NOAA Topobathy Lidar Data for Florida's Atlantic Coast, 2018

2018 lidar data collected by NOAA's National Geodetic Survey using a Riegl VQ880G system. The data likely contains point clouds classified according to ASPRS standards, including ground, water surface, and submerged objects. Data may also include lidar intensity values and encoded RGB image values.

Use Cases

• Modeling coastal erosion and sediment transport based on classified ground and bathymetric points.
• Creating digital elevation models (DEMs) for coastal areas based on ground and water surface classifications.
• Analyzing submerged features and objects for marine navigation or habitat mapping based on the submerged object class.
• Fusing topographic and bathymetric data for integrated coastal zone management based on the topobathy nature of the dataset.

Strengths

• Data collected by the authoritative NOAA National Geodetic Survey.
• Point cloud classification follows ASPRS standards, including specific classes for bathymetry.
• Data may include both geometric (LAS) and radiometric (intensity, RGB) information.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a single year (2018); temporal changes cannot be analyzed without additional surveys.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Collected via airborne Riegl VQ880G lidar system by the NOAA National Geodetic Survey Remote Sensing Division.

Time Range

2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 22:01:11.599737; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Intracoastal Waterway from Highland Beach to Fort Pierce, Florida, Atlantic Ocean.