City of Baltimore (approximately 90 square miles) during one long mission on 15 April 2008.

A Leica Airborne Airborne Laser Scanner Model ALS 50 was used in a Sanborn Aero Commander 500B (Registration N6172X) to acquire the data. The

airborne mission was flown 15 April 2008. The LiDAR system acquired calibration data the same day by conducting flight passes over a known

ground surface before and the LiDAR mission. During final data processing, the calibration parameters were used in the final post-processing

software.

The acquired LiDAR data were processed to obtain the following deliverables:

-DEMs of first and last returns and bare earth (all point data)

-LAS format data in a tile grid provided by the City/KCI

-Gridded DEM in ESRI format (Arc Binary Grid -Arc/INFO Lattice ) produced from Bare Earth Mass Points in 1-meter resolution (Grid size)

-Associated FGDC compliant metadata in XML format

The project specifications called for the LiDAR survey to comply with industry standard FEMA guidelines for accuracy. The FEMA requirement for

this type of mapping calls for vertical errors not to exceed 0.185 meter (0.61 feet) RMSE when compared with ground check points over open

flat terrain and 0.370 meter (1.22 feet) for other types of terrain. This accuracy requirement was comfortably met with comparing LiDAR

derived elevations against 50 ground control check points provided by KCI Technologies. These control points were photo control points used

as part of the photogrammetric mapping project and independent LiDAR checkpoints surveyed by KCI and Mercado after the data was delivered. The

RMSE error observed was 0.058 meter (0.189 feet) over all 50 check points.

Original contact information:

Contact Name: Josh Nimetz

Contact Org: KCI/Sanborn Joint Venture Partnership, L.L.C. (hereafter referred to as KCI/Sanborn)

Title: LiDAR Production Manager

Phone: 719-264-5513

Email: jnimetz@sanborn.com

Distribution Information

  • Create custom data files by choosing data area, product type, map projection, file format, datum, etc.

  • Simple download of data files.

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. These data depict the heights at the time of the survey and are only accurate for that time.

Controlled Theme Keywords

elevation

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

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

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

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-76.713701° W, -76.526548° E, 39.372703° N, 39.195787° S

Time Frame 1
2008-04-15

Item Identification

Title: 2008 City of Baltimore Lidar
Short Name: md2008_baltimorecity_m1199_metadata
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2012-07
Abstract:

In the spring of 2008, the City of Baltimore expressed an interest to upgrade the City GIS Database with mapping quality airborne LiDAR data.

The City of Baltimore currently had in place a contract for mapping GIS/services with the KCI/Sanborn Joint Venture Partnership, L.L.C. under

Project 1051. The City of Baltimore issued Change Order #1 on on Project 1051 for the LiDAR acquisition and processing. KCI/Sanborn acquired

the LiDAR data over the City of Baltimore (approximately 90 square miles) during one long mission on 15 April 2008.

A Leica Airborne Airborne Laser Scanner Model ALS 50 was used in a Sanborn Aero Commander 500B (Registration N6172X) to acquire the data. The

airborne mission was flown 15 April 2008. The LiDAR system acquired calibration data the same day by conducting flight passes over a known

ground surface before and the LiDAR mission. During final data processing, the calibration parameters were used in the final post-processing

software.

The acquired LiDAR data were processed to obtain the following deliverables:

-DEMs of first and last returns and bare earth (all point data)

-LAS format data in a tile grid provided by the City/KCI

-Gridded DEM in ESRI format (Arc Binary Grid -Arc/INFO Lattice ) produced from Bare Earth Mass Points in 1-meter resolution (Grid size)

-Associated FGDC compliant metadata in XML format

The project specifications called for the LiDAR survey to comply with industry standard FEMA guidelines for accuracy. The FEMA requirement for

this type of mapping calls for vertical errors not to exceed 0.185 meter (0.61 feet) RMSE when compared with ground check points over open

flat terrain and 0.370 meter (1.22 feet) for other types of terrain. This accuracy requirement was comfortably met with comparing LiDAR

derived elevations against 50 ground control check points provided by KCI Technologies. These control points were photo control points used

as part of the photogrammetric mapping project and independent LiDAR checkpoints surveyed by KCI and Mercado after the data was delivered. The

RMSE error observed was 0.058 meter (0.189 feet) over all 50 check points.

Original contact information:

Contact Name: Josh Nimetz

Contact Org: KCI/Sanborn Joint Venture Partnership, L.L.C. (hereafter referred to as KCI/Sanborn)

Title: LiDAR Production Manager

Phone: 719-264-5513

Email: jnimetz@sanborn.com

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

dataset include FEMA Flood Map Modernization, DFIRM map updates, watershed delineation and other hydro studies per FEMA specifications, as well

as general use by the City of Baltimore.

Notes:

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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/geoid18/1199/supplemental/2008_City_of_Baltimore_Lidar.kmz

A detailed description of this dataset can be found in the Final Project Report, found here:

https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/1199/supplemental/2008_City_of_Baltimore_Lidar_QA_Report.pdf

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
elevation
UNCONTROLLED
None Drainage Area

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None 2008
None April

Physical Location

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

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: As Needed
Distribution Liability:

Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of the Office for Coastal Management

or its partners.

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 677061
Date Effective From: 2012-07
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: 677063
Date Effective From: 2012-07
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: 677064
Date Effective From: 2012-07
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: 677062
Date Effective From: 2012-07
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: 1132899
W° Bound: -76.713701
E° Bound: -76.526548
N° Bound: 39.372703
S° Bound: 39.195787

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 1132898
Time Frame Type: Discrete
Start: 2008-04-15

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Vector: Yes

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:

This data can be obtained on-line at the following URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer;

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. These data depict the heights at the time of the survey and are only accurate for that time.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 741323
Download URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=1199
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: 741324
Download URL: https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/1199/index.html
Distributor:
File Name: Bulk Download
Description:

Simple download of data files.

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 741326
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 2

CC ID: 741327
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov
URL Type:
Online Resource

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 677086
Activity Date/Time: 2016-05-23
Description:

Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 677085
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: 718354
Activity Date/Time: 2018-02-08
Description:

Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only.

Activity Log 4

CC ID: 741325
Activity Date/Time: 2018-03-13
Description:

Partial upload to move data access links to Distribution Info.

Technical Environment

Description:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.2 (Build 3790) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770

Data Quality

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

The project specifications called for the LiDAR survey to comply with industry standard FEMA guidelines for

horizontal accuracy.

; Quantitative Value: 1.0 meters, Test that produced the value: Assumed to meet FEMA specifications for horizontal accuracy.

Vertical Positional Accuracy:

The FEMA requirements call for vertical errors not to exceed 0.185 meter (0.61 feet) RMSE when compared

with ground check points over open flat terrain.

; Quantitative Value: 0.058 meters, Test that produced the value:

The LiDAR derived elevations for this project compared against 50 ground control check points

showed the RMSE error observed was 0.058 meters.

Completeness Report:

None provided

Conceptual Consistency:

All LAS formatted LiDAR data are validated to ensure that data on delivery media is in correct physical format

and is readable and correctly georeferenced and projected. Note that LiDAR intensity is not calibrated or normalized.

Lineage

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 1132895
Description:

Using a Leica Geosystems ALS50 Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) system, 29 flight lines of an average density of 1.0 meter ground sample

distance, data were collected over areas in Baltimore City, MD (approximately 90 square miles). Multiple returns were recorded for each laser

pulse along with an intensity value for each return. The data acquisition occurred in 1 mission on April 15, 2008. 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.

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: The classification and quality control (QC) of LiDAR data is carried out using TerraScan software by Terrasolid Limited

of Helinski, Finland.

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. The 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.

Process Date/Time: 2008-04-15 00:00:00

Process Step 2

CC ID: 1132896
Description:

The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) received data in LAS v1.1 format. The files contained LiDAR elevation and intensity measurements.

The data were received in state plane coordinates (Maryland; NAD83) and vertically referenced to NAVD88 using the Geoid03 model. The vertical

units of data were feet. The data were classified according to ASPRS LAS classification scheme (0 = never classified, 1 = unclassified, 2 = ground

3 = low vegetation, 7 = noise, 12 = overlap). OCM performed the following processing for data storage and Digital Coast provisioning purposes:

1. The data were converted from state plane coordinates to geographic coordinates (NAD83).

2. The data were converted from orthometric heights to ellipsoidal heights (GRS80) using Geoid 03.

3. The vertical units of the data were changed from feet to meters.

2. The LAS data were sorted by latitude and the headers were updated.

Process Date/Time: 2012-07-01 00:00:00

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 49785
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:49785
Metadata Record Created By: Anne Ball
Metadata Record Created: 2017-11-15 15:22+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+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