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LiDAR Elevation Data: St. Croix County, WI 2014

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Citation
Title
LiDAR Elevation Data: St. Croix County, WI 2014
Originator
St. Croix County
Publication Date
2020-07-16
Edition
2014
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Abstract
This data represents LiDAR elevation information for St. Croix County, Wisconsin in 2014. The following derivative products are available: bare earth points, classified LAS, 2-foot contours, hydro breaklines, a countywide DEM, intensity images, tile DEMs, and tile DSMs. [Ayres Associates provided St. Croix County, Wisconsin, with lidar based topographic mapping services in 2014 as part of WROC. The LiDAR data was collected on May 7-18, 2014 using a Leica ALS 70 sensor mounted in a fixed-wing aircraft. LiDAR data was collected to support to support the generation of 2-foot contours to meet FEMA vertical accuracy standards. The LiDAR data was delivered according to a 5,000 foot x 5,000 foot tile schematic. The LiDAR data was calibrated using information collected at the time of flight from GPS base stations on the ground and airborne GPS/IMU in the aircraft. The calibrated LiDAR data was processed to a classified point cloud, bare earth DTM, DEM, DSM, contours, breaklines, and intensity images. St. Croix County is located in north western Wisconsin and is bordered by Minnesota to the west. The western border is formed by the St. Croix River. The County is characterized by urban areas of Hudson and New Richmond and rural areas made up of agricultural land, grassland, and upland deciduous forest. The St. Croix River widens along the City of Hudson, which is the county seat. The total project area is 736 square miles.]
Purpose
This data is intended for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. For bare earth points: [LiDAR was acquired to produce an accurate bare earth surface and to generate 2-ft contours to support county land information efforts.] For classified LAS: [The 2013 Point Cloud files contain the total LiDAR point cloud. This dataset constitutes all classifications of lidar points.] For 2-foot contours: [The 2014 two-foot contours were developed as a derivative product for use in general surface modeling and depiction.] For hydro breaklines: [The 2014 breaklines dataset contains the hydrographic breaklines necessary for terrain surface development. This dataset establishes the deviation parameters for the development of derivative terrain data. Coupled with the classified lidar point cloud, this data set is the 2014 digital terrain model.] For DEM: [The 2014 Bare Earth DEM was developed as a derivative product for use in general surface modeling and depiction.] Foe DSM: [The DSM is a digital elevation model derived from the first return points and the breaklines.]
Supplemental Information
Data is available for download from: https://web.s3.wisc.edu/wsco-wisconsinview/lidar/ Detailed, original metadata accompanying this LiDAR data is available inside the ‘Metadata’ folder from WisconsinView. Bare Earth Points: Bare earth LiDAR is digital elevation data of the terrain surface consisting of irregularly spaced points, each with x/y location coordinates and z-value. The data have been subjected to automated and manual editing to remove vegetation, buildings, and other man-made structures. Classified LAS: Point classification using semi-automated techniques on the point cloud to assign the feature type associated with each point. Lidar points can be classified into a number of categories including bare earth or ground, top of canopy, and water. The different classes are defined using numeric integer codes in the LAS files. Contours: A line through all contiguous points of equal elevation value. Contours are vector features used to represent the elevation of a landscape in a relatively familiar way. They are typically used for basemaps and general topographic representation. Derived Terrain: A vector data set composed of regularly spaced points and natural features such as ridges and breaklines. A DTM augments a DEM by including linear features of the bare-earth terrain. Hydro Breaklines: Breaklines maintain the definition of water-related features in an elevation model. They are used to capture linear discontinuities in the surface, lake shorelines, single-line drains for small rivers, and double-line drains for large rivers. [Coupled with the classified lidar point cloud this data set is the 2011 digital terrain model.] Countywide Digital Elevation Model (DEM): A DEM represents the bare-Earth surface, removing all natural and built features. The dataset contains a single file covering the entire county. Tiled Digital Elevation Model (DEM): A Digital Elevation Model (DEM) represents the bare-Earth surface, removing all natural and built features. The data contains (possibly) hundreds of individual files available to download as small tiled geographic areas over the extent of an entire county. Digital Surface Model (DSM): A Digital Surface Model (DSM) captures both the natural and built/artificial features of the environment.
Temporal Extent
Time Instant
2014-01-01T00:00:00
ISO Topic Category
elevation
Place Keyword
St. Croix County
Wisconsin
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNS
Theme Keyword
Digital elevation models
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Theme Keyword
Lidar
Grids
Contours
Surface models
Terrain models
Relief models
Hydrography
Topography
Elevations
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
unknown
Language
eng
Credit
St. Croix County
Point of Contact
Contact
St. Croix County
Delivery Point
1101 Carmichael Road
City
Hudson
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
54016
Country
US
Phone
(715) 386-4678

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
8118
Code Space
EPSG
Version
9.7

Data Quality Information

Distribution Information

Format Name
Various
Format Version
1.0
Distributor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Distributor
Online Access
https://web.s3.wisc.edu/wsco-wisconsinview/lidar/
Protocol
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
Name
WisconsinView.org
Function
download

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
surface
Vector Object Count

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
5C10782C-A658-425B-A332-75AA1512DD7E
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
Position Name
metadata technician
Delivery Point
550 N. Park Street
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53706
Country
US
Email
askmap@library.wisc.edu
Phone
(608) 262-1471
Metadata Date Stamp
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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