1. Adams County Lidar Project
“Lidar Enhanced” Soil Survey

2. Three Townships Surrounding Quincy
Approximately 112 Square Miles

3. Background Information
Mapper: Kucera International Inc.;
Willoughby, Ohio
Data processing and base mapping production work were performed from April 2006 through March 2007.

4. Aerial Photography and LIDAR Dates
Aerial photos flown on March 15, 2006
Aerial Lidar Survey flown on April 11, 2006

5. General Scope of County Project
Color and black & white digital orthophoto production at 1”=100’ scale with 0.5’ pixel resolution
Aerial Lidar Survey with DEM production
2’ contour topographic mapping
Limited planimetric feature mapping at 1”=100’scale

6. LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging;
or Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging
A laser pulse is sent out from a transmitter and the light particles are returned back to the receiver. 
The laser pulses paint the ground very accurately mapping the ground.

7. LIDAR is a multiple-return
system for each laser shot.
Captures anything above the surface, such as forest canopy, buildings, power lines, roads.
Captures the earth surface.

8. DEM and DTM
A digital elevation model (DEM) - generally refers to a representation of the earth's surface (or subset of this), including features such as vegetation, buildings, bridges, etc. The DEM often comprises much of the raw dataset, which may have been acquired through techniques such as photogrammetry, LiDAR, land surveying, etc.
A digital terrain model (DTM) on the other hand is (generally) a filtered version of this surface, and hence can be a post-processed version of what was originally a DEM. The DTM provides a so-called bare-earth model, devoid of landscape features. While a DEM may be useful for landscape modeling, city modeling and visualization applications, a DTM is often required for flood or drainage modeling, land-use studies, geological applications, and much more.
(Wikipedia)

9. Consolidation of lidar points
25 feet apart

10. Breaklines are linear features that define interruptions in surface smoothness. They define stream channels, ridges, shorelines, and building footprints.

11. A terrain dataset is a TIN-based surface
A terrain dataset is a TIN-based surface. Triangulated irregular network.

19. Planimetric Feature Mapping
Stereocompiled
Building footprints & road centerlines
Hydrology & road edge planimetry
Railroad centerline planimetry

24. IOWA LiDAR Interactive Mapping Partners
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Natural Resources Conservation Service
The DNR will contract with the U.S.G.S. to gather LiDAR data statewide.