2017 IGIC/NRCS/USGS Lidar: Indiana Statewide - 11 County (Northeast)

Product: These lidar data are processed Classified LAS 1.4 files, formatted to 5,230 individual 5,000 US Feet x 5,000 US Feet tiles in NAD83 (HARN), StatePlane Indiana East FIPS 1301, NAVD88 Geoid12B US Feet; used to create intensity images, 3D breaklines and hydro-flattened DEMs as necessary.

Geographic Extent: AOI is located in NE Indiana. The area of interest covers approximately 4,690 square miles.

Dataset Description: Indiana Statewide Lidar 2017 B17 Base Option Lidar project called for the Planning, Acquisition, processing and derivative products of lidar data to be collected at a nominal pulse spacing (NPS) of 0.70 meter. 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 (HARN), StatePlane Indiana EastFIPS 1301, and vertical datum of NAVD88 (GEOID12B), US Feet. Lidar data was delivered as flightline-extent unclassified LAS swaths, as processed Classified LAS 1.4 files, formatted to 5,230 individual 5,000 US Feet x 5,000 US Feet tiles in NAD83 (HARN), StatePlane Indiana East FIPS 1301, US Feet as tiled Intensity Imagery, and as tiled bare earth DEMs; all tiled to the same 5,000 US Feet x 5,000 US Feet schema.

Ground Conditions: Lidar was collected in early 2017 by Woolpert, 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, Woolpert established a total of 265 ground control points that were used to calibrate the lidar to known ground locations established throughout the project area. Additional independent accuracy checkpoints were collected (84 NVA points and 64 VVA points) and used to assess the vertical accuracy of the data. These checkpoints were not used to calibrate or post process the data.

This metadata record supports the data entry in the NOAA Digital Coast Data Access Viewer (DAV). For this data set, the DAV is leveraging the Entwine Point Tiles (EPT) hosted by USGS on Amazon Web Services.

This project will support the state of Indiana and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Indiana.

USGS Contract No. G16PC00022 CONTRACTOR: Woolpert Inc.

The following are the USGS lidar fields in JSON:

{

"ldrinfo" : {

"ldrspec" : "USGS NGP Base Specifications v1.2",

"ldrsens" : "Leica ALS80 ",

"ldrmaxnr" : "infinite",

"ldrnps" : "0.70",

"ldrdens" : "2.3",

"ldranps" : "0.70",

"ldradens" : "2.3",

"ldrfltht" : "2377",

"ldrfltsp" : "150",

"ldrscana" : "40",

"ldrscanr" : "35.5",

"ldrpulsr" : "346",

"ldrpulsd" : "5",

"ldrpulsw" : "2.5",

"ldrwavel" : "1064",

"ldrmpia" : "1",

"ldrbmdiv" : "0.20",

"ldrswatw" : "1731",

"ldrswato" : "25",

"ldrgeoid" : "GEOID12B",

"ldrcrs" : "NAD83 (HARN), StatePlane Indiana EastFIPS 1301"

},

"ldraccur" : {

"ldrchacc" : "0.432",

"rawnva" : "0.071 ",

"rawnvan" : "84",

"clsnva" : "0.069 ",

"clsvva" : "0.067",

"clsvvan" : "64"

},

"lasinfo" : {

"lasver" : "1.4",

"lasprf" : "6",

"laswheld" : "Geometrically unreliable points were identified using a combination of automated and manual techniques and subsequently classified as high or low noise and given the standard 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"

},

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "7",

"clasitem" : "Low noise"

},

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "9",

"clasitem" : "Water"

},

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "10",

"clasitem" : "Ignored ground"

},

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "17",

"clasitem" : "Bridge Decks "

},

"lasclass" : {

"clascode" : "18",

"clasitem" : "High Noise"

}

}}

The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and within the limitations of the data for which it was requested and prepared, in general, and these data in particular. The related graphics are intended to aid the data user in acquiring relevant data. It is not appropriate to use the related graphics as data. Woolpert gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a Woolpert server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. Although these data have been processed successfully upon Woolpert's computer system, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding the utility of the data on another system, or for general or scientific purposes; nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data.

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

Data is available online for bulk and 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.

Produced to meet 0.432 meters horizontal accuracy at 95 percent confidence level. Lidar system specifications are available in the project report.

LAS data covering the Indiana Statewide QL2 Lidar Task Order was compared to independent survey control points to determine the NVA of the LAS Swath and of the Bare-Earth DEM. In addition, this LAS data was compared to independent VVA points.

Raw Swath Non-Vegetated Vertical Accuracy (NVA) Tested 0.071 Meters Non vegetated vertical accuracy at a 95 percent confidence level (3.62 cm RMSE), derived according to NSSDA, in open terrain using (RMSEz) x 1.96000 as defined by the National Standards for Spatial Data Accuracy (NSSDA); assessed and reported using National Digital Elevation Program (NDEP)/ASPRS Guidelines and tested against the TIN using all lidar points against 84 NVA points.

LAS Swath Non-Vegetated Vertical Accuracy (NVA) Tested 0.069 Meters Non vegetated vertical accuracy at a 95 percent confidence level (3.52 cm RMSE), derived according to NSSDA, in open terrain using (RMSEz) x 1.96000 as defined by the National Standards for Spatial Data Accuracy (NSSDA); assessed and reported using National Digital Elevation Program (NDEP)/ASPRS Guidelines and tested against the TIN using lidar ground points against 84 NVA points.

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.

Data covers the entire area specified for this project.

Data is backed up to tape and to cloud storage.

The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) ingested references to the USGS Entwine Point Tiles (EPT) hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) into the Digital Coast Data Access Viewer (DAV). The DAV accesses the point cloud as it resides on AWS under the usgs-lidar-public-container.