LIDAR Data

Steps

• coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer

• Chose data type Elevation/Lidar. Search by address or zoom into the location you want.

• Draw the area around it and add it to the cart.

• Click on the cart, and make selections.

[Add here: instructions about checking that the LIDAR is processed correctly]

• Projection: UTM

• Horizontal datum: NAD83

• Vertical Datum: NAVD88

• Horizontal and Vertical Units: Meters

• Output product: Point

• Output format: Points - LAZ

• Data Classes: All 

• Don't need to use advanced options.

• Do add intensity images

References

• "Orienteering mapping with LiDAR, smartphones and free tools" by Greg Wilson, 2017. This has a lot of good info for getting LiDAR, and using LASTools to clip and merge it.