NASA LiDAR and the EarthScope Spatial Data Explorer Fred Pieper March 2006
NASA LiDAR/ALSM NASA Contribution to EarthScope Available to entire Geophysical Community Areas Currently Available: –San Andreas –Mt. Rainier –Mt. St. Helens –Darrington, WA Types of Products: –Bald Earth (DEM & Shaded Relief) –Highest Surface (DEM & Shaded Relief) –Potential for Others
NASA LiDAR File Characteristics Imagery Assembled into Mosaics –based on USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle boundaries –east-west strip covering north or south half of adjacent quadrangles DEMs at 6 foot Grid Spacing, 13 cm Vertical Accuracy Shaded relief images –Illumination Azimuth: 225 degrees –Illumination Elevation: 60 degrees –3x3 kernel size GeoTIFF format: 5 – 150 MB JPG Thumbnails FGDC Metadata
Example LiDAR Products Bald Earth DEM Highest Surface DEM Bald Earth Shaded Relief
Accessing NASA LiDAR via EarthScope Spatial Data Explorer
ES SD-Explorer Background Query, Browse, and Download Geospatial Observations Java application based on technology initially developed by NASA Code 935 (Applied Information Sciences Branch) Modified by IAGT to support various program initiatives including EarthScope Central Metadata Database (MySQL) Geospatial Observations can be in any data format
Access via EarthScope Site
Application & Data Hosted by IAGT
Guest or Registered Users
Batch Files for UNIX & Windows
EarthScope Spatial Data Explorer
Login: Guest or Private Credentials
Ready to Go
Map Interaction
Zoomed In with Grid Off
Observation Query Filters
Keyword Filter
Initial Limited Query Results
Menu Settings: Query Results
Modified Query Results
Adding a Geospatial Region Filter
Query Results with Region Filter
Observation Extents on Map
Multiple Selections
Browse Selections
Download Observations
Example Derivative Product
Example Derivative Product
Other NASA Data Available Landsat ASTER SRTM
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