2014 USGS QL 2 Lidar: San Diego, CA

Welcome Guest   ( Sign In )
NOAA
Geographic Extent: San Diego, California, covering approximately 1,505 square miles. Dataset Description: San Diego, California 2014 LiDAR project called for the Planning, Acquisition, processing and derivative products of LIDAR data to be collected at a nominal pulse spacing (NPS) of 0.7 meter. Project specifications are based on the U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Program Base LIDAR Specification, Version 1. LiDAR data was delivered in RAW flight line swath format, processed to create Classified LAS 1.2 Files formatted to 1564 individual 5000 ft x 5000 ft tiles, and corresponding Intensity Images and Bare Earth DEMs tiled to the same 5000 ft x 5000 ft schema, and Breaklines in Esri geodatabase format. Ground Conditions: LiDAR was collected in late 2014 and early 2015, while no snow was on the ground and rivers were at or below normal levels. In order to post process the LiDAR data to meet task order specifications, Photo Science established a total of 88 QA calibration control points and 80 Land Cover control points that were used to calibrate the LIDAR to known ground locations established throughout the San Diego, California project area. This data set is an LAZ (compressed LAS) format file containing LIDAR point cloud data.
Select area of data to download or process  
  Usage Heat Map
 

Access to this dataset is currently limited to:
  • US academic community (with valid .edu addresses). Please log in to access these data.
  • K-12 teachers, international academics, and informal educators by application
  • OpenTopography+ members. Learn more about OT+

OpenTopography offers numerous other datasets that are free to access and use: select the OpenTopography, Community Dataspace, or Global & Regional DEMs on the Find Data map or Data Catalog.