South Mountain

The lidar survey was conducted by vendor Watershed Sciences, Corvallis, OR. Leica ALS50 Phase II lidar instrument was flown in a Cessna Caravan 208B aircraft over the period of November 10-18, 2007. The data was delivered in LAS 1.1 format with information on return number, easting, northing, elevation, scan angle, and intensity for each return.

Data Type: Airborne
Area (sq. km): 3.75
Acquisition Date: 2007-11-10 – 2007-11-18
Point density: 4
Sensor: Leica ALS50 Phase II
Data vendor: Watershed Science
Funding: BLM, USDA, NSF, ID NSF EPSCoR, ISU, RMRS, UofI, USDA ARS

Vendor Report: OwyheeUplands_LIDAR_Report.pdf
Metadata: Download XML Metadata

Data Contact
Contact:
Stuart Hardegree
Agency: USDA ARS, Boise
Contact email: Stuart.Hardegree@ARS.USDA.GOV

Data Download: Raw Point Clouds
Data from the ISU GISTrec can be downloaded at accelerated speed using GlobusOnline service.
ISU GIS Trec (available using GlobusOnline)

Peer-reviewed Publications
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Download KML: South_mountain.kml