Connecticut is covered by a number of different lidar datasets and many of them are available on CT ECO. The details and documentation about each one follows.
| Dates | March 11, 2016 through April 16, 2016 |
| Area | 5240 sq mi |
| Tiles | 23,381 |
| Acquired By | Capitol Region Council of Government (project info) |
| Flown By | Sanborn |
| Projection | Connecticut State Plane NAD83 (2011) feet, NAVD88 feet |
| Classified Point Cloud | Yes |
| DEM | 1m |
| Intensity | Yes |
| Breakline Data | Yes |
| Dates | April 27, 2014 through May 29, 2014 |
| Area | 1527 sq mi |
| Tiles | 1974 (each 1500m x 1500m) |
| Acquired By | USGS |
| Flown By | Dewberry |
| Projection | UTM Zone 18N, NAD83 2011 meters, NAVD88 meters |
| Classified Point Cloud | Yes |
| DEM | 1m img |
| Intensity | Yes |
| Breakline Data | Yes |
Documents
Metadata
| Project Metadata (xml) Survey Checkpoints (xml) Classified LAS (xml) |
DEM (xml) Intensity (xml) Stream and Rivers (xml) |
Lakes and Ponds (xml) Tidal Waters (xml) Bridge Breaklines (xml) |
Download
pieces (laz files) from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast Data Access Viewer or Digital Coast Data Registry. Look for: 2014 USGS CMGP Lidar: Post Sandy (CT).
Metadata from NOAA Office for Coastal Management.
| Dates | November 14 to December 16, 2012 |
| Area | 116 sq mi |
| Tiles | 225 |
| Acquired By | US Army Corps of Engineers |
| Flown By | Fugro Earthdata, Inc. |
| Projection | Geographic, NAD83 meters, NAVD88 meters |
| Classified Point Cloud | Yes |
| DEM | 1m Esri Grid |
| Intensity | Yes |
| Breakline Data | No |
Metadata:
LIDAR DEM Metadata (xml)
LiDAR Intensity Metadata (xml)
Lidar LAS Metadata (xml)
Lidar Topo Data Coverage Metadata (xml)
Download
in pieces (laz files) from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast Data Access Viewer or Digital Coast Data Registry. Look for: 2012 Post Sandy USACE Lidar - Connecticut.
Metadata from NOAA Office for Coastal Management.
| Dates | December 13-19, 2011 |
| Area | 658 sq mi |
| Tiles | 1772 |
| Acquired By | Natural Resource Conservation Service |
| Flown By | Earth Eye LLC, Dewberry |
| Projection | UTM Zone 18, NAD83 meters, NAVD88 meters |
| Classified Point Cloud | Yes |
| DEM | 1m Esri Grid |
| Intensity | No |
| Breakline Data | Yes |
Documents
Final Project Report USDA NRCS (pdf)
Delivery Report (pdf)
Metadata
| Bare Earth LAS (FGDC xml) DEM (FGDC xml) First Return LAS (FGDC xml) |
Lakes Ponds (FGDC xml) LAS (FGDC xml) Last Return LAS (FGDC xml) |
Model Key Points LAS (FGDC xml) Stream Rivers (FGDC xml) |
Download
pieces (laz files) from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast Data Access Viewer or Digital Coast Data Registry. Look for: 2011 USDA-NRCS Lidar: Northwest Connecticut.
Metadata from NOAA Office for Coastal Management.
| Dates | 2011 |
| Area | 455 sq mi |
| Tiles | 598 |
| Acquired By | USGS and State of Maine's GIS Office |
| Flown By | Photo Science |
| Projection | UTM Zone 18, NAD83 meters, NAVD88 meters |
| Classified Point Cloud | Yes |
| DEM | 2m img |
| Intensity | No |
| Breakline Data | Yes |
| Dates | 2011 |
| Area | 141 sq mi |
| Tiles | 205 |
| Acquired By | USGS and State of Maine's GIS Office |
| Flown By | Photo Science |
| Projection | UTM Zone 19, NAD83 meters, NAVD88 meters |
| Classified Point Cloud | Yes |
| DEM | 2m img |
| Intensity | No |
| Breakline Data | Yes |
Download
West and East- NOAA Office for Coastal Management in pieces (laz files) using the Digital Coast Data Access Viewer or Digital Coast Data Registry. Look for: 2011 USGS Lidar for the Northeast.- download from USGS Earth Explorer by tile. Look for the Project: ARRA-LFTNE_CONNECTICUTZ18_2010.Metadata from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management.
Documents
Ground Control Report (pdf)
Classified LAS Metadata (xml)
Hydro Flattening Breakline Metadata (xml)
Raster DEM Metadata (xml)
Project Metadata (xml)
Mission Metadata (by flightline)
| Dates | November 3, 2010 to December 11, 2010 |
| Area | 1772 sq mi |
| Tiles | 4839 |
| Acquired By | USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service |
| Flown By | Earth Eye LLC, Dewberry |
| Projection | UTM Zone 18, NAD83 meters, NAVD88 meters |
| Classified Point Cloud | Yes |
| DEM | 1m Esri Grid |
| Intensity | Yes |
| Breakline Data | Yes |
Documents
Final Project Report USDA NRCS (pdf)
Delivery Report (pdf)
Metadata
| Bare Earth LAS (FGDC xml) DEM (FGDC xml) First Return LAS (FGDC xml) |
Lakes Ponds (FGDC xml) LAS (FGDC xml) Last Return LAS (FGDC xml) |
Model Key Points LAS (FGDC xml) Stream Rivers (FGDC xml) |
Download
pieces (laz files) from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast Data Access Viewer or Digital Coast Data Registry. Look for: 2010 USDA-NRCS Topographic Lidar: Eastern Connecticut.
Metadata from NOAA Office for Coastal Management.
| Dates | December 11, 2010 to May 27, 2011 |
| Area | 443 sq mi |
| Tiles | 666 |
| Acquired By | FEMA |
| Flown By | Photo Science |
| Projection | UTM Zone 18, NAD83 meters, NAVD88 meters |
| Classified Point Cloud | Yes |
| DEM | No |
| Intensity | No |
| Breakline Data | No |
Documents
Technical Support Data Notebook (pdf)
Delivery Report (pdf)
Pre-Flight Report (pdf)
Post-Flight Report (pdf)
Metadata
| Middlesex County - Ground Control Metadata (txt) - Processing Metadata (txt) - Terrain Metadata (xml) |
New Haven County - Ground Control Metadata (txt) - Processing Metadata (txt) - Terrain Metadata (xml) |
Download
pieces (laz files) from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast Data Access Viewer or Digital Coast Data Registry. Look for: 2001 CT Quinnipiac River Watershed Lidar.
Metadata from NOAA Office for Coastal Management.
CT Coast 2006
| Dates | December 2006 |
| Area | 187 sq mi |
| Tiles | 1407 |
| Acquired By | FEMA |
| Flown By | Dewberry |
| Projection | CT State Plane NAD83 feet, NAVD88 feet |
| Classified Point Cloud | Yes Las v1.0 (ground and non-ground) |
| DEM | No |
| Intensity | No |
| Breakline Data | Yes |
Documents
Qa Qc Report (pdf)
3D Breaklines Data Dictionary (pdf)
Metadata
Terrain Metadata (xml)
Contours Metadata (xml)
LAS Metadata (xml)
Download
pieces (laz files) from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast Data Access Viewer or Digital Coast Data Registry. Look for: 2006 Connecticut Coastal Lidar.
Metadata from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management..
| Dates | October 8, 2004 |
| Area | 203 sq mi |
| Tiles | 167 |
| Acquired By | NOAA Office for Coastal Management |
| Flown By | Woolpert, Inc. |
| Projection | Geographic NAD83, NAVD88 meters |
| Classified Point Cloud | Yes LAS version 1.0 |
| DEM | No |
| Intensity | No |
| Breakline Data | No |
Documents
Download
pieces (laz files) from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast Data Access Viewer or Digital Coast Data Registry. Look for: 2004 Connecticut Coastline Lidar.
Metadata from NOAA Office for Coastal Management.
| Dates | May-June 2004 |
| Area | 214 sq mi |
| Tiles | 239 |
| Acquired By | FEMA |
| Flown By | Spectrum Mapping, LLC |
| Projection | CT State Plane NAD83 feet, NAVD88 feet |
| Classified Point Cloud | Point Shapefiles |
| DEM | No |
| Intensity | No |
| Breakline Data | Yes |
Documents
Download
pieces (laz files) from the NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast Data Access Viewer or Digital Coast Data Registry. Look for: 2004 CT Connecticut River Lidar.
Metadata from NOAA Office for Coastal Management.
Questions or comments about CT ECO and the data, email CLEAR at clear@uconn.edu.
