DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9SQ8XB0
OT Collection ID: OT.082013.26910.1
OT Collection Name: California Coast: Big Creek, Vincente, Arroyo Seco, Scotts Creek, UCSC
Short Name: CA11_Finnegan
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.082013.26910.1
		Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.082013.26910.1


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Collection Overview: NCALM Project, PI: Noah Finnegan, University of Claifornia, Santa Crus. The Areas of Interest (AOIs) are five regions: Scotts Creek, the UCSC campus, Arroyo Seco, Big Creek and Vicente with a total surface area of 375 square kilometers. The Scotts Creek and UCSC polygons are located north of Santa Cruz, CA and the Arroyo Seco, Big Creek and Vicente polygons are located south east of Big Sur, CA and west of King City, CA. Data were collected March 8-11, 2011.Publications associated with this dataset can be found at NCALM's Data Tracking Center

Dataset Acknowledgement: Lidar data acquisition and processing completed by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM - https://ncalm.cive.uh.edu). NCALM funding provided by NSF's Division of Earth Sciences, Instrumentation and Facilities Program. EAR-1043051.

Dataset Citation: California Coast: Big Creek, Vincente, Arroyo Seco, Scotts Creek, UCSC. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9SQ8XB0 . Accessed: 2024-12-22

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar

Survey Date: 03/08/2011 - 03/11/2011
Publication Date: 09/24/2013

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Data Provider and Roles:
	1. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping
	Role: Collector
	Url: https://ncalm.cive.uh.edu/

	2. National Science Foundation
	Role: Funder
	Url: https://nsf.gov/


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Total number of points: 4,373,110,830 pts

Area: 375 km^2

Point Density: 11.66 pts/m^2

Classifications: 
	Class 1 - Unclassified: 3,087,887,922
	Class 2 - Ground: 1,149,170,382
	Class 4 - Medium Vegetation: 131,438,770
	Class 6 - Building: 4,411,625
	Class 7 - Low Point (low noise): 73,909
	Class 9 - Water: 128,222
Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: NAD83 (CORS96) / UTM Zone 10N Meters [EPSG: 26910]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 09) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: https://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/metadata/NCALM/Noah_Finnegan_MontereyCA.pdf

LAS Validation Data Report: http://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/lasReports/CA11_Finnegan.html

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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: https://portal.opentopography.org/getKml?otCollectionID=OT.082013.26910.1&download=true

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 37.1699149633125°
	South: 36.0365911167614°
	East: -121.27444980242°
	West: -122.279690603866°