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    • 2022 NOAA Topobathy Lidar DEM: Morro Bay, CA

    Metadata Updated: March 15, 2024

    Morro Bay 2022 topobathymetric Lidar area data were collected by NV5 Geospatial (NV5) using a Riegl VQ880GII system. Morro Bay 2022 data acquisition occurred on 20220614 in two missions. The Morro Bay 2022 dataset includes topobathymetric data in a LAS format 1.4, point data record format 6, with the following classifications in accordance with project specifications and the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) classification standards: 1 - unclassified 1O - edge clip 2 - ground 7W - low noise 9 - NIR water surface 18W - high noise 40 - bathymetric bottom or submerged topography 41 - Green water surface 43 - Submerged object, not otherwise specified (For Morro Bay, oyster reefs have this classification, even though exposed at low tide) 45 - water column This data set also includes lidar intensity values, number of returns, return number, time, and scan angle. The 100 meter buffered project area covers approximately 4,215 acres along the south central Pacific Coast of California near the town of Los Osos. LAS files were compiled in 500 m x 500 m tiles clipped to the project boundary. The final classified Lidar data were used to create topobathymetric DEMs in GeoTIFF format with 1m pixel resolution. This delivery of the Morro Bay 2022 dataset represents an area covering 96 - 500 m x 500 m DEM tiles clipped to the project boundary. One tile (MRR22_088) did not have any valid bathymetric bottom or ground points and so it did not produce a valid dem. This Project was completed in partnership between NOAA OCM and the NEP. In addition to these bare earth Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data, the lidar point data that these DEM data were created from, are also available. These data are available for custom download at the link provided in the URL section of this metadata record.

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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 February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date March 15, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2022 (creation), August 30, 2022 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NOS OCM

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date March 15, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2022 (creation), August 30, 2022 (publication)
    Responsible Party NOAA Office for Coastal Management (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:67998
    Access Constraints Cite As: Office for Coastal Management, [Date of Access]: 2022 NOAA Topobathy Lidar DEM: Morro Bay, CA [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/67998., 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 -120.821145
    Bbox North Lat 35.373531
    Bbox South Lat 35.304796
    Bbox West Long -120.875211
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id 85b08aa8-2dc3-457e-9e8c-adaa47657315
    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 NV5 Geospatial collected topobathy elevation data for the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) and the Morro Bay NEP (National Estuary Program). The data were processed to be available for custom download from the NOAA Digital Coast Data Access Viewer (DAV) and for bulk download from https.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-120.875211, 35.304796], [-120.821145, 35.304796], [-120.821145, 35.373531], [-120.875211, 35.373531], [-120.875211, 35.304796]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System EPSG::5703
    Spatial Harvester True

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