Coastal Topography--Northeast Atlantic Coast, Post-Hurricane Sandy, 2012: Lidar and digital elevation model (DEM) tile index

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2013
Title:

Coastal Topography--Northeast Atlantic Coast, Post-Hurricane Sandy, 2012: Lidar and digital elevation model (DEM) tile index

Edition: first
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series
Issue_Identification: 765

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/765

Description:

Abstract:

This data represents the tile index for lidar data collected for the U.S. Geological Survey in November 2012 following Hurricane Sandy, which made landfall in the eastern United States on October 29th, 2012. The lidar LAS and derived-digital elevation model (DEM) data are divided into these tiles and filenames match the tile number. The index shows the extent of data collection (portions of the coastline of New York, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina) and provides tile names to aid in identifying files for data download.

Purpose:

The purpose of this project was to derive shoreline, dune crest (Dhigh), and dune toe (Dlow) of a portion of the New York, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina coastlines, post-Hurricane Sandy (October 2012 hurricane), for use as a management tool and to make these data available to natural-resource managers and research scientists.

Supplemental_Information:

The tile index follows U.S. National Grid (USSNG) reference map. More information on the USNG can be found here: http://www.fgdc.gov/usng

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Multiple_Dates/Times:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20121105

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20121108

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20121109

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20121110

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20121111

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20121112

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20121116

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20121126

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20121128

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20121129

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -78.82552783
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.69471375
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.81276256
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.55736585

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:8119cb92-ee40-4c79-bada-9fa272814db7

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: elevation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: Cessna 206
Theme_Keyword: Cessna 310
Theme_Keyword: Dhigh
Theme_Keyword: Dlow
Theme_Keyword: Digital Elevation Model
Theme_Keyword: DEM
Theme_Keyword: dune crest
Theme_Keyword: dune toe
Theme_Keyword: extratropical cyclone
Theme_Keyword: laser altimetry
Theme_Keyword: lidar
Theme_Keyword: remote sensing
Theme_Keyword: shoreline
Theme_Keyword: topography

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

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Categories for Marine Planning
Theme_Keyword: distributions
Theme_Keyword: bathymetry and elevation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) Keywords
Theme_Keyword: altimetry
Theme_Keyword: topographic mapping

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: LIDAR
Theme_Keyword: topography
Theme_Keyword: digital elevation models

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
Place_Keyword: Delaware
Place_Keyword: Maryland
Place_Keyword: Fire Island
Place_Keyword: Long Island
Place_Keyword: New York
Place_Keyword: North Carolina
Place_Keyword: Virginia
Place_Keyword: DelMarVa Peninsula
Place_Keyword: United States

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Stratum_Keyword: Bare Earth

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Temporal_Keyword: 2012
Temporal_Keyword: Post-Hurricane Sandy

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

The U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service request to be acknowledged as originators of these data in future products or derivative research.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Hilary Stockdon
Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL

Contact_Position: Research Oceanographer
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: 727 803-8747 (x3074)
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2031
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: hstockdon@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: M-F, 9:00-5:00 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 time periods may be inaccurate due to 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 XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2013
Title:

Coastal Topography--Northeast Atlantic Coast, Post-Hurricane Sandy, 2012: Lidar point-cloud data (LAS) AND Digital elevation model (DEM)

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: binary point cloud and remote sensing image
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Data Series
Issue_Identification: 765

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Other_Citation_Details:

The Tile index data set provides reference information for identifying the spatial extent of lidar point-cloud files (LAS) and file names for data download.

Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/765/data/

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The project area required lidar to be collected on 1 meter ground sample distance (GSD) or better and processed to meet a bare earth vertical accuracy of 12.5 centimeters RMSEz or better.

Logical_Consistency_Report: The data was visually inspected by a GIS manager.
Completeness_Report:

This Tile Index covers the data extent, which spans from Long Island, New York to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The state of New Jersey was collected using the EAARL-B sensor and that data will be published separately.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Positional accuracy of the tile index was not determined.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Tile Size: 1,500m x 1,500m.The tile file name was derived from the southwest corner of each tile. The tiles are named based on the US National Grid.

Process_Date: 20121102
Process_Time: 1200
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Woolpert, Inc.

Contact_Position: Geospatial Services
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 4454 Idea Center Blvd.
City: Dayton
State_or_Province: OH
Postal_Code: 45430
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (937) 461-5660
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (937) 461-0743
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Keywords section of metadata optimized for discovery in USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Data Catalog.

Process_Date: 20170124
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Alan O. Allwardt

Contact_Position: Contractor -- Information Specialist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7551
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 831-427-4748
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: aallwardt@usgs.gov

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:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 587

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Transverse Mercator
Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -75.0
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
False_Easting: 500000.0
False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000002220024164500956
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000002220024164500956

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Post_Sandy_Lidar_Tile_Index.shp
Entity_Type_Definition:

Tile index showing the spatial extent and boundaries of lidar (LAS) and DEM data files

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USGS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Tile_Num
Attribute_Definition:

Sequential unique whole number assigned to tiles (west-to-east, north-to-south) for identification.

Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 587

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Name
Attribute_Definition: Tile name described by US National Grid naming scheme.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. National Grid
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: The first 2 numbers in the filename represent UTM zone.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Source
Attribute_Definition: Name of commercial agency that collected the data.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Text string defining the name of the company who collected the lidar data (either Woolpert, Inc. or Photo Science, Inc.)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: State
Attribute_Definition: State in which the data are located.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Geographic Names Information System
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: A text string defining the state name.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DEM_URL
Attribute_Definition: Web link to DEM data location.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

DEM data are available in the U.S. Geological Survey pubs warehouse

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LAS_URL
Attribute_Definition: Web link to LAS data download location.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

LAS data are available in the U.S. Geological Survey pubs warehouse

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Dune_URL
Attribute_Definition: Web link to dune feature data download location.
Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Dune and shoreline data are available in the U.S. Geological Survey pubs warehouse

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATE
Attribute_Definition: General date of data collection.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS
Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

A text string that describes the date or date range in MM/DD/YYYY; where MM is the month, DD is the day, and YYYY is the year.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL

Contact_Person: Hilary Stockdon

Contact_Position: Research Oceanographer
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: 727 803-8747 (x3074)
Hours_of_Service: M-F, 9:00-5:00 ET

Resource_Description: DS 765
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: SHP; ZIP
Format_Version_Number: 1
Format_Specification:

The lidar tile index (Lidar_Tile_Index.shp) is in ArcGIS shapefile format compressed into a zip file with metadata.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/765/pubs765/extras/tile_extents/Lidar_Tile_Index.zip

Fees: None, if obtained online; otherwise, prices vary.
Ordering_Instructions:

Publications are available from USGS Information Services, Box 25286, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046 (telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS, e-mail: infoservices@usgs.gov).

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20201013
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Xan Fredericks
Contact_Organization:

Cherokee Nation Technology Solutions, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL

Contact_Position: Lidar Validation and Processing Analyst
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: 727 803-8747 (x3086)
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: afredericks@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: M-F, 8:00-4:00 ET

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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