2012 Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) Oregon Lidar: Green Peter

WSI collected Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data of the Green Peter study area for the Oregon LiDAR Consortium (OLC) in Linn County, Oregon. The collection of high resolution geographic data is part of an ongoing pursuit to amass a library of information accessible to government agencies as well as the general public.

Between September 21st and November 27th, 2012 , WSI employed remote-sensing lasers in order to obtain a total area flown of 218,464 acres. Settings for LiDAR data capture produced an average resolution of at least eight pulses per square meter. The LiDAR survey utilized a Leica ALS60 mounted in either a Cessna Caravan 208B or a Partenavia P.68 aircraft. The systems were programmed to emit single pulses at 105 kHz and flown at 900 m AGL, capturing a scan angle of 30 degrees from nadir. These settings were developed to yield points with an average native density of greater than eight pulses per square meter over terrestrial surfaces. The study area was surveyed with opposing flight line side-lap of greater than 60% with at least 100% overlap to reduce laser shadowing and increase surface laser painting. The system allows up to four range measurements per pulse, and all discernible laser returns were processed for the output dataset.

Final products included lidar point cloud data, one-meter digital elevation models of bare earth ground model and highest-hit returns, intensity rasters, study area vector shapes, and corresponding statistical data. Final deliverables were projected in Oregon Statewide Lambert Conformal Conic. Lidar point clouds were projected back to geographic coordinates for storage in the Digital Coast Data Access Viewer.

Original contact information:

Contact Name: Jacob Edwards

Contact Org: DOGAMI

Phone: 971-673-1557

Email: jacob.edwards@oregon.gov

Provide high resolution terrain elevation data.

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A final report for this project may be viewed at:

https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/6313/supplemental/OLC_GREEN_PETER_DATA_REPORT.pdf

Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI), the Office for Coastal Management or its partners.

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

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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.

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Vertical accuracy statistical analysis uses ground survey points in open areas where the LiDAR system has a "very high probability" that the sensor will measure the ground surface and is evaluated at the 95th percentile. For the OLC Green Peter study area, a total of 2,960 RTK points were collected. No independent survey data were collected, thus statistics are "Compiled to Meet".

For more information about the vertical accuracy, please refer to the final report, listed above in the Supplemental_Information field

of this metadata record.

; Quantitative Value: 0.03 meters, Test that produced the value: Compiled to meet root mean square error.

LiDAR data has been collected and processed for all areas within the project study area.

Upon receipt from vendor (WSI), all LiDAR data was independently reviewed by staff from the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) to ensure project specifications were met. All data were inventoried for completeness and data were checked for quality, which included examining LiDAR data for errors associated with internal data consistency, model quality, and accuracy.