Shoreline Mapping Project Instructions - Topography/Bathymetry Project STYYXX-TB-C - Lidar and Imagery Collection, Processing and Shoreline Mapping

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Shoreline Mapping Project Instructions for Topography/Bathymetry Project STYYXX-TB-C in Maryland define requirements to acquire and process airborne topographic/bathymetric lidar and digital camera imagery data to support NOAA nautical chart products. The guidance supersedes the specified Scope of Work while keeping unaffected parts in force. It outlines project purpose, data sources, shoreline definition at a tidal datum, and the processing approach for generating DEMs and extracting tidal datum shoreline vectors. It also provides a comprehensive acronym list.

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1 GENERAL

2 INTRODUCTION

List of Acronyms

3 OVERVIEW

August 21, 2020 Shoreline Mapping Project Instructions This document serves as the Project Instructions for Topography/Bathymetry Project STYYXX-TB-C, Lidar and Imagery Collection, Processing and Shoreline Mapping, in the state of Maryland. 1 GENERAL These Project Instructions contain project specific information for a shoreline mapping project and take precedence over the “Scope of Work, Shoreline Mapping for the Coastal Mapping Program”(SOW), Version 15, dated January 2019. All parts of the SOW not altered in these Project Instructions remain in effect. 2 INTRODUCTION This project is being undertaken to provide topographic/bathymetric lidar data, digital imagery, and digital shoreline for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) nautical charts and other uses. New shoreline vectors for this project will be supplied in digital form by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) . All nautical charts referred to in this document are NOAA nautical charts. List of Acronyms AOI Area of Interest APOR………………………………………………Airborne Positioning and Orientation Report ASPRS...............................................American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing AT………………………………………………………………………………Aerotriangulation CMP…………………………………………………………………...Coastal Mapping Program CEF Chart Evaluation File CO .................................................................................................................... Contracting Officer COR..................... ................................................................. Contracting Officer’s Representative CORS……………………………………………...…Continuously Operating Reference Stations CRS……………………………………………………………...….Coordinate Reference System CUSP……………………………..………………………Continually Updated Shoreline Product EED……………………………………………………………………. Electronic Exposure Data DEM……………………………...............………………………………Digital Elevation Model DG………………………………………………………………………….Direct Georeferencing DTL…………………………………………………………………….Deliverable Tracking Log EO Exterior Orientation FGDC ....................................................................................Federal Geographic Data Committee GC………………………………………………………………………………..Geographic Cell GSD…………………………………………………..…………………Ground Sample Distance IHO…………………………………………………….International Hydrographic Organization IWG-OCM………………………...Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping JALBTCX……………………...Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise LAS………………………………………………………………....LASer File Format Exchange LIDAR............................................................................................... Light Detection and Ranging MHW………………………………………………………………………..….Mean High Water MLLW Mean Lower Low Water NAD North American Datum NIR Near-Infrared NGS……………………………………………………………………National Geodetic Survey NAVD North American Vertical Datum NAVO…..……………………………………………………..U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office NOAA ...................................................... ...... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOS National Ocean Service NPS……………………………………………………………………….Nominal Pulse Spacing NSRS…………………………………………………………National Spatial Reference System NSSDA ..................................................................... National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy NVA……………………………………………………………Non-vegetated Vertical Accuracy OCM……………………………………………………………...Office of Coastal Management PI……………………………………………………………………...………Project Instructions PCR……...……………………………………………………………Project Completion Report POC Point of Contact QA ......................................................................................................................Quality Assurance QC .... ...................................................................................................................... Quality Control RGB Red, Green, and Blue RMSE ...........................................................................................

FAQs

What is the purpose of these project instructions?

They provide shoreline mapping project-specific requirements for lidar and digital camera imagery acquisition and processing, supporting the Coastal Mapping Program and accurate national shoreline production.

What project scope does the document supersede?

These Project Instructions take precedence over the “Scope of Work, Shoreline Mapping for the Coastal Mapping Program” (SOW), Version 15, dated January 2019, while all SOW parts not altered remain in effect.

How is the shoreline defined in this project?

The shoreline is defined as the land-water interface at a specific tidal datum, derived from DEM-based extraction of tidal datum shoreline vectors.

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