LiDAR Elevation Data: Fond du Lac County, WI 2009

Identification Information

Citation

Title

LiDAR Elevation Data: Fond du Lac County, WI 2009

Originator

Fond du Lac County

Publication Date

2020-06-24

Edition

2009

Geospatial Data Presentation Form

mapDigital

Abstract

This data represents LiDAR elevation information for Fond du Lac County (2-foot) and the City of Fond du Lac (1-foot), Wisconsin in 2009. The following derivative products are available: bare earth points, classified LAS, contours, derived terrain, hydro breaklines, and a countywide DEM. For 1-foot bare earth points: [The Bare Earth LAS was developed from a LiDAR flight flown in the Fall of 2009 as part of the City of Fond du Lac 2010 WROC project.]For 2-foot bare earth points: [The Bare Earth LAS was developed from a LiDAR flight flown in the Fall of 2009 as part of the Fond du Lac County 2010 WROC project.]For 1-foot contours: [The Bare Earth DTM was developed from LAS points and breaklines collected from a LiDAR flight flown in the Fall of 2009, as part of the City of Fond du Lac 2010 Project. The DTM is used to develop a TIN (Triangulated Irregular Network). One-foot contours meeting National Map Accuracy Standards were generated from the TIN.]For 2-foot contours: The Bare Earth DTM was developed from LAS points and breaklines collected from a LiDAR flight flown in the Fall of 2009, as part of the Fond du Lac County 2010 Project. The DTM is used to develop a TIN (Triangulated Irregular Network). Two-foot contours meeting National Map Accuracy Standards were generated from the TIN. To complete the contour's projectwide coverage, one must include the 1-foot contour area centered on the City and Village of North Fond du Lac. Then the dataset is completed across the entirety of the county.]For 1-foot derived terrain: [A Bare Earth LAS was developed from a LiDAR flight flown in the Fall of 2009 as part of the City of Fond du Lac 2010 WROC project and a breakline dataset was created from the lidar intensity images. This ESRI Terrain contains both datasets.]For 2-foot derived terrain: [A Bare Earth LAS was developed from a LiDAR flight flown in the Fall of 2009 as part of the Fond du Lac County 2010 WROC project, and a breakline dataset was created from the lidar intensity images. This ESRI Terrain contains both datasets.]For hydro breaklines:[The Breakline vectors were developed from the LiDAR points to define hard and soft breaklines, mostly hydrography, in the terrain surface, as part of the Fond du Lac 2010 lidar Project.]For 1-foot DEM: [The Bare Earth DEM was developed from LAS points and breaklines collected from a LiDAR flight flown in the Fall of 2009, as part of the City of Fond du Lac 2010 Project. The DEM is a raster data set in ESRI GRID format with an X, Y, Z value located at the center of each 5 ft. by 5 ft. cell. The DEM was generated from a DTM meeting ASPRS class II Standards.]For 2-foot DEM: [The Bare Earth DEM was developed from LAS points and breaklines collected from a LiDAR flight flown in the Fall of 2009, as part of the Fond du Lac County 2010 Project. The DEM is a raster data set in ESRI GRID format with an X, Y, Z value located at the center of each 10 ft. by 10 ft. cell. The DEM was generated from a DTM designed to meet ASPRS class II Standards.]

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 1-foot/2-foot bare earth points: [The 2010 Bare Earth DEM was developed as a derivative product for use in general surface modeling and depiction.] For 1-foot/2foot contours: [The 2010 contours were developed as a derivative product for use in general surface modeling and depiction. File formats include ESRI Shapefile and AutoCAD DWG format.] For 1-foot derived terrain: [The 2010 Bare Earth dataset is a subset of the total LiDAR point cloud. The bare earth dataset constitutes the bare terrain surface data set with all other classifications omitted. Coupled with the breakline features this data set is the 2010 City of Fond du Lac digital terrain model. This Terrain dataset provides additional functionality for these datasets.] For 2-foot derived terrain: [The 2010 Bare Earth dataset is a subset of the total LiDAR point cloud. The bare earth dataset constitutes the bare terrain surface data set with all other classifications omitted. Coupled with the breakline features this data set is the 2010 Fond du Lac County digital terrain model. This Terrain dataset provides additional functionality for these datasets.] For 1-foot/2-foot hydro breaklines: [The 2010 breaklines dataset contains the hydrographic breaklines necessary for terrain surface development. This dataset establishes the deviation parameters for the development of derivative terrain data. File formats include: ESRI shapefile and AutoCAD DWG format.] For 1-foot/2-foot DEM: [The 2010 Bare Earth DEM was developed as a derivative product for use in general surface modeling and depiction.]

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 2010 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

2009-01-01T00:00:00

ISO Topic Category

elevation

Place Keyword

Fond du Lac County

Wisconsin

Place Keyword Thesaurus

GNS

Theme Keyword

Digital elevation models

Theme Keyword Thesaurus

LCSH

Theme Keyword

Lidar

Grids

Contours

Surface models

Terrain models

Hydrography

Topography

Elevations

Theme Keyword Thesaurus

LCSH

Status

completed

Maintenance and Update Frequency

unknown

Language

eng

Credit

Fond du Lac County

Point of Contact

Contact

Fond du Lac County

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier

Code

8206

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

CAF37AC5-BB63-4590-9852-17CF8C6CA818

Metadata Point of Contact

Name

Arthur H. Robinson Map Library

Position Name

Metadata Technician

Delivery Point

550 N. Park St

City

Madison

Administrative Area

Wisconsin

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