Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 20171023 Title: Lidar-Derived Seamless Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Mosaic for Coastal Topography—Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, 23-25 June 2016 Edition: first Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/F7G73CM4 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7G73CM4 Description: Abstract: A digital elevation model (DEM) mosaic was produced for the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, from remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements collected by Leading Edge Geomatics (LEG) using a Leica Chiroptera II Bathymetric and Topographic Sensor. Dewberry reports that the nominal pulse spacing for this project was 1 point every 0.7 meters. Dewberry used proprietary procedures to classify the LAS according to project specifications: 0-Never Classified, 1-Unclassified, 2-Ground (includes model key point bit for points identified as Model Key Point), 7-Low Noise, 17-Bridges, 18-High Noise, 40-Bathymetric point or submerged topography (includes model key point bit for points identified as Model Key Point), 41-Water Surface, and 42-Derived water surface. Purpose: The purpose of this project was to produce a highly detailed and accurate digital elevation map for the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana for use as a management tool and to make these data available to natural-resource managers and research scientists. To ensure that SPCMSC data management protocols were followed, this survey was assigned a USGS field activity number (FAN), 16CNT01. Additional survey and data details are available at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=16CNT01. USGS Contract: G16PC00020 Task Order Number: G16D00701 Supplemental_Information: Processed data products are used by the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP)'s National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards project to quantify the vulnerability of shorelines to coastal change hazards such as severe storms, sea-level rise, and shoreline erosion and retreat. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20160623 Ending_Date: 20160625 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.94020022 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.77838392 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.08005926 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.72610024 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:9e45b594-0ef3-45c6-8b95-912fd2de4b2a Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: elevation Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: geomorphology Theme_Keyword: remote sensing Theme_Keyword: topography Theme_Keyword: lidar Theme_Keyword: digital elevation models Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: submerged topography Theme_Keyword: Leica Chiroptera II Theme_Keyword: Digital Elevation Model Theme_Keyword: DEM Theme_Keyword: laser altimetry Theme_Keyword: Piper Navajo Theme_Keyword: shoreline Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Global Change Master Science Directory Theme_Keyword: LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION Theme_Keyword: OCEAN > COASTAL PROCESSES > BARRIER ISLANDS Theme_Keyword: OCEAN > COASTAL PROCESSES > BEACHES Theme_Keyword: OCEAN > COASTAL PROCESSES > SHORELINE DISPLACEMENT Theme_Keyword: DOI/USGS/CMG > COASTAL AND MARINE GEOLOGY, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD Instrument Theme_Keyword: lidar > LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System Place_Keyword: Chandeleur Islands Place_Keyword: Louisiana Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico Place_Keyword: United States Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: Bare Earth Stratum_Keyword: Submerged Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword: 2016 Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. The U.S. Geological Survey requests to be acknowledged as originator of these data in future products or derivative research. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Xan Fredericks Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL Contact_Position: Cartographer/Lidar Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 502-8086 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 502-8182 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: afredericks@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: M-F, 8:00-4:00 ET Data_Set_Credit: Acknowledgment of the U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, as a data source would be appreciated in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected. Sharing of new data layers developed directly from these data would also be appreciated by the U.S. Geological Survey staff. Users should be aware that comparisons with other datasets for the same area from other periods may be inaccurate because of inconsistencies resulting from changes in photointerpretation, mapping conventions, and digital processes over time. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such. Security_Information: Security_Classification_System: Unclassified Security_Classification: Unclassified Security_Handling_Description: None Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Service Pack 1; Esri ArcCatalog 10.2.2.3552 Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: Dewberry reports that data cover the project boundary. "NoData" values correspond with lack of submerged and/or bare-earth data within the survey bounds. Completeness_Report: Dewberry reports that data covers the project boundary to the fullest extent possible depending on water clarity, environmental conditions, and sensor signal returns. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Dewberry reports that the DEMs are derived from the source lidar and that horizontal accuracy is not performed on the DEMs. Only checkpoints photo-identifiable in the intensity imagery can be used to test the horizontal accuracy of the lidar. Photo-identifiable checkpoints in intensity imagery typically include checkpoints located at the ends of paint stripes on concrete or asphalt surfaces or checkpoints located at 90-degree corners of different reflectivity, for example, a sidewalk corner adjoining a grass surface. The XY coordinates of checkpoints, as defined in the intensity imagery, are compared to surveyed XY coordinates for each photo-identifiable checkpoint. These differences are used to compute the tested horizontal accuracy of the lidar. As not all projects contain photo-identifiable checkpoints, the horizontal accuracy of the lidar cannot always be tested. Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 1 Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Dewberry reports that this dataset was produced to meet American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Positional Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data (2014) for a 41 cm RMSEx/RMSEy Horizontal Accuracy Class which equates to Positional Horizontal Accuracy = +/- 1 meter at a 95% confidence level. The horizontal accuracy of this dataset was not tested to meet horizontal accuracy as there were no photo-identifiable features within the elevation data that could be used as photo-identifiable horizontal checkpoints. However, lidar vendors calibrate their lidar systems during installation of the system and then again for every project acquired. Typical calibrations include cross flights that capture features from multiple directions, allowing adjustments to be performed so that the captured features are consistent between all swaths and cross flights from all directions. These calibration procedures have been tested and confirmed to result in horizontal accuracies of +/- 1 meter (or less) at the 95% confidence level. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Dewberry reports that the DEMs are derived from the source lidar. The DEMs are created using controlled and tested methods to limit the amount of error introduced during DEM production so that any differences identified between the source lidar and final DEMs can be attributed to interpolation differences. DEMs are created by averaging several lidar points within each pixel, which may result in slightly different elevation values at a given location when compared to the source LAS. Elevation variations are tested by comparing survey checkpoints to a triangulated irregular network (TIN) that is created from the lidar ground and submerged bottom points. TINs do not average several lidar points together but interpolate (linearly) between two or three points to derive an elevation value. The vertical accuracy requirements of this task order for non-vegetated vertical accuracy (NVA) of the DEMs are 10 cm RMSEz and <= 19.6 cm at the 95% confidence. The vertical accuracy is 11.1 cm RMSEz and 21.7 cm at the 95% confidence level for non-vegetated data, which do not meet the task order requirements. However, the result of 21.4 cm at the 95th percentile for vegetated vertical accuracy (VVA) data does meet the requirement of <= 29.4 cm at the 95th percentile. Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 21.7 Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: Dewberry reports that this DEM dataset was tested to meet ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data (2014) for a 10 cm RMSEz Vertical Accuracy Class. Actual NVA accuracy was found to be RMSEz = 11.1 cm, equating to +/- 21.7 cm at 95% confidence level. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Dewberry reports that the data for the Chandeleur Islands project was acquired by Leading Edge Geomatics using a Leica Chiroptera II Bathymetric and Topographic lidar sensor. LEG delivered raw calibrated lidar data to Dewberry referenced to: Chandeleur Island: Horizontal Datum-NAD83 (2011) Projection-UTM Zone 16 North Horizontal Units-meters Vertical Datum-NAD83 (2011), ellipsoid Vertical Units-meters This dataset encompasses 109 1500 m x 1500 m tiles. Both green lidar data and near-infrared (NIR) lidar data were acquired. Leading Edge Geomatics acquired, calibrated and performed the refraction correction to the lidar data. Light travels at different speeds in air versus water and its direction of travel or angle is changed or refracted when entering the water column. The refraction correction process corrects for this difference by adjusting the depth (distance traveled) and horizontal position (change of angle/direction) of the lidar data acquired within water. The calibration process considered all errors inherent with the equipment including errors in global postioning system (GPS), inertial measurement unit (IMU), and sensor specific parameters. Adjustments were made to achieve a flight line to flight line data match (relative calibration) and subsequently adjusted to control for absolute accuracy. Process steps to achieve this are as follows: Rigorous lidar calibration: all sources of error such as the sensor's ranging and torsion parameters, atmospheric variables, GPS conditions, and IMU offsets were analyzed and removed to the highest level possible. This method addresses all errors, both vertical and horizontal in nature. Ranging, atmospheric variables, and GPS conditions affect the vertical position of the surface, whereas IMU offsets and torsion parameters affect the data horizontally. The horizontal accuracy is proven through repeatability: when the position of features remains constant no matter what direction the plane was flying and no matter where the feature is positioned within the swath, relative horizontal accuracy is achieved. Absolute horizontal accuracy is achieved through the use of differential GPS with base lines shorter than 25 miles. The base station is set at a temporary monument that is 'tied-in' to the Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) network. The same position is used for every lift, ensuring that any errors in its position will affect all data equally and can therefore be removed equally. Vertical accuracy is achieved through the adjustment to ground control survey points within the finished product. Although the base station has absolute vertical accuracy, adjustments to sensor parameters introduces vertical error that must be normalized in the final (mean) adjustment. No control was collected by LEG for the two areas. The withheld and overlap bits are set and all headers, appropriate point data records, and variable length records, including spatial reference information, are updated in GeoCue software and then verified using proprietary Dewberry tools. Process_Date: 201606 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Dewberry Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 1000 N. Ashley Drive, Suite 801 City: Tampa State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33602 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 813-225-1325 Hours_of_Service: Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time) Process_Step: Process_Description: Dewberry reports that they utilize a variety of software suites for inventory management, classification, and data processing. All lidar related processes begin by importing the data into the GeoCue task management software. The swath data are tiled according to project specifications (1500 m x 1500 m). The tiled data are then opened in Terrascan where Dewberry classifies problematic edge of flight line points that are geometrically unusable with the withheld bit. These points are separated from the main point cloud so that they are not used in the ground algorithms. Overage points are then identified with the overlap bit. Dewberry used ArcGIS to create 2-D breaklines. These breaklines defined land/water interfaces and were used in conjunction with the ground algorithms to define topographic (class 2) and bathymetric bottom (40). Dewberry then uses an intelligently thinned ground classification to identify model key points, which are flagged with the Model Key Point bit for both class 2 and class 40. Dewberry then applies a proprietary ground classification routines to remove any non-ground points and generate an accurate ground/bathymetric surface. As part of the ground routine, low noise points are classified to class 7 and high noise points are classified to class 18. Water surface points are classified to class 41, also Derived Water Surface class 42 is classed and flagged as synthetic. Once the ground routine has been completed, bridge decks are classified to class 17 using bridge breaklines compiled by Dewberry. A manual quality control (QC) routine is then performed using hillshades, cross-sections, and profiles within the Terrasolid software suite. After this QC step, a peer review is performed on all tiles and a supervisor's manual inspection is completed on a percentage of the classified tiles based on the project size and variability of the terrain. A final QC is performed on the data. All headers, appropriate point data records, and variable length records, including spatial reference information, are updated in GeoCue software and then verified using proprietary Dewberry tools. The data were classified as follows: Class 1 = Unclassified. This class includes vegetation, buildings, noise etc. Class 2 = Ground (includes model key point bit for points identified as Model Key Point) Class 7 = Low Noise Class 17 = Bridge Decks Class 18 = High Noise Class 40 = Bathymetric Point (includes model key point bit for points identified as Model Key Point) Class 41 = Water Surface Class 42 = Derived Water Surface The LAS header information was verified to contain the following: Class (Integer) Adjusted GPS Time (0.0001 seconds) Easting (0.003 m) Northing (0.003 m) Elevation (0.003 m) Echo Number (Integer) Echo (Integer) Intensity (16-bit integer) Flight Line (Integer) Scan Angle (degree) Dewberry used GeoCue software to convert the source lidar to orthometric Geoid 12B. This dataset was used to create the other orthometric deliverables. Spatial reference information is updated in GeoCue software and then verified using proprietary Dewberry tools. Dewberry used GeoCue software to produce intensity imagery from the source lidar. The intensity imagery is georeferenced ortho-imagery that spatially aligns with the source lidar. The intensity imagery is created from the full point cloud first returns to show the full representation of the lidar dataset and was created with a 0.3-meter pixel resolution. The final format of the imagery is 8-bit, unsigned integer, grayscale GeoTIFF. Process_Date: 201609 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Dewberry Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 1000 N. Ashley Drive, Suite 801 City: Tampa State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33602 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 813-225-1325 Hours_of_Service: Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time) Process_Step: Process_Description: Dewberry reports that the void polygon layer was created in Global Mapper where every bathy bottom point was used to create a grid. The distance or threshold that sets how far Global Mapper can interpolate around each bathy bottom point was set as 2. The higher the interpolation threshold, the more bathy bottom points are connected to create a continuous surface in the Global Mapper grid with fewer areas of NoData. The NoData areas in the Global Mapper grids are exported to polygons. Void polygons greater than 9 square meters are imported into Esri ArcGIS geodatabases, where they are incorporated into the terrains as soft erase features. When the terrains are exported to raster, the void polygons used as an erase in the terrain remain as areas of NoData. The final void polygon layer was created using the final lidar dataset, after all editing, review, and corrections were performed. Process_Date: 201612 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Dewberry Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 1000 N. Ashley Drive, Suite 801 City: Tampa State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33602 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 813-225-1325 Hours_of_Service: Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time) Process_Step: Process_Description: Dewberry reports that class 2, ground, and class 40, bathymetric point, lidar points are exported from the LAS files into an ArcCatalog Geodatabase (GDB) in multipoint format. The final void polygons are imported into the same GDB and an Esri Terrain dataset is generated from these inputs. The surface type of each input is as follows: Ground/Bathymetric Multipoint: Masspoints; Void Polygons: Soft Erase. The Esri Terrain is converted to a raster. The raster is created using linear interpolation with a 1 meter cell size. The DEM is reviewed with hillshades in both ArcGIS and Global Mapper. Hillshades allow the analyst to view the DEMs in 3D and to more efficiently locate and identify potential issues. Analysts review the DEM for missed lidar classification issues, anomalies, issues with the void polygons/NoData areas, and artifacts that are introduced during the raster creation process.The corrected and final DEM is clipped to individual tiles. Dewberry uses a proprietary tool that clips the DEM to each tile located within the final tile grid, names the clipped DEM to the tile grid Cell name, and verifies that final extents are correct. All individual tiles are loaded into Global Mapper for the last review. During this last review, an analyst checks to ensure full, complete coverage, no issues along tile boundaries, tiles seamlessly edge-match, and that there are no remaining processing artifacts in the dataset. Process_Date: 201701 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Dewberry Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 1000 N. Ashley Drive, Suite 801 City: Tampa State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33602 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 813-225-1325 Hours_of_Service: Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time) Process_Step: Process_Description: The provided tiled DEM .tif files were mosaicked using Global Mapper 16.1 (20160309) and exported as one GeoTIFF. Process_Date: 20160630 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Xan Fredericks Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL Contact_Position: Cartographer/lidar Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 502-8086 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: afredericks@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: M-F, 8:00-4:00 ET Process_Step: Process_Description: Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. Process_Date: 20201013 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross Contact_Position: Marine Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Tiling Index Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster Raster_Object_Information: Raster_Object_Type: Pixel Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 16 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -87.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0 False_Easting: 500000.000000 False_Northing: 0 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 1.00000 Ordinate_Resolution: 1.00000 Planar_Distance_Units: meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 (2011) Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.25722210100002 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Altitude_System_Definition: Altitude_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (GEOID12B) Altitude_Resolution: 0.01 Altitude_Distance_Units: meters Altitude_Encoding_Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Xan Fredericks Contact_Position: Cartographer/Lidar Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 502-8086 Hours_of_Service: M-F, 8:00-4:00 ET Resource_Description: CHAN2016_SM_z16_n88g12B_mosaic.tif Distribution_Liability: Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the USGS, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system, or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The USGS shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: GeoTIFF Format_Version_Number: 2 Format_Specification: GeoTIFF Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://coastal.er.usgs.gov/data-release/doi-F7G73CM4/data/CHAN2016_SM_z16_n88g12B_mosaic.zip Fees: None Custom_Order_Process: Contact U.S. Geological Survey for details. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20201102 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Xan Fredericks Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL Contact_Position: Cartographer/Lidar Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 600 4th Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 502-8086 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: afredericks@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: M-F, 8:00-4:00 ET Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time