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    • U.S. Interagency Elevation Inventory (USIEI) - Data Download

    Metadata Updated: April 15, 2024

    The U.S. Interagency Elevation Inventory (USIEI) displays high-accuracy topographic and bathymetric data for the United States and its territories. The project is a collaborative effort between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service and U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This resource is a comprehensive, nationwide listing of known high-accuracy topographic data, including lidar and IfSAR, and bathymetric data, including NOAA hydrographic surveys, multibeam data, and bathymetric lidar.

    This zip file contains the attribute information and footprints about the data sets that are displayed in the Topographic Lidar, Topobathy Shoreline Lidar, IfSAR Data, and Bathymetric Lidar layers in the USIEI viewer. This does not include the elevation data itself. The data are provided in Esri file geodatabase format (gdb) and in the open format of OGC GeoPackage (gpkg). The data is also available via this map service: https://coast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/USInteragencyElevationInventory/USIEIv2/MapServer.

    The data is updated quarterly. The information provided for each elevation data set includes many attributes such as vertical accuracy, point spacing, and date of collection. A direct link to access the data or information about the contact organization is also available through the inventory. The footprints in this data set are generalized to represent the coverage of the collection. If the exact data coverage is needed, please contact the data provider for an authoritative footprint. The fields in the gdb and gpkg are in four tables. The fields in each table are listed in the Entity Attribute Overview field.

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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 February 26, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date April 15, 2024
    Reference Date(s) February 2, 2021 (creation), 2021-01 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update quarterly

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NOS OCM

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date February 26, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date April 15, 2024
    Reference Date(s) February 2, 2021 (creation), 2021-01 (publication)
    Responsible Party NOAA Office for Coastal Management (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:64219
    Access Constraints Cite As: Office for Coastal Management, [Date of Access]: U.S. Interagency Elevation Inventory (USIEI) - Data Download [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/64219., Access Constraints: None, Use Constraints: None, Distribution Liability: Intended use of this information is not for navigational purposes. Acquire metadata for additional information on each data set and verification of accuracy of inventory content. Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the National Park Service (NPS), the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), the NOAA Office for Coastal Management or their partners.
    Bbox East Long 179
    Bbox North Lat 89
    Bbox South Lat -68.02
    Bbox West Long -179
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update quarterly
    Harvest Object Id df3b70f0-4754-4af3-bdb7-f5ef681706f9
    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 The Esri file geodatabase (gdb) and the OGC GeoPackage (gpkg) files are created by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) to provide USIEI users with the footprints and attribute information for the IfSAR and the topographic, topobathy, and bathymetric lidar that are displayed in the USIEI viewer.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-179.0, -68.02], [179.0, -68.02], [179.0, 89.0], [-179.0, 89.0], [-179.0, -68.02]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System EPSG::3857
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2016

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