USGS - Suwannee River Water Management District
Contract No.G10PC00093, Task Order No.G12PD00242
Prime Contractor: Digital Aerial Solutions (DAS)
Sub-Contractor: Gustin, Cothern & Tucker, Inc. (GCT)
The Vertical Accuracy Requirements are required to meet or exceed an RMSEz of 9.25 centimeters and a Fundamental Vertical Accuracy requirement of 18.2 centimeters at the 95% Confidence Level according to the NDEP guidelines.
Digital Aerial Solutions, LLC (DAS) was tasked to collect and process a Light Detection And Ranging
(LiDAR) derived elevation dataset for the Suwannee Management, FL. The Suwannee Management survey
area encompasses approximately 725 square miles. Aerial LiDAR data was collected utilizing an ALS60.
The ALS60 is a discrete return topographic LiDAR mapping system manufactured by Leica Geosystems.
LiDAR data collected for the Suwannee Management survey has a nominal pulse spacing of 0.9 meters,
and includes up to 4 discrete returns per pulse, along with intensity values for each return.
This data set is an LAZ (compressed LAS) format file containing LIDAR point cloud data.