USFS Kern Plateau Lidar, CA 2011

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Overview

USFS logo Lidar data was collected over the Kern Plateau in the Sequoia National Forest, California for the USDA Forest Service between August 13th – 18th, 2011. The Kern Plateau project area covers over 134,00 acres (>544 km2).
Platform: Airborne Lidar
Survey Area: 545.02 km2
Point Density: 9.18 pts/m2
Survey Date: 08/13/2011 - 08/18/2011
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Use License: CC0 1.0
Funder: USFS     Collector: WSI

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1. Coordinates & Classification

Horizontal Coordinates: NAD83 (CORS96) / UTM Zone 11N Meters [EPSG: 26911]
Vertical Coordinates: NAVD88 (GEOID 03) [EPSG: 5703]
Units: meter
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2. Point Cloud Data Download

     Point cloud data in LAZ format
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3. Custom DEM Generation (TIN)  

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Gridding Parameters
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  Max. triangle size (Default 50 units)
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4. 3D Point Cloud Visualization  

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5. Raster Visualization  

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

6. Custom DEM Generation (Local Gridding)  

Gridding Method
     Calculate Zmin grid
     Calculate Zmax grid
     Calculate Zmean grid
     Calculate Zidw grid
     Calculate standard deviation
     Calculate point count

7. Contour Lines  

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