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Eastern San Diego County, California 2017 QL2 Lidar

Data Set (DS)  |  OCM Partners (OCMP)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:54015  |  Updated: October 17, 2023  |  Published / External 
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Summary

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Short Citation
OCM Partners, 2024: Eastern San Diego County, California 2017 QL2 Lidar, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/54015.
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Abstract

Product: These lidar data are processed classified LAS 1.4 files, formatted to 1,710 individual 5,000-foot x 5,000-foot tiles; used to create intensity images, 3D breaklines, hydro-flattened DEMs, building footprints, and contours as necessary.

Geographic Extent: Partial coverage of eastern San Diego County in southwestern California, covering approximately 1,353 total square miles.

Dataset Description: The Eastern San Diego County, California 2017 QL2 Lidar project called for the planning, acquisition, processing, and derivative products of lidar data to be collected at a nominal pulse spacing (NPS) of 0.7 meters. Project specifications are based on the U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Program Base Lidar Specification, Version 1.2. The data was developed based on a horizontal projection/datum of NAD83 (2011), State Plane California Zone VI, US survey feet and vertical datum of NAVD88 (GEOID12B), US survey feet. Lidar data was delivered as flightline-extent unclassified LAS swaths, as processed Classified LAS 1.4 files formatted to 1,710 individual 5,000-foot x 5,000-foot pilot tiles; as tiled intensity imagery, and as tiled bare earth DEMs, all tiled to the same schema. Continuous breaklines were produced in Esri file geodatabase format. Building footprints were produced in Esri file geodatabase format. Tiled contours with a 2-foot interval were produced in Esri file geodatabase format.

Ground Conditions: Lidar was partially collected in fall/winter of late 2016/early 2017, 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, Quantum Spatial, Inc. established a total of 28 ground control points that were used to calibrate the lidar to known ground locations established throughout the project area. An additional 116 independent accuracy checkpoints, 64 in Bare Earth and Urban landcovers (64 NVA points), 52 in the Forest, Shrubs, and Tall Weeds category (52 VVA points), were used to assess the vertical accuracy of the data. These checkpoints were not used to calibrate or post process the data.

Distribution Information

  • 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.

  • LAS/LAZ - LASer

    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.

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.

Controlled Theme Keywords

COASTAL ELEVATION, elevation, TERRAIN 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

-117.51849531916° W, -116.07519167169° E, 33.50731207342° N, 32.59150697395° S

Time Frame 1
2016-10-31 - 2017-01-31

Item Identification

Title: Eastern San Diego County, California 2017 QL2 Lidar
Short Name: 2017 eastern San Diego CA m8614
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2017-08-24
Abstract:

Product: These lidar data are processed classified LAS 1.4 files, formatted to 1,710 individual 5,000-foot x 5,000-foot tiles; used to create intensity images, 3D breaklines, hydro-flattened DEMs, building footprints, and contours as necessary.

Geographic Extent: Partial coverage of eastern San Diego County in southwestern California, covering approximately 1,353 total square miles.

Dataset Description: The Eastern San Diego County, California 2017 QL2 Lidar project called for the planning, acquisition, processing, and derivative products of lidar data to be collected at a nominal pulse spacing (NPS) of 0.7 meters. Project specifications are based on the U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Program Base Lidar Specification, Version 1.2. The data was developed based on a horizontal projection/datum of NAD83 (2011), State Plane California Zone VI, US survey feet and vertical datum of NAVD88 (GEOID12B), US survey feet. Lidar data was delivered as flightline-extent unclassified LAS swaths, as processed Classified LAS 1.4 files formatted to 1,710 individual 5,000-foot x 5,000-foot pilot tiles; as tiled intensity imagery, and as tiled bare earth DEMs, all tiled to the same schema. Continuous breaklines were produced in Esri file geodatabase format. Building footprints were produced in Esri file geodatabase format. Tiled contours with a 2-foot interval were produced in Esri file geodatabase format.

Ground Conditions: Lidar was partially collected in fall/winter of late 2016/early 2017, 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, Quantum Spatial, Inc. established a total of 28 ground control points that were used to calibrate the lidar to known ground locations established throughout the project area. An additional 116 independent accuracy checkpoints, 64 in Bare Earth and Urban landcovers (64 NVA points), 52 in the Forest, Shrubs, and Tall Weeds category (52 VVA points), were used to assess the vertical accuracy of the data. These checkpoints were not used to calibrate or post process the data.
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 foot cell size. These raw lidar point cloud data were used to create classified lidar LAS files, intensity images, 3D breaklines, hydro-flattened DEMs, contours, and building footprints as necessary.
Supplemental Information:

USGS Contract No. G10PC00016 CONTRACTOR: Quantum Spatial, Inc. SUBCONTRACTOR: Aerographics, Compass Data, Inc. Lidar data were acquired by Aerographics. Ground control data were collected by Compass Data, Inc. All follow-on processing was completed by the prime contractor.

The following are the USGS lidar fields in JSON:

{

"ldrinfo" : {

"ldrspec" : "USGS-NGP Base Specification v1.2",

"ldrsens" : "Optech Orion H300",

"ldrmaxnr" : "8",

"ldrnps" : "0.67",

"ldrdens" : "2.26",

"ldranps" : "0.67",

"ldradens" : "2.26",

"ldrfltht" : "1800",

"ldrfltsp" : "115",

"ldrscana" : "28",

"ldrscanr" : "41.8",

"ldrpulsr" : "125",

"ldrpulsd" : "4",

"ldrpulsw" : "0.41",

"ldrwavel" : "1064",

"ldrmpia" : "1",

"ldrbmdiv" : "0.25",

"ldrswatw" : "900",

"ldrswato" : "30",

"ldrcrs" : "NAD 1983 (2011) UTM Zone 12 meters",

"ldrgeoid" : "g2012bu0.bin"

},

"ldraccur" : {

"ldrchacc" : "0",

"rawnva" : "0.079",

"rawnvan" : "64"

},

"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 identified in these files using the standard LAS overlap bit",

"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" : "In-land Water"

},

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "10",

"clasitem" : "Ignored Ground"

},

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "17",

"clasitem" : "Bridge Decks"

},

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "18",

"clasitem" : "High Noise"

}

}}

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

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
VERTICAL LOCATION > LAND SURFACE

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: Lidar point cloud
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: Quantum Spatial, Inc.; USGS

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 784040
Date Effective From: 2018
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: 784041
Date Effective From: 2018
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: 784042
Date Effective From: 2018
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: 784043
Date Effective From: 2018
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: 1141763
W° Bound: -117.51849531916
E° Bound: -116.07519167169
N° Bound: 33.50731207342
S° Bound: 32.59150697395

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 1141762
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2016-10-31
End: 2017-01-31

Spatial Information

Spatial Resolution

Horizontal Distance: 0.7 Meter

Spatial Representation

Vector Representation 1

CC ID: 784961
Point Object Present?: Yes
Point Object Count: 15030487540

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:

Data is available online for 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: 784047
Start Date: 2018
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=8614
Distributor:
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.
Compression: Zip

Distribution 2

CC ID: 784048
Start Date: 2018
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/8614/index.html
Distributor:
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.
File Type (Deprecated): LAZ
Distribution Format: LAS/LAZ - LASer
Compression: Zip

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 784036
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/
Name: NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM) website
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: HTML
Description:

Information on the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM)

URL 2

CC ID: 784037
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 3

CC ID: 784038
URL: https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/8614/supplemental/2016_E_sandiego_extent_m8614.kmz
Name: Browse graphic
URL Type:
Browse Graphic
File Resource Format: KML
Description:

This graphic displays the footprint for this lidar data set.

URL 4

CC ID: 784039
URL: https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/8614/supplemental/USGS_Eastern_San_Diego_County_LiDAR_ProjectReport.pdf
Name: Dataset report
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: PDF
Description:

Link to data set report. Other reports are in the same directory.

Data Quality

Vertical Positional Accuracy:

Nonvegetated RMSEz = 0.0402 meters based on 62 check points distributed throughout the project area.

Vegetated RMSEz = 0.0756 meters based on 51 check points distributed throughout the project area.
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 data passes Non-Vegetated Vertical Accuracy specifications.
Conceptual Consistency:

Data covers the entire area specified for this project.

Lineage

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 1141759
Description:

LAS Point Classification: The point classification is performed as described below. The bare earth surface is then manually reviewed to ensure correct classification on the Class 2 (Ground) points. After the bare-earth surface is finalized, it is 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 3 feet was also used around each hydro-flattened feature to classify these ground (ASPRS Class 2) points to Ignored ground (ASPRS Class 10). 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. Buildings were classified to Class 6. All bridge decks were classified to Class 17. All overlap data was processed through automated functionality provided by TerraScan to classify the overlapping flight line data to approved classes by USGS. The overlap data was classified using standard LAS overlap bit. These classes were created through automated processes only and were not verified for classification accuracy. Due to software limitations within TerraScan, these classes were used to trip the withheld bit within various software packages. These processes were reviewed and accepted by USGS through numerous conference calls and pilot study areas. All data was manually reviewed and any remaining artifacts removed using functionality provided by TerraScan and TerraModeler. Global Mapper us 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: 2017-01-01 00:00:00

Process Step 2

CC ID: 1141760
Description:

Data were obtained by NOAA/OCM from USGS ftp site ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Elevation/LPC/Projects

/USGS_LPC_CA_E_SanDiegoCo_2016_LAS_2017/.

For ingestion into the Digital Coast Data Access Viewer, the following changes were made.

1) horizontal reprojection from California State Plane VI (FIPS 0406) to geographic coordinates

2) vertical units change from feet to meters

3) reduction to vertical NAD83(2011) ellipsoid heights by removing the GEOID12B model.
Process Date/Time: 2018-10-04 00:00:00
Process Contact: Office for Coastal Management (OCM)

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 54015
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:54015
Metadata Record Created By: Kirk Waters
Metadata Record Created: 2018-10-02 11:16+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