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    • U.S. Coastal Lidar Elevation Data - Including The Great Lakes And Territories, 1996 - Present

    Metadata Updated: April 15, 2025

    Many different partners and groups, and several Center-led data projects, have contributed to the lidar data collection housed and distributed by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. The data span more than two decades and were collected using many different sensors. The collection includes data from topographic and bathymetric lidar sensors. Data are available for all of the coastal states and range from shoreline strips to full county coverage. The products have been delivered to the Center in various formats, projections, datums, and units. Once received, the data are reviewed, checked for errors, and standardized to LAZ format, geographic coordinates and ellipsoid heights in meters. Data are on a NAD83 or ITRF realization depending upon the collection specifics.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date April 8, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 31, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date April 15, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 1996 (creation), September 1, 2023 (revision), 1999 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NOS OCM

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date April 8, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 31, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date April 15, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 1996 (creation), September 1, 2023 (revision), 1999 (publication)
    Responsible Party NOAA Office for Coastal Management (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:48242
    Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff ["Coastal Flooding"]
    Access Constraints Cite As: Office for Coastal Management, [Date of Access]: U.S. Coastal Lidar Elevation Data - Including The Great Lakes And Territories, 1996 - Present [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48242., Access Constraints: None, Use Constraints: Users should be aware that temporal changes may have occurred since this data set was collected and some parts of this data may no longer represent actual surface conditions. Users should not use this data for critical applications without a full awareness of its limitations., Distribution Liability: Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of NOAA, the Office for Coastal Management, or its partners.
    Bbox East Long -64.5
    Bbox North Lat 68.35
    Bbox South Lat -14.56
    Bbox West Long -178.3
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Harvest Object Id fce9458a-a9eb-4efc-9525-69e21b7b112f
    Harvest Source Id c0121fd9-df15-4168-ac04-42f6e36a794d
    Harvest Source Title NOS OCM
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage Data are received from contracted collections, other NOAA offices, or other federal, state, or local agencies. The data are standardized for ingest into the Digital Coast Data Access Viewer and made available to the public.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-178.3, -14.56], [-64.5, -14.56], [-64.5, 68.35], [-178.3, 68.35], [-178.3, -14.56]]]}
    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System EPSG::6319
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1996

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