65546 Data Set Published / External 59025 NGS Lidar Project Completed 2021 These data were collected by Leading Edge Geomatics using a Riegl VQ-880-G II sensor. The data acqusition began January 20, 2019 through June 2, 2019. The data includes topobathy data in LAS 1.4 format classified as created, never classified (0); unclassified (1); ground (2); noise (7); bathymetric bottom (40); water surface (41); derived water surface (42); submerged object, not otherwise specified (e.g., wreck, rock, submerged piling) (43); International Hydrographic Organization S-57 object, not otherwise specified (44); no bottom found (bathymetric lidar point for which no detectable bottom return was received) (45); bathymetic bottom temporal changes (46) in accordance with project specifications. Puerto Rico has been identified as having cirtical topographic and bathymetric data gaps by NOAA. This lidar data will fill those critical gaps. The full workflow used for this project is found in the final project report submitted to NOAA. Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION > DIGITAL ELEVATION/TERRAIN MODEL (DEM) Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY > COASTAL BATHYMETRY Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > BEACHES Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > COASTAL ELEVATION Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category elevation Spatial Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA > PUERTO RICO Platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords Airplane > Airplane Office for Coastal Management Charleston SC Data Set Elevation None Planned Model (digital) Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of NOAA, the Office for Coastal Management or its partners National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Geodetic Survey (NGS), Remote Sensing Division (RSD), Coastal Mapping Program (CMP) 72008 Published / External Completed Other Yes Class table describing the class numbers used in the lidar data file. Each point in the lidar file has a class associated. 1 1 - Unclassified Point class number No No Active Unclassified point 2 2- Ground Point class number No No Active Ground Point 3 7 - Low Point (Noise) Point class number No No Active Low Point (Noise) 5 40 - Bathymetric Point Point class number No No Active Point classified as bathymetric ground. 6 41 - Water Surface Point class number No No Active Point classified as water surface. 7 43 - Submerged Object Point class number No No Active Submerged object, not otherwise specified (e.g., wreck, rock, submerged piling) 8 44 - IHO S-57 Object Point class number No No Active nternational Hydrographic Organization (IHO) S-57 object, not otherwise specified. 9 45 - Water Column Point class number No No Active Point classified as water column. Data Steward 2021 Organization NOAA Office for Coastal Management NOAA/OCM coastal.info@noaa.gov 2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston SC 29405-2413 (843) 740-1202 https://coast.noaa.gov NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page Online Resource Distributor 2021 Organization NOAA Office for Coastal Management NOAA/OCM coastal.info@noaa.gov 2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston SC 29405-2413 (843) 740-1202 https://coast.noaa.gov NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page Online Resource Metadata Contact 2021 Organization NOAA Office for Coastal Management NOAA/OCM coastal.info@noaa.gov 2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston SC 29405-2413 (843) 740-1202 https://coast.noaa.gov NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page Online Resource Originator 2021 Organization National Geodetic Survey NGS https://ror.org/02f762h70 1315 East-West Hwy Silver Spring MD 20910 https://geodesy.noaa.gov/ Ground Condition -67.498451 -65.166 18.528116 17.626749 Data only covers coastal area. Range 2019-01-20 2019-06-02 No Yes No No No Geographic 3D EPSG:6319 NAD83(2011) NAD83 (National Spatial Reference System 2011) GRS 1980 6378137 298.257222101 1 Geodetic Latitude Lat degree north 2 Geodetic Longitude Lon degree east 3 Elipsoidal height h metre up Unclassified Data is available online for bulk or custom downloads None 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. https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=9390 2021 Organization NOAA Office for Coastal Management Customized Download 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. Zip Zip https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/9390/ 2021 Organization NOAA Office for Coastal Management Bulk Download 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. LAZ LAS/LAZ - LASer Zip https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/9390/supplemental/extent_ngs_pr_topobathy_m9390.kmz Browse graphic Browse Graphic KML This graphic displays the footprint for this lidar data set. https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/ NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM) Data Access Viewer (DAV) Online Resource HTML 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. https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/9390/supplemental/PR1801_VI1801_TB_C_Topobathy_Lidar_Project_Report_Final.pdf Topobathymetric Lidar Data Report Online Resource pdf Topobathymetric Lidar Data Report OS Independent Only checkpoints photo-identifiable in the intensity imagery can be used to test the horizontal accuracy of the lidar. Photo-identifiable checkpoints in intensity imagery typically include checkpoints located at the ends of paint stripes on concrete or asphalt surfaces or checkpoints located at 90 degree corners of different reflectivity, e.g. a sidewalk corner adjoining a grass surface. The xy coordinates of checkpoints, as defined in the intensity imagery, are compared to surveyed xy coordinates for each photo-identifiable checkpoint. These differences are used to compute the tested horizontal accuracy of the lidar. As not all projects contain photo-identifiable checkpoints, the horizontal accuracy of the lidar cannot always be tested. Lidar vendors calibrate their lidar systems during installation of the system and then again for every project acquired. Typical calibrations include cross flights that capture features from multiple directions that allow adjustments to be performed so that the captured features are consistent between all swaths and cross flights from all directions. This data set was produced to meet ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data (2014) for a 41 cm RMSEx/RMSEy Horizontal Accuracy Class which equates to Positional Horizontal Accuracy = +/- 1 meter at a 95% confidence level. Thirty-one checkpoints were photo-identifiable. Using this small sample set of photo-identifiable checkpoints, positional accuracy of this dataset was found to be RMSEx = 31.1 cm and RMSEy = 25.4 cm which equates to ACCURACYr = 69.6 cm at 95% confidence level. The results of the small sample set of checkpoints are within the produced to meet horizontal accuracy criteria. The vertical accuracy of the classified lidar was tested by Dewberry with 259 independent survey checkpoints. The survey checkpoints are evenly distributed throughout the project area and are located in areas of non-vegetated terrain, including bare earth, open terrain, and urban terrain (131); vegetated terrain, including forest, brush, tall weeds, crops, and high grass (94); and submerged bottom areas (34). The vertical accuracy is tested by comparing survey checkpoints to a triangulated irregular network (TIN) that is created from the lidar ground and submerged bottom points. Checkpoints are always compared to interpolated surfaces created from the lidar point cloud because it is unlikely that a survey checkpoint will be located at the precise location of a discrete lidar point. All checkpoints located in non-vegetated terrain were used to compute the Non-vegetated Vertical Accuracy (NVA). Project specifications require a NVA of 0.196 at the 95% confidence level based on RMSEz (0.1) x 1.9600. All checkpoints located in vegetated terrain were used to compute the Vegetated Vertical Accuracy (VVA). Project specifications require a VVA of 0.294 based on the 95th percentile. All checkpoints located in bathymetric areas were used to compute an accuracy value for the bathymetric data. Project specifications require the vertical accuracy for bathymetric data to be 0.363 or better at the 95% confidence level based on RMSEz (0.185) x 1.9600. his lidar dataset was tested to meet ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data (2014) for a 10 cm RMSEz Vertical Accuracy Class. Actual NVA accuracy was found to be RMSEz = 0.086, equating to +/- 0.168 at 95% confidence level. This lidar dataset was tested to meet ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data (2014) for a 10 cm RMSEz Vertical Accuracy Class. Actual VVA accuracy was found to be +/- 25.1 cm at the 95th percentile. The 5% outliers consisted of 5 checkpoints that are larger than the 95th percentile. These checkpoints had a DZ value of 37.3 cm, 42.3 cm, 35.1 cm, 25.9 cm, and 28.6 cm. This lidar dataset was tested to meet ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data (2014) for a 18.5 cm RMSEz Vertical Accuracy Class. Actual Bathymetric accuracy was found to be RMSEz = 12.1 cm, equating to +/- 0.236 at the 95% confidence level. Data covers the project boundary. Not applicable Yes Unknown Yes NCEI-CO Data is backed up to tape and to cloud storage. Acquisition Organization Leading Edge Geomatics Originator Processing Organization Dewberry Originator 1 Data for the Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands project was acquired by Leading Edge Geomatics using a Riegl VQ-880-G II sensor. All delivered Puerto Rico lidar data is referenced to: Horizontal Datum-NAD83 (2011) epoch: 2010 Projection-UTM Zone 20 North Horizontal Units-meters Vertical Datum-NAD83 (2011) Vertical Units-meters Both green lidar data and NIR lidar data were acquired. Leading Edge Geomatics acquired, calibrated, and performed refraction correction for the lidar data. 2020-01-22T00:00:00 Organization NGS Communications and Outreach Branch ngs.infocenter@noaa.gov (301) 713-3242 (301) 713-4172 2 Dewberry received the calibrated green and NIR data and verified complete coverage. Relative accuracy of the green swaths compared to overlapping and adjacent green swaths as well as the relative accuracy of green swaths compared to overlapping and adjacent NIR swaths was verified through the use of Delta-Z (DZ) orthos created in GeoCue software. Intraswath relative accuracy was verified using Quick Terrain Modeler. Profiles of elevated planar features, such as roofs, were used to verify horizontal alignment between overlapping swaths. Dewberry then verified absolute vertical accuracy of the swath data prior to full-scale production. Dewberry used algoritms in TerraScan to create the intial ground/submerged topography surface. Dewberry used rasterized aggregate extents of refracted points to create automated 2-D breaklines with LAStools and ArcGIS. Light travels at different speeds in air versus water and its speed and direction of travel change when it enters the water column. The refraction correction process accounts for this difference by adjusting the depth (distance traveled) and horizontal position (change of angle/direction) of the lidar points acquired within water. These breaklines delineate areas where the refraction correction was applied to the lidar data by Riegl's automated refraction correction software based on the software's detection of water. Where the automated process missed discrete water bodies that did not contain valid bathymetry (submerged topography) data, breaklines were manually drawn and added to a separate feature class to ensure the correct classification of the point cloud. Dewberry used the 2-D refraction extents and additional bathy features to classify the bathymetric bottom and ground points properly in TerraScan. All lidar data was peer-reviewed. Dewberry's QAQC also included creating void polygons for use during review. All necessary edits were applied to the dataset. GeoCue software was used to update LAS header information, including all projection and coordinate reference system information. The final lidar data are in LAS format 1.4 and point data record format 6. The final classificaton scheme is as follows: 0-Created, never classified 1-Unclassified 2-Ground 7-Noise 40-Bathymetric bottom 41-Water surface 42-Derived water surface 43-Submerged object, not otherwise specified 44-International Hydrograpic Organization (IHO) S-57 objects 45-No bottom found (bathymetric lidar point for which no detectable bottom return was received) 46-Bathymetric bottom temporal changes All data was then verified by an Independent QC department within Dewberry. The independent QC was performed by separate analysts who did not perform manual classification or editing. The independent QC involved quantitative and qualitative reviews. 2021-01-22T00:00:00 3 The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) received files in laz format. The files contained lidar elevation and intensity measurements. The data were in UTM Zone 19 and UTM Zone 20 coordinates and ellipsoid elevations in meters. OCM performed the following processing on the data for Digital Coast storage and provisioning purposes: 1. Converted from UTM Zone 19 and UTM Zone 20 to geographic coordinates 2. Sorted by gps time 2021-10-08T00:00:00 Organization Office for Coastal Management OCM https://ror.org/05v14bq57 2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston SC 29405-2413 https://www.coast.noaa.gov/ 72008 Entity gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:65546 Maryellen Sault 2021-09-29T17:19:03 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:26 2022-03-16 National Geodetic Survey NGS 1002 Public No No 2022-03-16 1 Year 2023-03-16