DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5069/G9DZ067X
OT Collection ID: OT.032012.32605.1
Dataset Name: Hawaii Big Island Lidar Survey
Short Name: HI09_Big_Island
Collection Platform: Airborne LiDAR

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Dataset Overview: This survey covers portions of Hawaii Volcano National Park, Upper Waiakea Forest Reserve, and Mauna Loa Forest Reserve on the Big Island of Hawaii. The survey area covers 299 square kilometers. These data were collected by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) on behalf of Steve Martel (University of Hawaii), Scott Rowland (University of Hawaii), Adam Soule (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) and Kathy Cashman (U. Oregon / Bristol U.).

Dataset Acknowledgement: LiDAR data acquisition and processing completed by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM - http://www.ncalm.org). NCALM funding is provided by NSF's Division of Earth Sciences, Instrumentation and Facilities Program. EAR-1043051.  Grant NSF EAR-0739153 (PI: Soule) and a NASA subcontract to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Award #1290138 (PI: Martel) also supported this data collection. http://dx.doi.org/10.5069/G9DZ067X

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Survey Date: 06/21/2009 - 06/27/2009

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Data Provider and Roles:
	1. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping
	Role: Collector
	Url: http://ncalm.org

	2. National Science Foundation
	Role: Funder
	Url: http://nsf.gov


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Total LiDAR Points: 1,502,401,167 pts

Area: 299.6 km^2

Shot Density: 5.01 pts/m^2

Coordinates System: 
	Horizontal: UTM z05 N WGS84 (ITRF2000) [EPSG: 32605]
	Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID03) [EPSG: 5703]

Survey Report: http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/metadata/NCALM/HAWAII Big Island Survey Report_F.pdf

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Download and Access Products: 
	1. Point Cloud Data
		opentopoID: OTLAS.032012.32605.1
		Download and Processing: http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/gridsphere/gridsphere?gs_action=lidarDataset&cid=geonlidarframeportlet&opentopoID=OTLAS.032012.32605.1


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Dataset Extent in KMZ format: http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/lidarkmls/point_cloud/HI09_Big_Island_all_clean.kmz

Dataset Spatial Bounds:
	North: 19.6369°
	South: 19.2295°
	East: -155.1793°
	West: -155.6106°