bare_earth

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Title: bare_earth
Abstract:
PLSC mosaic of LiDAR DEM tiles from USGS/NASA mosaic of LiDAR DEM tiles from the Puget Sound LiDAR Consortium <http://core2.gsfc.nasa.gov/lidar/terrapoint/darrington/>
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    REQUIRED: The name of an organization or individual that developed the data set., REQUIRED: The date when the data set is published or otherwise made available for release., bare_earth.

    Online Links:

    • \\pugetsoundlidar.ess.washington.edu\jol\www\lidardata\restricted\filegeodatabase\snohomish_floodplain_2005\sno_floodplain.gdb

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.254178
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.717501
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.276210
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.887864

  3. What does it look like?

    <http://pugetsoundlidar.ess.washington.edu/lidardata/restricted/filegeodatabase/darrington/lidar.png>

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Calendar_Date: 2005
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  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Fgdb raster digital data

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Raster data set. It contains the following raster data types:

      • Dimensions 23291 x 21517 x 1, type Pixel

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      The map projection used is Lambert Conformal Conic.

      Projection parameters:
      Standard_Parallel: 47.500000
      Standard_Parallel: 48.733333
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.833333
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 47.000000
      False_Easting: 1640416.666667
      False_Northing: 0.000000

      Planar coordinates are encoded using row and column
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 6.000000
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 6.000000
      Planar coordinates are specified in survey feet

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
      The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.

      Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
      Altitude_System_Definition:
      Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
      Altitude_Encoding_Method:
      Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

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    Downloadable Data

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Dates:
Last modified: 29-Dec-2009
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