gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:59171 eng UTF8 dataset Elevation National Geodetic Survey resourceProvider NOAA Office for Coastal Management (843) 740-1202 2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston SC 29405-2413 coastal.info@noaa.gov https://coast.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Office for Coastal Management Website NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page information pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:25 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) EPSG::6319 2018 NOAA NGS Topobathy Lidar: Chesapeake Bay, VA (Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge to Pitts Neck) 2019-07-24 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 59171 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/59171 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information National Geodetic Survey 1315 East-West Hwy Silver Spring MD 20910 https://geodesy.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link National Geodetic Survey Website Website listed for National Geodetic Survey information originator https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM) Data Access Viewer (DAV) The Data Access Viewer (DAV) allows a user to search for and download elevation, imagery, and land cover data for the coastal U.S. and its territories. The data, hosted by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management, can be customized and requested for free download through a checkout interface. An email provides a link to the customized data, while the original data set is available through a link within the viewer. download These data were collected by NOAA using a Riegl VQ-880-G sensor. The data were acquired March 29, 2018 through May 25, 2018. The data include topobathymetric lidar data in LAS 1.4 format classified as created unclassified (1); ground (2); noise (7); bathymetric point (40); water surface (41); submerged object, not otherwise specified (43); water column (45); in accordance with project specifications. The project consists of approximately 518 square miles of data in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. This dataset contains 1,527 1000 m x 1000 m lidar tiles. Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, has been identified as having critical topographic and bathymetric data gaps by NOAA. This lidar data will fill those critical gaps. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Geodetic Survey (NGS), Remote Sensing Division (RSD), Coastal Mapping Program (CMP) completed NOAA Office for Coastal Management (843) 740-1202 2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston SC 29405-2413 coastal.info@noaa.gov https://coast.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Office for Coastal Management Website NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page information custodian notPlanned https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/9074/supplemental/va2018_ches_m9074.kmz This graphic displays the footprint for this lidar data set. KML EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY > COASTAL BATHYMETRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > COASTAL ELEVATION theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA VERTICAL LOCATION > LAND SURFACE VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA FLOOR place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 LIDAR > Light Detection and Ranging instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 17.2 Airplane > Airplane platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords 17.2 beach erosion theme DOC/NOAA/NOS/NGS > National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian NGS Lidar project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: National Geodetic Survey, [Date of Access]: 2018 NOAA NGS Topobathy Lidar: Chesapeake Bay, VA (Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge to Pitts Neck) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/59171. 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. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None otherRestrictions 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. otherRestrictions 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 unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 59171 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ngs/dmp/pdf/59171.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US elevation OS Independent -76.082503 -75.528667 37.059439 38.036499 | Currentness: Ground Condition 2018-03-29 2018-05-25 The full workflow used for this project is found in the final project report submitted to NOAA. false eng false Other NOAA NGS Topobathy Lidar Class Scheme: Chesapeake Bay, VA 2024-02-01 publication Zip Zip LAS/LAZ - LASer Zip NOAA Office for Coastal Management (843) 740-1202 2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston SC 29405-2413 coastal.info@noaa.gov https://coast.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Office for Coastal Management Website NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page information distributor https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/lidar/search/where:ID=9074 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Customized Download Create custom data files by choosing data area, product type, map projection, file format, datum, etc. A new metadata will be produced to reflect your request using this record as a base. Change to an orthometric vertical datum is one of the many options. download https://noaa-nos-coastal-lidar-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/laz/geoid18/9074/index.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Bulk Download Bulk download of data files in LAZ format, geographic coordinates, orthometric heights. Note that the vertical datum (hence elevations) of the files here are different than described in this document. They will be in an orthometric datum. download dataset Vertical Positional Accuracy NOAA acquired and calibrated all lidar data and Dewberry classified this data and created derivative products. NOAA collected data to meet 15cm vertical accuracy at 1 sigma. Completeness Report Data covers the project boundary. Conceptual Consistency Not applicable Data for the Chesapeake Bay project was acquired by NOAA using a Riegl VQ-880-G sensor. All delivered lidar data is referenced to: Horizontal Datum-NAD83 (2011) epoch: 2010 Projection-UTM Zone 18 North Horizontal Units-meters Vertical Datum- NAD83 (2011) epoch: 2010 Vertical Units-meters This dataset encompasses 1,527 1000m x 1000m tiles. Both green lidar data and NIR lidar data were acquired. NOAA acquired, calibrated, and performed the refraction correction of the lidar data. National Geodetic Survey processor Dewberry received the calibrated green and NIR data and verified complete coverage. Relative accuracy of the green swaths compared to overlapping and adjacent green swaths as well as the relative accuracy of green swaths compared to overlapping and adjacent NIR swaths was verified through the use of Delta-Z (DZ) orthos created in GeoCue software. Intraswath relative accuracy was verified using Quick Terrain Modeler. Profiles of elevated planar features, such as roofs, were used to verify horizontal alignment between overlapping swaths. Dewberry then verified absolute vertical accuracy of the swath data prior to full-scale production. Dewberry used algorithms in TerraScan to create the initial ground/submerged topography surface. Dewberry used rasterized aggregate extents of refracted points to create automated 2-D breaklines with LAStools and ArcGIS. Light travels at different speeds in air versus water and its speed and direction of travel change when it enters the water column. The refraction correction process accounts for this difference by adjusting the depth (distance traveled) and horizontal position (change of angle/direction) of the lidar points acquired within water. These breaklines delineate areas where the refraction correction was applied to the lidar data by Riegl's automated refraction correction software based on the software's detection of water. Where the automated process missed discrete water bodies that did not contain valid bathymetry (submerged topography) data, breaklines were manually drawn and added to a separate feature class to ensure the correct classification of the point cloud. Dewberry used the 2-D refraction extents and additional bathy features to classify the bathymetric bottom and ground points properly in TerraScan. All lidar data was peer-reviewed. Dewberry's QAQC also included creating void polygons for use during review. All necessary edits were applied to the dataset. GeoCue software was used to update LAS header information, including all projection and coordinate reference system information. The final lidar data are in LAS format 1.4 and point data record format 6. The final classificaton scheme is as follows: 1-Unclassified 2-Ground 7- Noise 40- Bathymetric point 41- Water surface 43- Submerged object, not otherwise specified 45- Water column All data is then verified by an Independent QC department within Dewberry. The independent QC is performed by separate analysts who do not perform manual classification or editing. The independent QC involves quantitative and qualitative reviews. 2019-02-01T00:00:00 National Geodetic Survey processor The NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) received files in las format. The files contained lidar elevation and intensity measurements. The data were in UTM Zone 18 coordinates and ellipsoid elevations in meters. OCM performed the following processing on the data for Digital Coast storage and provisioning purposes: 1. Converted from UTM Zone 18 to geographic coordinates 2. Sorted by gps time 3. Compressed the data using laszip. Office for Coastal Management processor Acquisition National Geodetic Survey originator Processing Dewberry originator