Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, USA 2009

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G95M63M8
OT Collection ID: OT.102016.26915.1
OT Collection Name: Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, USA 2009
Short Name: LA09_Buttles
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar
Download and Access Products:
Point Cloud DataBulk DownloadopentopoID: OTLAS.102016.26915.1
Raster DataBulk DownloadopentopoID: OTSDEM.102016.26915.1
Collection Overview: NCALM logo Airborne Lidar data of Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, USA, a delta prograding into Atchafalaya Bay, Gulf of Mexico.

Note: The rasters available for this dataset will not exactly match those produced from the point cloud. To get the same rasters start with the complete unclassified point cloud and follow the methods described in the full metadata file.


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.

Dataset Citation: Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, USA 2009. Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G95M63M8 . Accessed: 2024-12-21       Copied to Clipboard

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: Wax Lake Delta, Louisiana, prograding, Gulf of Mexico, Atchafalaya Bay, lidar

Survey Date: 01/14/2009

Publication Date: 10/28/2016
Total number of points: 386,598,082 pts

Area: 228.87 km2

Point Density: 1.69 pts/m2

Classifications:
Class 1 - Unclassified203,961,214
Class 2 - Ground182,630,791
Class 7 - Low Point (low noise)6,077

Raster Resolution: 1 meter

Coordinate System:
Horizontal: NAD83 / UTM Zone 15N Meters [EPSG: 26915]
Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 03) [EPSG: 5703]

Units: meter

Survey Report: Reports

LAS Validation Data Report: LA09_Buttles.html
Tile index in shapefile format: Download

Dataset Extent in GeoJSON format:
Point Cloud: LA09_Buttles.geojson
Raster: LA09_Buttles.geojson

Dataset Spatial Bounds: North: 29.5683056496068°     South: 29.4152268516171°     East: -91.349615599099°     West: -91.5420008590938°