JALBTCX National Coastal Mapping Program Derived Products: Great Lakes & Ohio River Division
The layers depicted in this web map were\\ndeveloped to serve regional geospatial data needs of USACE Districts and agency\\npartners to discover and download products derived from USACE National Coastal\\nMapping Program (NCMP) high resolution, topo-bathymetric lidar and imagery. The\\nUSACE NCMP acquires high-resolution, high-accuracy topographic/bathymetric\\nlidar elevation and imagery on a recurring basis along the sandy shorelines of\\nthe US. The program's survey footprint includes an approximately 1-mile wide\\nswath of topography, bathymetry and imagery 500-m onshore and 1000-m offshore.\\nThe standard suite of NCMP data products include topographic/bathymetric lidar\\npoint clouds, digital surface and elevation models, shoreline vectors and both\\ntrue-color and hyperspectral imagery mosaics. Value-added derivative\\ninformation products may include laser reflectance images, landcover\\nclassification images, volume change metrics, and the products to help address\\nDistrict project requirements. USACE Headquarters initiated the NCMP in 2004.\\nThe program's update cycle follows counter-clockwise along the US West Coast,\\nGulf Coast, East Coast and Great Lakes approximately every 5 years. Surveys in\\nsupport of USACE project-specific missions and external partners are included\\nconstituent to the current NCMP schedule and reimbursable funding. All work is\\ncoordinated with Federal mapping partners through the Interagency Working Group\\non Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IWGOCM) and the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP).NCMP\\noperations are executed by the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center\\nof Expertise (JALBTCX). The JALBTCX mission is to perform operations, research\\nand development in airborne lidar bathymetry and complementary technologies to\\nsupport the coastal mapping and charting requirements of the US Army Corps of\\nEngineers, the US Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command and the National\\nOceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Survey operations are conducted\\nworldwide using the Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging (CZMIL) system and other\\nindustry-based coastal mapping and charting systems. CZMIL is JALBTCX's\\nin-house survey capability that includes and Optech International, CZMIL 03-1\\nlidar instrument with simultaneous topographic and bathymetric capabilities.\\nCZMIL is integrated with an Itres CASI-1500 hyperspectral imager and an 80 MP\\nLeica RCD30 RGBN camera. CZMIL collects 10-kHz lidar data with spatially- and\\ntemporally-concurrent digital true-color and hyperspectral imagery.