|2011 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Topographic LiDAR: Louisiana Region 2
||TASK NAME: Louisiana Region 2 LiDAR ARRA Task Order LiDAR Data Acquisition and Processing
Production Task- Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany Parishes, and Hancock
County (MS) USGS Contract No: G10PC00057 Task Order No: G10PD02781 Woolpert ORDER
NUMBER: 70930 CONTRACTOR: Woolpert, Inc. LiDAR data is a remotely sensed high resolution
elevation data collected by an airborne platform. The LiDAR sensor uses a combination
of laser range finding, GPS positioning, and inertial measurement technologies. The
LiDAR systems collect data point clouds that are used to produce highly detailed Digital
Elevation Models (DEMs) of the earth's terrain, man-made structures, and vegetation.
The task required the LiDAR data to be collected at a nominal pulse spacing (NPS)
of 2.0 meters. The final products include first, last, and at least one intermediate
return LAS, full classified LAS and a bare earth model in separate files.