LiDAR Research and Education Subcommittee
This subcommittee of the Minnesota Digital Elevation Committee works to design and promote best practices with LiDAR data, LiDAR-derived products and LiDAR training statewide. This design and oversight will ensure there is consistency in data development and application for all users.
New
- LiDAR Education Survey results
- Interim Guidance on Acquisition of Culvert Data (8/26/11): These guidelines are intended to improve the collection, sharing and exchange of information about the location and attributes of culverts in Minnesota. Culvert data is used to modify LiDAR-derived DEMs so that models of water flow across the landscape can correctly route water through culverts and thus under roads and bridges. Comments on the guidelines are welcome; please send to Sean Vaughn.
Subcommittee membership
Co-chairs:
- Sean Vaughn, GIS Hydrologist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, (763) 689-7100 x226, sean.vaughn@state.mn.us
- Shelly Sentyrz, GIS Coordinator, NW Region, Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources, (218) 308-2374,
shelly.sentyrz@state.mn.us
Subcommittee Member List with contact information and short biographies
Meeting schedule
Calendar: Check the calendar for
details of the next subcommittee meeting which are held via WebEx
technology. If none is listed in the next month or two, check directly
with the subcommittee chair.
Committee meeting minutes
Related links
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LiDAR Education Survey results: These findings from a June
2011 survey are helping the Subcommittee understand the types of
training that Minnesota resource professionals need to facilitate their use of
elevation data collected using LiDAR technology.
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Strengthening Natural Resource Management with LiDAR Training (6 p., 1.7
MB, PDF): A proposal to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on
Minnesota Resources. The LCCMR included this proposal in its
appropriation recommendations to the 2011 Minnesota Legislature, and the
recommendation was approved.
- Minnesota Elevation Mapping
Project:
LiDAR data collection project, 2010-2012
- First-stop information page
to find Minnesota LiDAR data and derived products, including links to
existing education and training resources.
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Uses of LiDAR data
in Minnesota for protecting water quality (more examples for
other topical areas will follow)
Return to MnGeo Digital Elevation Committee page