| Section 1 | Overview | |||
| Originator | Stearns County, Minnesota | |||
| Title | LiDAR Elevation, Stearns County, Minnesota, 2006 | |||
| Abstract | The LiDAR data for Stearns County was collected under contract by the county. Thus, the data format is not entirely consistent with some of the other LiDAR data collected by the State of Minnesota. Specifically, the Stearns County collect required classification of only Bare Earth returns in the LiDAR LAS files, so there is no information on buildings, vegetation, or model key points.
Breaklines captured as part of this effort are also a bit different. In Stearns County, the breaklines are 3D Polyline features rather than 3D Polygon features. They also include road centerlines, stream courses and other features that are not part of the Statewide collect specifications. | |||
| Purpose | ||||
| Time Period of Content Date | 2006 | |||
| Currentness Reference | ||||
| Progress | Complete | |||
| Maintenance and Update Frequency | Unknown | |||
| Spatial Extent of Data | Stearns County, Minnesota | |||
| Bounding Coordinates | -95.13 -94.05 45.79 45.27 | |||
| Place Keywords | Stearns County, Minnesota | |||
| Theme Keywords | elevation, LiDAR, DEM, digital elevation model, contour, topographic, topo, DTM, LAS, breakline | |||
| Theme Keyword Thesaurus | ISO 19115 | |||
| Access Constraints | None. | |||
| Use Constraints | This data was purchased from Stearns County by the State of Minnesota to put it into the public domain. This data can be shared and distributed free of charge.
See Disclaimer field for complete use conditions. | |||
| Contact Person Information | Tim Loesch,
GIS Section Manager Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 500 Lafayette Rd St. Paul, MN 551554011 Phone: 651-259-5475 Email: tim.loesch@state.mn.us | |||
| Browse Graphic | None available | |||
| Associated Data Sets | For more information about elevation data for Minnesota, see: www.mngeo.state.mn.us/chouse/elevation/index.html | |||
| Section 2 | Data Quality | |||
| Attribute Accuracy | ||||
| Logical Consistency | ||||
| Completeness | ||||
| Horizontal Positional Accuracy | ||||
| Lineage | The data was delivered to the DNR in 2K by 2K tiles that were referenced to the Stearns County coordinate system. This included:
Bare Earth LAS files 1-foot DEMs Breaklines (edge of water, curb and centerlines) LAS file processing: Projected from Stearns county coordinates to UTM Zone 15. Reformatted into 1/16 USGS 1:24,000-scale tiles. Breakline Processing: Breaklines were imported from DXF files into a single, merged dataset. Breaklines were then projected from Stearns county coordinates to UTM Zone 15, NAD83 Datum. Breakline Z Values were then scaled from feet to meters. Terrain Processing: An ESRI Terrain Dataset was then created using the Bare Earth Points from the projected LAS files and the projected and scaled breaklines. DEM Generation: New DEMs were generated rather than projecting the existing DEMs because the DEM is already an interpolated product and projecting this data would result in additional interpolation. Projecting the discrete point data and recreating the DEMs using the breaklines to enforce hydro-flattening was done. - DEM01 - was created from the Terrain dataset. Cellsize 1 and nearest neighbor options were used in the ArcGIS command and the extent was snapped to an integer meter grid. - DEM01HS - Hillshade was created from DEM01 - Altitude 45, Azimuth 215. - DEM03 - was created from the Terrain dataset. Cellsize 3 and nearest neighbor options were used in the ArcGIS command and the extent was snapped to the state 3-meter grid for consistency with other products. - DEM03HS - Hillshade was created from DEM03 - Altitude 45, Azimuth 215. - DEM03_aspect - Land Surface aspect was generated from DEM03. - DEM03slope_degrees - Land Surface slope in degrees was generated from DEM03. - DEM03slope_percent - land surface slope in percent was generated from DEM03. DEM Processing: DEMs were merged into a single county raster. Raster was then projected to UTM Zone 15, NAD 83 Datum with a cell size of 1-meter using a bilinear interpolation (DEM01). One-meter raster was then generalized to 3-meter cell size (DEM03). Three-meter DEM was smoothed using a 3x3 mean filter to facilitate contouring. 2-foot contours were created from the smoothed 3-meter raster - the smoothed raster was deleted when complete. Processing Summary: 1) LAS files were projected from county coordinates to UTM Zone 15, NAD83 2) LAS point Z values were scaled from feet to meters 3) LAS files were retiled into the state tile scheme (1/16 of a USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle) 4) Breakline features were merged together into a single feature class 5) Breakline features were projected from county coordinates to UTM Zone 15, NAD83 6) Breakline Z Values were scaled from feet to meters 7) LAS Bare Earth Points and breaklines were used to create a Terrain data type 8) 1-meter DEM was derived from Terrain using nearest neighbor interpolation option (DEM01) 9) Hillshade was derived from 1-meter DEM Altitude 45, Azimuth 215 (DEM01HS) 10) 3-meter DEM was derived from Terrain using nearest neighbor interpolation option (DEM03) 11) Hillshade was derived from 3-meter DEM Altitude 45, Azimuth 215 (DEM03HS) 12) Aspect was derived from 3-meter DEM (DEM03ASPECT) 13) Slope in degrees was derived from 3-meter DEM (DEM03SLOPE_DEGREES) 14) Slope in percent was derived from 3-meter DEM (DEM03SLOPE_PERCENT) 15) DEM03 was smoothed using a 3x3 mean smoothing filter 16) 2-foot contours were created from the smoothed 3-meter DEM All DEMS are hydro-flattened and enforced using the breakline features. All processing was done using ESRI ArcGIS V10 software and LP360 Extensions software by QCoherent. | |||
| Section 3 | Spatial Data Organization (not used in this metadata) | |||
| Section 4 | Coordinate System | |||
| Horizontal Coordinate Scheme | Universal Transverse Mercator | |||
| UTM Zone Number | 15 | |||
| Horizontal Datum | NAD83 | |||
| Horizontal Units | meters | |||
| Section 5 | Attributes | |||
| Overview | ||||
| Detailed Citation | ||||
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| Section 6 | Distribution | |||
| Publisher | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | |||
| Publication Date | ||||
| Contact Person Information | Nancy Rader,
GIS Data Coordinator Minnesota Geospatial Information Office 658 Cedar Street St. Paul, MN 55155 Phone: 651-201-2489 Email: clearing.house@state.mn.us | |||
| Distributor's Data Set Identifier | Stearns LiDAR 2006 | |||
| Distribution Liability | 1. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources General Geographic Data License Agreement
1) The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR) grants to you a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, license to use these digital data. This License agreement applies to all digital data acquired from DNR staff, FTP sites, or other internet-based delivery systems. In the event that another license agreement issued by DNR staff is explicitly associated with a particular data set, the terms of the other license agreement prevail, and the terms expressed in this more general license agreement are nullified. 2) The MNDNR makes no representations about the suitability of these data for any purpose. The data are provided 'as is' without express or implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. 3) MNDNR is not obligated to provide updates to these data in the event that newer versions become available. MNDNR provides documentation when available through established distribution mechanisms. 4) The user relieves the MNDNR and its respective officers, agents, and employees of any liability for any and all damages resulting from use of mis-use of these data including, but not limited to: a. Incidental, consequential, special or indirect damages of any sort, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, even if MNDNR has been informed of the possibility of such damages, or b. For any claim by any other party. Furthermore, in States that do not allow the exclusion of limitation of incidental or consequential damages, you may not use these data. 5) When these data are used in the development of digital or analog (hardcopy) products, MNDNR must be acknowledged as having contributed data to the development of the product. 6) Although the use of these data are not restricted, they may not be sold commercially or privately without the written permission of MNDNR. 2. MnGeo's data disclaimer is online: www.mngeo.state.mn.us/chouse/disclaimer.html | |||
| Ordering Instructions | The LiDAR data provided by DNR may be downloaded from MnGeo's FTP site by clicking on the link below.
For more help with Minnesota's LiDAR data, see www.mngeo.state.mn.us/chouse/elevation/lidar.html | |||
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| Section 7 | Metadata Reference | |||
| Metadata Date | 01/23/2013 | |||
| Contact Person Information | Nancy Rader,
GIS Data Coordinator Minnesota Geospatial Information Office 658 Cedar Street St. Paul, MN 55155 Phone: 651-201-2489 Email: clearing.house@state.mn.us | |||
| Metadata Standard Name | Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines | |||
| Metadata Standard Version | 1.2 | |||
| Metadata Standard Online Linkage | http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/committee/standards/mgmg/metadata.htm | |||