Product: These lidar data are processed Classified LAS 1.4 files, formatted to individual 1000 m x 1000 m tiles; used to create intensity images, 2D breaklines and Topobathy DEMs as necessary. Geographic Extent: Florida Everglades National Park covering approximately 1,211 square miles. Dataset Description: Florida Everglades National Park 2018 Lidar project called for the Planning, Acquisition, processing and derivative products of lidar data to be collected at a nominal pulse spacing (NPS) of 0.35 meters. Project specifications are based on the U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Program Base Lidar Specification, Version 1.2. The data was developed based on a horizontal projection/datum of NAD83 (2011), Universal Transverse Mercator, meters and vertical datum of NAVD88 (GEOID12B), meters. Lidar data was delivered as processed Classified LAS 1.4 files, formatted to individual 1000 m x 1000 m tiles, as tiled Intensity Imagery, and as tiled bare earth topobathy DEMs; all tiled to the same 1000 m x 1000 m schema. Ground Conditions: Lidar was collected in early to mid 2017, 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 and meet ASPRS vertical accuracy guidelines, Dewberry established a total of 47 ground control points that were used to calibrate the lidar to known ground locations established throughout the Florida Everglades National Park project area. An additional 120 independent accuracy checkpoints, 61 in Bare Earth and Urban landcovers (61 NVA points), 59 in Tall Grass and Brushland/Low Trees categories (59 VVA points), were used to assess the vertical accuracy of the data. These checkpoints were not used to calibrate or post process the data. This metadata record reflects the data that are available from the NOAA Digital Coast Data Access Viewer (DAV). The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) downloaded 3320 laz point data files from these USGS sites: https://rockyweb.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Elevation/LPC/Projects/FL_Everglades_NP_LiDAR_2017_D16/FL_Everglades_N_2017/LAZ/ https://rockyweb.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Elevation/LPC/Projects/FL_Everglades_NP_LiDAR_2017_D16/FL_Everglades_S_2017/LAZ/ The data were processed to the NOAA Digital Coast Data Access Viewer (DAV) to make the data available for bulk and custom downloads. This data set is an LAZ (compressed LAS) format file containing LIDAR point cloud data.