Lidar Survey of the Black Hills Experimental Forest, South Dakota

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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.
Platform: Airborne Lidar
Survey Area: 28 km2
Point Density: 1.23 pts/m2
Survey Date: 08/16/2002
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Data Citation
Use License: Not Provided
Funder: Fugro Horizons     Partners: SDSMT, USFS RMRS     Collector: Fugro Horizons

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1. Coordinates & Classification

Horizontal Coordinates: NAD83 / UTM Zone 13N Meters [EPSG: 26913]
Vertical Coordinates: NAVD88 [EPSG: 5703]
Units: meter

Data Selection Coordinates:       Manually enter selection coordinates (in the horizontal coordinate system listed above)  
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  Vegetation        
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2. Point Cloud Data Download

     Point cloud data in LAZ format
    Point cloud data in LAS format
     Point cloud data in ASCII format

3A. DEM Generation (TIN)  

Gridding Method
    Calculate TIN
Gridding Parameters
  Grid Resolution (Default = 1 meter)
  Max. triangle size (Default 50 units)
  Grid Format

3B. DEM Generation (Local Gridding)  

Gridding Method
     Calculate Zmin grid
     Calculate Zmax grid
     Calculate Zmean grid
     Calculate Zidw grid
     Calculate standard deviation
     Calculate point count
Gridding Parameters
  Grid Resolution (Default = 1 meter)
  Radius value (Default = 1.4142 meter)
  Grid Format
  Null Filling

4. Raster Visualization  

Visualization type:
  Hillshade
  Color-relief
  Color hillshade
  Slope
  Aspect
  Roughness

5. 3D Point Cloud Visualization  

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6. Contour Lines  

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