Indiana Statewide Elevation Catalog from LiDAR Collections 2011-2020

A series of digital LiDAR LAS files managed by the State of Indiana Geographic Information Office and IOT Office of Technology. The data includes collections from 2011-2013 and an NRCS-funded collection from 2016-2020, organized into a tile grid covering the entire state. The files are stored uncompressed in AWS for cloud access and processing.

Use Cases

• Generate high-resolution digital elevation models based on the statewide LiDAR point cloud data.
• Analyze terrain changes over time based on the multi-year collections (2011-2013 and 2016-2020).
• Perform watershed and hydrological modeling based on the detailed elevation data covering Indiana.
• Support infrastructure and urban planning projects based on the tiled geospatial data organized by coordinates.

Strengths

• Data covers the entire geography of Indiana, ensuring statewide spatial completeness.
• Includes two distinct temporal collections, providing data from 2011-2013 and 2016-2020.
• Files are organized in a tile grid scheme with naming based on lower left coordinates, facilitating data management.

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 for large-scale projects.

Provenance

Source

State of Indiana Geographic Information Office and IOT Office of Technology.

Collection Method

Collected via LiDAR surveys, with the 2016-2020 collection funded by the NRCS.

Time Range

2011-2013 and 2016-2020.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

State of Indiana, USA.