This delivery contains point cloud data in LAS 1.2 format classified in the following manner:
Class 1: Unclassified
Class 2: Ground
Class 3: Low Vegetation
Class 6: Buildings
Class 7: Noise
Class 8: Ground Model Keypoints
Class 9: Water
Class 10: Breakline Proximity
The following are the collection parameters and equipment used to create these data sets:
Aircraft: Piper Navajo (812TB)
LiDAR System: Leica ALS70
Approximate Collection Altitude (Above Mean Terrain): 1070 meters
Ground Speed: 150 kts
Pulse Rate Frequency: 245 kHz
Mirror Scan Frequency: 60 Hz
Scan Angle (+/-): 15 degrees
Accuracy statements are based on areas of moderate terrain, with points classified as ground. Diminished accuracies are to be expected in areas of extreme terrain and dense vegetation. The accuracy of each point is expected to meet the vertical accuracy standard, derived products may be less accurate in areas of extreme terrain and dense vegetation due to a lesser number of points defining the ground in these areas. Classified data sets such as this one may have varying posting due to some pulses not reaching the ground.
The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) downloaded this data set from this AK DGGS site:
https://elevation.alaska.gov/
These files were processed to make the data available for custom and bulk download from the NOAA Digital Coast Data Access Viewer (DAV) . The total number of files downloaded and processed was 1804. In addition to these lidar point data, the bare earth Digital Elevation Models (DEM) created from the lidar point data are also available. These data are available for custom download at the link provided in the URL section of this metadata record.
This data set is an LAZ (compressed LAS) format file containing LIDAR point cloud data.