2010 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Topographic LiDAR: San Francisco Bay, California

The primary purpose of this project was to develop a consistent and accurate surface elevation dataset derived from high-accuracy Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology for the USGS San Francisco Coastal LiDAR project area. The LiDAR data were processed to a bare-earth digital terrain model (DTM). Detailed breaklines and bare-earth DEMs were produced for the project area. Data was formatted according to tiles with each tile covering an area of 1500 m by 1500 m. A total of 712 tiles were produced for the project encompassing an area of approximately 610 sq. miles. This metadata relates to LAS that were classified in the following classes: Class 1 = Unclassified. This class includes vegetation, buildings, noise etc. Class 2 = Ground Class 7= Noise Class 9 = Water Class 10= Ignored Ground (due to proximity to breakline)

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
accrualPeriodicity irregular
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language {en-US}
modified 2011-03-01
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temporal 2010-06-11T00:00:00/2011-03-04T00:00:00
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • alameda-county
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • breaklines
  • california
  • ckan
  • contra-costa-county
  • dem
  • dtm
  • elevation
  • geo
  • geoss
  • hydro-flattened
  • las
  • lidar
  • marin-county
  • national
  • north-america
  • san-francisco
  • san-mateo-county
  • santa-clara-county
  • solano-county
  • topography-bathymetry
  • united-states
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Robert Kelly
maintainer_email ckelly@usgs.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-19T20:30:51.704397
metadata_modified 2025-11-19T20:30:51.704403
notes The primary purpose of this project was to develop a consistent and accurate surface elevation dataset derived from high-accuracy Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology for the USGS San Francisco Coastal LiDAR project area. The LiDAR data were processed to a bare-earth digital terrain model (DTM). Detailed breaklines and bare-earth DEMs were produced for the project area. Data was formatted according to tiles with each tile covering an area of 1500 m by 1500 m. A total of 712 tiles were produced for the project encompassing an area of approximately 610 sq. miles. This metadata relates to LAS that were classified in the following classes: Class 1 = Unclassified. This class includes vegetation, buildings, noise etc. Class 2 = Ground Class 7= Noise Class 9 = Water Class 10= Ignored Ground (due to proximity to breakline)
num_resources 1
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title 2010 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Topographic LiDAR: San Francisco Bay, California