3DEP LAS/LAZ Data: NM_NRCS_Central_A2_2017

Lidar (Light detection and ranging) discrete-return point cloud data are available in the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) LAS format. The LAS format is a standardized binary format for storing 3-dimensional point cloud data and point attributes along with header information and variable length records specific to the data. Millions of data points are stored as a 3-dimensional data cloud as a series of x (longitude), y (latitude) and z (elevation) points. A few older projects in this collection are in ASCII format. Please refer to http://www.asprs.org/Committee-General/LASer-LAS-File-Format-Exchange-Activities.html for additional information. This data set is a LAZ (compressed LAS) format file containing lidar point cloud data. Compression to an LAZ file was done with the LAStools 'laszip' program and can be unzipped with the same free program (laszip.org). LICENSE: US Government Public Domain https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-are-terms-uselicensing-map-services-and-data-national-map

Data and Resources

Field Value
lastUpdateDate 2026-10-13
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-106.376894118, 34.4388476563], [-106.382272778, 34.4388476563], [-106.382272778, 34.4507261915], [-106.376894118, 34.4507261915], [-106.376894118, 34.4388476563]]]}
theme ["Terrain and Fuels", "Community Risk Reduction", "Fire Innovation Unit - eligible for FireWERX Challenge", "Climate & Weather", "Geospatial", "Environment", "Science & Technology", "Population & Society"]
Groups
  • NSF
  • United States
Tags
  • 3dep
  • ALS
  • NSF
  • Point Cloud
  • United States
  • lidar
isopen False
metadata_created 2026-10-30T17:35:47.902873
metadata_modified 2026-10-30T17:35:47.902878
notes Lidar (Light detection and ranging) discrete-return point cloud data are available in the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) LAS format. The LAS format is a standardized binary format for storing 3-dimensional point cloud data and point attributes along with header information and variable length records specific to the data. Millions of data points are stored as a 3-dimensional data cloud as a series of x (longitude), y (latitude) and z (elevation) points. A few older projects in this collection are in ASCII format. Please refer to http://www.asprs.org/Committee-General/LASer-LAS-File-Format-Exchange-Activities.html for additional information. This data set is a LAZ (compressed LAS) format file containing lidar point cloud data. Compression to an LAZ file was done with the LAStools 'laszip' program and can be unzipped with the same free program (laszip.org). LICENSE: US Government Public Domain https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-are-terms-uselicensing-map-services-and-data-national-map
num_resources 1
num_tags 6
title 3DEP LAS/LAZ Data: NM_NRCS_Central_A2_2017