2023 NOAA Topobathy Lidar: Northern Lake Michigan and Northern Lake Huron, MI

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Product: This topobathy lidar dataset consists of processed classified LAS 1.4 files used to create intensity images and topobathymetric DEMs as necessary. Three project areas for this dataset are: 1. Lansing Shoals - 4273 individual 500 m x 500 m tiles 2. Green Bay - 1837 individual 500 m x 500 m tiles 3. Lake Huron - 2871 individual 500 m x 500 m tiles Geographic Extent: The Michigan coastline along parts of northern Lake Michigan and northern Lake Huron, covering approximately 627 square miles. 1. Lansing Shoals portion (Lake Michigan) of the AOI covers approximately 311 square miles 2. Green Bay portion (Lake Michigan) of the AOI covers approximately 116 square miles 3, Lake Huron portion of the AOI covers approximately 200 square miles Dataset Description: The Great Lakes Topobathymetric Lidar project called for the planning, acquisition, processing and derivative products of lidar data to be collected at a nominal pulse spacing (NPS) of 1 meter for bathymetric areas. Project specifications are based on the U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Program Base Lidar Specification, Version 1.3. The data was developed based on a horizontal projection/datum of NAD83 (2011), UTM zones 16N and 17N, meters and vertical datum of NAVD88 (Geoid 18), meters. Ground Conditions: 1. Lansing Shoals - Lidar was collected for the Lansing Shoals region from September 14, 2023 to September 25, 2023, while no snow was on the ground and rivers were at or below normal levels 2. Green Bay - Lidar was collected for the Green Bay region from September 28, 2023 to October 5, 2023, while no snow was on the ground and rivers were at or below normal levels. 3, Lake Huron - Lidar was collected for the Northern Lake Huron region from September 16, 2023 to October 4, 2023, while no snow was on the ground and rivers were at or below normal levels. This data set is an LAZ (compressed LAS) format file containing LIDAR point cloud data.
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