DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9C24TCD OT Collection ID: OT.032012.26913.2 OT Collection Name: LiDAR Survey of the Black Hills Experimental Forest, South Dakota Short Name: SD02_BHEF Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar ---------------------------------------------------------- Download and Access Products: 1. Point Cloud Data opentopoID: OTLAS.032012.26913.2 Data Processing: https://portal.opentopography.org/lidarDataset?opentopoID=OTLAS.032012.26913.2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Collection Overview: The surveyed area covers 28.5 square kilometers of the Black Hills Experimental Forest, South Dakota. These LAS and associated files were collected by Horizon's Inc. of Rapid City, SD and processed by the USDA Forest Service in Moscow, ID. The purpose of the data collection is to use Lidar in support of natural resource research and management applications. Dataset Acknowledgement: Proper credit to South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and the Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service. Dataset Citation: LiDAR Survey of the Black Hills Experimental Forest, South Dakota. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9C24TCD . Accessed: 2024-03-29 Use License: Not Provided Dataset Keywords: South Dakota, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow Forestry Sciences Lab, University of Idaho, Idaho Lidar Consortium, Multiscale Curvature Classification (MCC), lidar Survey Date: 08/16/2002 Publication Date: 04/11/2012 ---------------------------------------------------------- Data Provider and Roles: 1. Fugro Horizons, Inc. Role: Collector Url: http://www.fugrohorizons.com/services/lidar.asp 2. Fugro Horizons, Inc. Role: Funder Url: http://www.fugrohorizons.com/services/lidar.asp 3. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Role: Partner Url: http://sdmines.sdsmt.edu/sdsmt 4. US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Role: Partner Url: https://www.fs.fed.us/rmrs/ ---------------------------------------------------------- Total number of points: 35,151,170 pts Area: 28 km^2 Point Density: 1.23 pts/m^2 Classifications: Class 2 - Ground: 19,079,383 Class 3 - Low Vegetation: 57,830 Class 5 - High Vegetation: 16,013,663 Class 7 - Low Point (low noise): 294 Coordinates System: Horizontal: NAD83 / UTM Zone 13N [EPSG: 26913] Vertical: NAVD88 [EPSG: 5703] Survey Report: https://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/metadata/SD_Black_Hills.zip LAS Validation Data Report: http://cloud.sdsc.edu/v1/AUTH_opentopography/www/lasReports/SD02_BHEF.html ---------------------------------------------------------- Dataset Extent in KMZ format: https://portal.opentopography.org/getKml?otCollectionID=OT.032012.26913.2&download=true Dataset Spatial Bounds: North: 44.1836008538447° South: 44.1382903763374° East: -103.599340033449° West: -103.6782449759°