Lidar Survey of Deltaic Wetlands, LA 2023
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9PC30KP
OT Collection ID: OT.092024.6345.1
OT Collection Name: Lidar Survey of Deltaic Wetlands, LA 2023
Short Name: LA23_Davidson
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar
OT Collection ID: OT.092024.6345.1
OT Collection Name: Lidar Survey of Deltaic Wetlands, LA 2023
Short Name: LA23_Davidson
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar
Download and Access Products:
| Point Cloud Data | Bulk Download | opentopoID: OTLAS.092024.6345.1 | |
| Raster Data | Bulk Download | opentopoID: OTSDEM.092024.6345.1 |
Collection Overview:
Dataset Acknowledgement: Lidar data acquisition and processing completed by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). NCALM funding provided by NSF's Division of Earth Sciences, Instrumentation and Facilities Program. EAR-2324629
Dataset Citation: Davidson, D. (2024). Lidar Survey of Deltaic Wetlands, LA 2023. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9PC30KP. Accessed: 2025-06-07 Copied to Clipboard
Use License: CC BY 4.0
Dataset Keywords: lidar, New Orleans, hydrology, geomorphology, delta
Survey Date: 09/20/2023
Publication Date: 09/25/2024
This lidar dataset was collected as part of an NCALM Seed grant for Donald Davidson at the University of New Orleans. This dataset was collected to help understand the vegetation-sediment-flow interplay in deltaic wetlands. Data was collected southeast of New Orleans, LA, over Quarantine Bay.
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). NCALM funding provided by NSF's Division of Earth Sciences, Instrumentation and Facilities Program. EAR-2324629
Dataset Citation: Davidson, D. (2024). Lidar Survey of Deltaic Wetlands, LA 2023. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9PC30KP. Accessed: 2025-06-07 Copied to Clipboard
Use License: CC BY 4.0
Dataset Keywords: lidar, New Orleans, hydrology, geomorphology, delta
Survey Date: 09/20/2023
Publication Date: 09/25/2024
Data Provider and Roles:
Funder Collector Principal Investigator
Funder Collector Principal Investigator
- Donald Davidson - University of New Orleans
Total number of points:
653,111,752 pts
Area: 59.83 km2
Point Density: 10.92 pts/m2
Classifications:
Raster Resolution: 1.0 meter
Coordinate System:
Horizontal: NAD83 (2011) / UTM Zone 16N Meters [EPSG: 6345]
Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 12B) [EPSG: 5703]
Units: meter
Survey Report: Reports
LAS Validation Data Report: Reports
Area: 59.83 km2
Point Density: 10.92 pts/m2
Classifications:
| Class 1 - Unclassified | 598,124,558 |
| Class 2 - Ground | 54,875,703 |
| Class 7 - Low Point (low noise) | 49,545 |
| Class 18 - High Noise | 61,946 |
Raster Resolution: 1.0 meter
Coordinate System:
Horizontal: NAD83 (2011) / UTM Zone 16N Meters [EPSG: 6345]
Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 12B) [EPSG: 5703]
Units: meter
Survey Report: Reports
LAS Validation Data Report: Reports
Tile index in shapefile format:
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Dataset Boundary in GeoJSON format:
Point Cloud: LA23_Davidson.geojson
Raster: LA23_Davidson.geojson
Dataset Extent (Bounding Box): North: 29.436654399600656° South: 29.35126414476026° East: -89.44899125749536° West: -89.55358345028579°
Dataset Boundary in GeoJSON format:
Point Cloud: LA23_Davidson.geojson
Raster: LA23_Davidson.geojson
Dataset Extent (Bounding Box): North: 29.436654399600656° South: 29.35126414476026° East: -89.44899125749536° West: -89.55358345028579°