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02/11/12 12:53 AM

#167368 RE: F6 #167364

GASP! .. LiDAR Links for mappers



Flying a LiDAR Project. Photo courtest LSI

Wondering where the best places are to look for LiDAR data to download? Here they are!

Wikipedia: US LIDAR .. A page devoted to all known US state- and county-wide
collections; perhaps an "all countries with LIDAR" wikipage can't be too far behind?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_LIDAR_Dataset_%E2%80%93_USA

NOAA's LDART Page .. This is the most straightforward place to find LIDAR data readily available for
downloading, but in keeping with NOAA's mission, the focus is heavily on data from states that
have at least some coastline. Scroll down a bit on this page to see list of states represented.
http://maps.csc.noaa.gov/TCM/

CLICK (USGS) .. The USGS Center for LIDAR Information Coordination and Knowledge (CLICK); see their Data Viewer tab
http://lidar.cr.usgs.gov/

NOAA's State Projects Page .. Select states of interest in the "Projects in My State" pull-down menu to ferret
out clues about which state agencies *might* have data that they *might* be willing to share with you
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/

USGS Seamless Data Distribution Service .. This is increasingly the main (federal)
repository for LiDAR info, but using the application takes patience.
http://seamless.usgs.gov/

OpenTopography Data, DEMs, and some tools; not that much data yet,
but seems to have the right ideas and has received NSF $ to beef up
http://www.opentopography.org/

LiDAR Data Portal Over 1 million sq km of already-collected LiDAR data
and derived information, either free or for sale at nominal cost
http://www.redarrowmaps.com/lidarportal/

USDA Data Gateway .. Although bulk of data is NAIP imagery, some LiDAR-based elevation info is here; see Get Data button
http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/

Puget Sound LIDAR Consortium Folks interested in Western Washington
state can get LIDAR data here from this productive consortium
http://pugetsoundlidar.ess.washington.edu/

http://www.lidarbasemaps.org/

The maps are beautiful! .. The carp looked like a fence.

Why isn't HAARP used to created a chasm along the USA Mexican border? .. LOL

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