The LidarExplorer was originally created to enable identification of lidar projects having 3D visualization enabled (via Entwine) and having Amazon AWS cloud access. Now that all of the USGS Lidar products are available in the Cloud and 3D visualization is being enabled for all projects, these original requirements have been satisfied.Moving forward this application will bring together the necessary information for discovering and understanding the underlying 3DEP elevation data and provide avenues for efficiently processing the data within the cloud to avoid the need to download and process data locally. Users will be able to define their area of interest, select and filter products based on needs, create processing pipelines for transforming the data into derived products or results and execute the processing using within-cloud processing capabilities.

Virginia LiDARThe Virginia LiDAR Inventory Web Mapping Application provides access to LiDAR point cloud and individual project metadata collected in the Commonwealth of Virginia according to the USGS 3DEP specification. Data is obtained from NOAA and USGS data portals. LiDAR Point Clouds are compressed for file storage and transfer. Informational Access Type:1) LiDAR Project Metadata: To download individual LiDAR project Metadata, click on a LiDAR inventory polygon for link to the host FTP site. Once at the host site, locate appropriate directory and .zip file to receive project documentation and accompanying project files. For use within ArcGIS, the geospatial grid and inventory data powering the VGIN LiDAR download inventory services can be downloaded under conversion and analysis resources below.2) LiDAR Point Clouds (Single): To download individual tiles, zoom in on the map until the tile grid appears. The VGIN Composite Geocoding service is available to use when querying by physical address, feature, or community anchor institution name. Click a tile to identify grid information for individual LiDAR Point clouds. Columns note where the LiDAR is hosted and what format is available for download. In many instances, multiple results are returned due to multiple file formats and flight years. If LiDAR data is missing spatial reference information please refer to the metadata in step 1 above. Tile grids are stacked so you will need to scroll through selections:3) LiDAR Point Clouds (Bulk): To download multiple files in a single FTP directory folder, which can be a necessity in many instances, consider the use of a multi-file download manager plugin to use with your browser in conjunction with the URLs provided on the LiDAR inventory polygon. If LiDAR data is missing spatial reference information please refer to the metadata in step 1 above. For use within ArcGIS, the geospatial grid and inventory data powering the VGIN LiDAR Download Inventory Services can be downloaded under conversion and resources below.Conversion and Resources:Convert to LAS from USGS/NOAA hosted .LAZ filesDownload LiDAR Inventory Data Project FootprintsDownload LiDAR Inventory Tile GridContact:For questions about the data please contact USGS For questions about the application please contact vbmp@vdem.virginia.gov

This is a tiled collection of the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) and is one meter resolution. The 3DEP data holdings serve as the elevation layer of The National Map, and provide foundational elevation information for earth science studies and mapping applications in the United States. Scientists and resource managers use 3DEP data for hydrologic modeling, resource monitoring, mapping and visualization, and many other applications. The elevations in this DEM represent the topographic bare-earth surface. USGS standard one-meter DEMs are produced exclusively from high resolution light detection and ranging (lidar) source data of one-meter or higher resolution. One-meter DEM surfaces are seamless within collection projects, but, not necessarily seamless across projects. The spatial reference used for tiles of the one-meter DEM within the conterminous United States (CONUS) is Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) in units of meters, and in conformance with the North American Datum of 1983 ...

This submission includes both the original product resolution (OPR) and LiDAR point cloud (LPC) LiDAR data collected as part of GeoDAWN: Geoscience Data Acquisition for Western Nevada.

The USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (EarthMRI) and USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP), Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Office, Natural Resources Conservation Services, and Bureau of Land Management have partnered to conduct airborne geophysical and 3DEP lidar surveys over parts of Nevada and California to collect information on undiscovered geothermal, critical mineral, and groundwater resources in the western Great Basin and the Walker Lane region.