South Pacific Division

<p><font face='Calibri, sans-serif' size='4'><b><u>JALBTCX National Coastal Mapping Program Derived Products: Great Lakes &amp; Ohio River Division</u></b></font></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;'>The layers depicted in this web map were
developed to serve regional geospatial data needs of USACE Districts and agency
partners to discover and download products derived from USACE National Coastal
Mapping Program (NCMP) high resolution, topo-bathymetric lidar and imagery. The
USACE NCMP acquires high-resolution, high-accuracy topographic/bathymetric
lidar elevation and imagery on a recurring basis along the sandy shorelines of
the US. The program's survey footprint includes an approximately 1-mile wide
swath of topography, bathymetry and imagery 500-m onshore and 1000-m offshore.
The standard suite of NCMP data products include topographic/bathymetric lidar
point clouds, digital surface and elevation models, shoreline vectors and both
true-color and hyperspectral imagery mosaics. Value-added derivative
information products may include laser reflectance images, landcover
classification images, volume change metrics, and the products to help address
District project requirements. USACE Headquarters initiated the NCMP in 2004.
The program's update cycle follows counter-clockwise along the US West Coast,
Gulf Coast, East Coast and Great Lakes approximately every 5 years. Surveys in
support of USACE project-specific missions and external partners are included
constituent to the current NCMP schedule and reimbursable funding. All work is
coordinated with Federal mapping partners through the Interagency Working Group
on Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IWGOCM) and the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP).NCMP
operations are executed by the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center
of Expertise (JALBTCX). The JALBTCX mission is to perform operations, research
and development in airborne lidar bathymetry and complementary technologies to
support the coastal mapping and charting requirements of the US Army Corps of
Engineers, the US Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command and the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Survey operations are conducted
worldwide using the Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging (CZMIL) system and other
industry-based coastal mapping and charting systems. CZMIL is JALBTCX's
in-house survey capability that includes and Optech International, CZMIL 03-1
lidar instrument with simultaneous topographic and bathymetric capabilities.
CZMIL is integrated with an Itres CASI-1500 hyperspectral imager and an 80 MP
Leica RCD30 RGBN camera. CZMIL collects 10-kHz lidar data with spatially- and
temporally-concurrent digital true-color and hyperspectral imagery.</span><br /></p>