Lidar Transects along Yucatan Peninsula and San Gervasio, Mexico

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G9H70CZ3
OT Collection ID: OT.102019.32616.1
OT Collection Name: Lidar Transects along Yucatan Peninsula and San Gervasio, Mexico
Short Name: MX17_Stanton
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar
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Point Cloud Data       opentopoID: OTLAS.102019.32616.1

Raster Data       opentopoID: OTSDEM.102019.32616.1
Collection Overview: NCALM logo Data was collected between April 29 and May 03, 2017 as part of a lidar survey along the Yucatan Peninsula and San Gervasio, Mexico. This data was collected by NCALM for Travis Stanton in the Anthropology Department at University of California, Riverside. Approximately 438 km2 of high resolution data were collected for this project.


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-1339015.

Dataset Citation: Stanton, T. (2019). Lidar Transects along Yucatan Peninsula and San Gervasio, Mexico. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G9H70CZ3.. Accessed: 2024-10-04       Copied to Clipboard

Use License: CC BY 4.0

Dataset Keywords: lidar, mexico, Yucatan, San Gervasio, cancun, Chichen, COBA, Tulum,

Survey Date: 04/29/2017 - 05/03/2017

Publication Date: 11/06/2019
Data Provider and Roles:
Funder Collector Principal Investigator
  • Travis Stanton - University of California, Riverside
Total number of points: 18,357,188,974 pts

Area: 438.66 km2

Point Density: 41.85 pts/m2

Classifications:
Class 1 - Unclassified32,253,884
Class 2 - Ground5,091,404,803
Class 3 - Low Vegetation801,678,534
Class 4 - Medium Vegetation4,295,193,086
Class 5 - High Vegetation8,136,648,007
Class 7 - Low Point (low noise)10,660

Raster Resolution: 0.5 meter

Coordinate System:
Horizontal: UTM Zone 16N Meters [EPSG: 32616]
Vertical: WGS84 [EPSG: 4326]

Units: meter

Survey Report: Reports

LAS Validation Data Report: MX17_Stanton.html
Tile index in shapefile format: Download

Dataset Extent in GeoJSON format:
Point Cloud: MX17_Stanton.geojson
Raster: MX17_Stanton.geojson

Dataset Spatial Bounds: North: 20.8335309370669°     South: 20.3106342758754°     East: -86.8188815900011°     West: -89.057450881756°