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United States Interagency Elevation Inventory (USIEI)
A nationwide listing of known publicly available high-accuracy topographic and bathymetric source elevation data for the United States and its territories. The inventory provides a single resource for information about all known completed and in-progress broad-area public domain elevation data. The information provided for each elevation dataset includes many attributes such as vertical accuracy, point spacing, and date of collection. A direct link to access the data or information about the contact organization is also available through the inventory.
The United States Interagency Elevation Inventory raises awareness of and increases access to existing elevation data, thereby reducing data duplication efforts. It helps to identify data gaps and informs and encourages collaboration on future data collection efforts. The inventory displays data set boundaries and provides information about the elevation data but does not host the data itself. If available, links to access the data, metadata, and reports are included.
The inventory viewer uses map services from multiple sources to provide information both topography and bathymetry. Map services from NOAA NCEI display the footprints and attribute information for the NOAA Hydrographic Surveys, Multibeam Bathymetry, and Trackline Surveys. A map service from USACE provides the USACE Hydrographic Surveys. Map services from NOAA Office for Coastal Management provide the bulk of the topographic and bathymetric lidar information. The NOAA NCEI and USACE service are updated regularly as new data in ingested.
The data supporting the NOAA OCM hosted services are maintained by a partnership of federal agencies and supports the federal elevation theme. The agencies include NOAA, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This service is updated quarterly through an active process of data discovery and validation.
Complete Metadata
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|---|---|
| accessLevel | non-public |
| accrualPeriodicity | R/P3M |
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| description | A nationwide listing of known publicly available high-accuracy topographic and bathymetric source elevation data for the United States and its territories. The inventory provides a single resource for information about all known completed and in-progress broad-area public domain elevation data. The information provided for each elevation dataset includes many attributes such as vertical accuracy, point spacing, and date of collection. A direct link to access the data or information about the contact organization is also available through the inventory. The United States Interagency Elevation Inventory raises awareness of and increases access to existing elevation data, thereby reducing data duplication efforts. It helps to identify data gaps and informs and encourages collaboration on future data collection efforts. The inventory displays data set boundaries and provides information about the elevation data but does not host the data itself. If available, links to access the data, metadata, and reports are included. The inventory viewer uses map services from multiple sources to provide information both topography and bathymetry. Map services from NOAA NCEI display the footprints and attribute information for the NOAA Hydrographic Surveys, Multibeam Bathymetry, and Trackline Surveys. A map service from USACE provides the USACE Hydrographic Surveys. Map services from NOAA Office for Coastal Management provide the bulk of the topographic and bathymetric lidar information. The NOAA NCEI and USACE service are updated regularly as new data in ingested. The data supporting the NOAA OCM hosted services are maintained by a partnership of federal agencies and supports the federal elevation theme. The agencies include NOAA, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This service is updated quarterly through an active process of data discovery and validation. |
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| identifier | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:48243 |
| issued | 2018-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| keyword |
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"EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION",
"EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY",
"EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR",
"CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA",
"CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > GREAT LAKES",
"OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN",
"OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA",
"OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA > PUERTO RICO",
"OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA",
"OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN",
"OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > AMERICAN SAMOA",
"OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS",
"OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > MICRONESIA > GUAM",
"OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > MICRONESIA > NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS",
"Ocean>Atlantic Ocean>North Atlantic Ocean>Caribbean Sea>US Virgin Islands",
"Bathymetry/Topography",
"IfSAR",
"bathymetry",
"high-accuracy",
"high-resolution",
"inventory",
"lidar",
"multibeam",
"topobathy",
"topography",
"Gulf of Mexico",
"DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
"ParentRecords"
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| landingPage | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48243 |
| language |
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|
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2018-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
{
"name": "Office for Coastal Management",
"@type": "org:Organization"
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|
| references |
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"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/48243.pdf"
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|
| rights | otherRestrictions, unclassified |
| spatial | 179.0,-68.02,-179.0,89.0 |
| temporal | 2007-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2007-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | United States Interagency Elevation Inventory (USIEI) |
