1. 2011 MN GISLIS PANEL DISCUSSION THURSDAY, OCT 6, 2011 LiDAR ACTIVITIES IN MINNESOTA

2. SPEAKERS: TIM LOESCH, MNDNR, tim.loesch@state.mn.ustim.loesch@state.mn.us PETER JENKINS, MNDOT, peter.jenkins@state.mn.uspeter.jenkins@state.mn.us RON WENCL, USGS, rwencl@usgs.govrwencl@usgs.gov LES EVERETT, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA evere003@umn.eduevere003@umn.edu NANCY RADER, MN GEO, nancy.rader@state.mn.usnancy.rader@state.mn.us

3. STATEWIDE LiDAR COLLECT INTRODUCTION STATUS TIM LOESCH, MNDNR

4. DATA VALIDATION & ACCURACY PETER JENKINS, MNDOT

5. MINNESOTA ELEVATION COMMITTEE The Committee’s position was to spend as much of the money on acquisition as possible Independent accuracy validation was essential How to accomplish this ? –The first project (SE Mn) was full of surveyors & engineers who were willing to help –In the SW Project it was mostly county engineers –So far in the Metro & Arrowhead it has been both –This has been a sample of the in-kind effort that we have seen from all levels of government

6. SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA LIDAR PROJECT

7. S.E. MINNESOTA LIDAR PROJECT HIGHEST & LOWEST ACCURACY

9. S.W. MINNESOTA PROJECT HIGHEST & LOWEST ACCURACY

12. CONCLUSIONS There is a consistent spread in the RMSE values between the SE and SW projects The methodology and personnel seem to have little influence in the accuracy results Terrain has only a small influence in the accuracy results The error budget in GPS is +/- 2.5 cm, which could explain most of what we see Regardless the consultants have consistently meet contract deliverable specifications

13. Questions ??? Thank You Peter Jenkins, PLS, CFedS

14. FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE INVENTORY RESULTS NATIONAL STANDARDS RON WENCL, USGS

15. CONSERVATION APPLICATIONS OF LiDAR TRAINING LCCMR PROJECT LES EVERETT, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

16. Audience and Method  For Conservation Professionals who use GIS  Hands-on workshops in computer labs  Repeated at multiple locations in MN  In ArcGIS or Civil 3D (1 Module)

17. Training Modules 1.Basics of Using LiDAR Data 2.Terrain Analysis 3.Hydrologic Applications 4.Engineering 5.Wetland Mapping 6.Forest and Ecological Applications

18. Contacts Project Manager: Les Everett, UM Water Resources Center evere003@umn.edu evere003@umn.edu Program Coordinator: Ann Lewandowski, UM Water Resources Center alewand@umn.edu Project Web Site: http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar

19. STATE LiDAR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE SPRING SURVEY WEB PORTAL TRAINING SHELLY SENTYZ, MNDNR

20. STATE LiDAR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE

22. Tim Loesch, MNDNR, tim.loesch@state.mn.ustim.loesch@state.mn.us Ron Wencl, USGS, rwencl@usgs.govrwencl@usgs.gov Peter Jenkins, MnDOT, peter.jenkins@state.mn.uspeter.jenkins@state.mn.us Shelly Sentyrz, MNDNR, shelly.sentyrz@state.mn.usshelly.sentyrz@state.mn.us Sean Vaughn, MNDNR, sean.vaughn@state.mn.ussean.vaughn@state.mn.us Les Everett, University of Minnesota, evere003@umn.eduevere003@umn.edu http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/chouse/elevation/index.html FOR MORE INFORMATION: