2015 Lowndes County, Georgia Lidar Point Cloud and DEMs

2015 airborne lidar data covering approximately 500 square miles in Lowndes County, Georgia, collected by Woolpert, Inc. under a NOAA contract. The dataset includes classified LAS point clouds, four-foot pixel raster digital elevation models (DEMs), hydrologic breaklines, and flightline vectors. Deliverables also encompass survey control data, processing reports, and FGDC metadata files.

Use Cases

• Generate high-resolution bare-earth terrain models based on the 0.7-meter nominal pulse spacing lidar data.
• Map hydrologic features and drainage patterns based on the included 3D breakline data.
• Analyze vegetation and man-made structure heights using the classified LAS point cloud information.
• Validate and control aerial survey data based on the included flightline vectors and ground control data.

Strengths

• Covers a defined area of interest of approximately 500 square miles.
• Data collected at a high-resolution nominal pulse spacing of 0.7 meters.
• Includes multiple derivative products like raster DEMs and hydrologic breaklines alongside the raw point cloud.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Airborne lidar data acquisition and processing by contractor Woolpert, Inc.

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 22:18:33.080085; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lowndes County, Georgia, United States