These files contain classified topo/bathy lidar data. The data includes the following project areas: Block Island, Bullocks Point, Newport, Pawtuxet Cove, Point Judith, Sakonnet, and Wickford. The dates of collection for each project area are: Block Island (20150605-20150613), Bullocks Point (20150605), Newport (20150603-20150604), Pawtuxet Cove (20150605), Point Judith (20150605), Sakonnet (20150603-20150604), and Wickford (20150604-20150605). Data are classified as 1 (valid non-ground topographic data), 2 (valid ground topographic data), and 29 (valid bathymetric data). Classes 1 and 2 are defined in accordance with the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) classification standards. These data were collected by the Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar (CZMIL) system. CZMIL integrates a lidar sensor with simultaneous topographic and bathymetric capabilities, a digital camera and a hyperspectral imagery on a single remote sensing platform for use in coastal mapping and charting activities. Native lidar data is not generally in a format accessible to most Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Specialized in-house and commercial software packages are used to process the native lidar data into 3-dimensional positions that can be imported into GIS software for visualization and further analysis. The 3-D position data are sub-divided into a series of LAS files, which are tiled into quarter-quads or 5km boxes. In addition to the lidar point data, Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), created from the lidar point data are also available. DEMs are available from all classes of points (1, 2, 29) at a 1 meter grid size for all project areas except for Bullocks Point. Bare earth DEMs are available from the ground and bathymetric data classes (2, 29) at a 1 meter grid size for all the project areas. These products have not been reviewed by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) and any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of NOAA or OCM. The data are available upon request via email at: coastal.info@noaa.gov. Please provide the name of the data set and "DEM Request" in the subject line. Original contact information: Contact Org: JALBTCX Title: Data Production Manager Phone: 228-252-1131 Email: JALBTCX@usace.army.mil This data set is an LAZ (compressed LAS) format file containing LIDAR point cloud data.