GEON LiDAR Workflow (GLW) Users Guide
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1. 34 After you have zoomed to the area of interest and selected the area that you would like to download data from information will appear below the selection tools informing the user about the specific details of the download If there is an error or the request is too large you will be informed so you can make the necessary adjustments Map Layers F Ofaults dataset extent F landstat image 448679 92y 3797248 9 a acee aae The selection area contains approximately 1 548 000 points Estimated processing time for the local bining algorithm is 166 seconds Estimated processing time for the GRASS spline algorithm is 544 seconds These estimates are based on average system load Note If there is more than 1 6 million points selected you will receive a warning that states Warning the selection area contains more than 1 6 million points Currently interpolation of points to an elevation product is limited to 1 600 000 points for the spline algorithm The local binning algorithm is limited to 50 000 000 points This limit does not apply to downloads of point cloud data If you d like to download the point cloud data for this selection choose only the download raw data option below and submit your request If you would like the DEM Generation via Spline Interpolation Algorithm option for download you can only have 1 6 million data points selected For all other options you can2. After you have entered your email address a new screen like the one shown below will appear You will need to choose a password and enter it into the appropriate fields click Submit You will receive a message indicating that your account is awaiting administrative approval You can now log in and use the GEONgrid GE NportaL Portat status Portal Info information wab site To login type your username and password into the appropriate fields on the right hand side of the screen and click Login You may wish to have your username and password remembered if so check the box Accessing the GEON LiDAR Workflow Step 8 Once you have logged into GEON portal you should see a screen like the one shown below To access the LiDAR data set click on the Tools tab shown below Click here to access the LiDAR registration page and tool Search myWorkbench Pegate TAs GEGN Forums Usersrofie Search Resource Types Osta hatin p er bh ASE P toon F Services wb Somon wie Seven FF Ontelogesiom ms Step 9 This will take you to a screen like the one shown below This screen is a menu of GEON tools available for use for more information about each tool click on the appropriate link To access the LIDAR Workflow click on the GEON LiDAR link shown below Click here to access wane ond oes 9 DEM generation of UDA ALSM pome coud data Currentiy us applies prones en
3. 19 V 6099436 91 2102828 78 65 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 16 83 18 V 6099468 93 2102825 79 52 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 16 44 22 V 6099500 84 2102823 79 71 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 16 05 54 v 6099532 36 2102821 79 57 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 15 66 56 Vv 6099558 92 2102819 78 93 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 15 33 45 G 6099426 32 2102833 78 85 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 16 97 28 V 6099458 62 2102831 79 1 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 16 57 34 G 6099490 4 2102829 79 34 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 16 18 40 V 6099521 91 2102826 79 8 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 15 79 43 v 6099548 68 2102825 79 09 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 15 47 38 G 21 Step 6b Producing and Downloading the Digital Elevation Model Local Binning What does the Local Binning Algorithm do The local binning algorithm creates a DEM using the elevation information from LiDAR returns contained within a circular search area Red circles represent the search area defined by the user Search radius grid resolution sqrt 2 2 Grid cell node for which the DEM elevation will be calculated The grid cell resolution will be specified by the user Elevation information from LiDAR return 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 grid area 1 and search area 1 5708 and search radius 0 70711 Five values are computed for each node in a grid 1 the minimum 2 maximum 3 mean and 4 inverse distance weighted mean of the local points and 5 the number of poin
4. ECSZ data set tnteractive spatial selection of LIDAR data Map Layers F towns F roads dataset extent m ODEM F landsatimage 30 Step 5 Selecting the Data This page contains the spatial selection tool for the LIDAR NSAF data set There is two ways to select the data you want The first is you can use the Select area to zoom the magnifying glass tool to zoom to the area you are interested in and then use the Select tool to select the data points Click here to add remove towns The areas highlighted in yellow contain the data for the ECSZ Click here to add remove roads Click here to add remove the data extent id Click here to M Qroads add remove M gd the DEM ODEM K landsat image Click here to add remove the underlying landsat image r X 6141217 9Y 1935685 2 acela AM Back to Location previous of mouse view Jump to Select are Zoom out Go to Click to Selection next view to zoom home drag and tool view pan 31 After you have zoomed to the area of interest and selected the area that you would like to download data from information will appear below the selection tools informing the user about the specific of the download If there is an error or the request is too large you will be informed so you can make the necessary adjustments Interactive spatial sel
5. Andreas Fault acquired by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping NCALM through funding from the National Science Foundation NSF as part of the B4 Project The B4 Project has kindly agreed to make these data available to the research community through the GEON LiDAR Workflow If you utilize the B4 data for talks posters or publications we ask that you acknowledge the B4 project Grid Coordinate System Name Universal Transverse Mercator UTM Zone Number 11 N Transverse Mercator Projection Scale Factor at Central Meridian 0 999600 Longitude of Central Meridian 117 000000 Latitude of Projection Origin 0 000000 False Easting 500000 000000 False Northing 0 000000 Planar Coordinate Information Planar Distance Units meters Geodetic Model Horizontal Datum Name D_WGS_1984 Ellipsoid Name WGS_1984 https portal geongrid org 8443 gridsphere gridsphere gs_action lidarB4 amp cid 215 13 Dataset tutorials How to process and download data in the GEON LiDAR Workflow Navigating to the different datasets Note Current Interface with the LiDAR ALSM Data Processing is not compatible with Internet explorer 7 We are working on a solution You may need to uninstall Internet Explorer 7 see Microsoft Help for more information Step 1 After you have requested an account and logged into the GEON Portal if you have not completed these steps see the Getting Started section of this manual Click here to acces
6. US Survey Feet 1200 3937 meters 0 30480061 meters Elevation units International Feet 0 3048 meters Spheroid GRS80 Horizontal Datum NAD83 1991 Adjustment Vertical Datum NAVD88 Orthometric elevations are derived from ellipsoid elevations using the National Geodetic Survey geoid model Geoid99 https portal geongrid org 8443 gridsphere gridsphere gs_action lidarNSAF amp cid 215 Western Rainier Seismic Zone WA Data Set The Western Rainier Seismic Zone data set features data from the western Rainier seismic zone adjacent to Mt Rainier in Pierce County WA This data set covers approximately 325 square kilometers and includes approximately a billion data points Point density is approximately 2 points per square meter For more information on these data please go to http gsa confex com gsa 2003AM finalprogram abstract_67004 htm This airborne laser swath mapping data was acquired in support of collaborative research by members of the U S Geological Survey USGS and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA with funding provided by NASA s Earth Surface and Interior Focus Area The data were acquired and processed by TerraPoint LLC under contract to NASA s Stennis Space Center The data are in the public domain with no restrictions on their use 11 Projection State Plane Zone Washington North Horizontal units US Survey Feet 1200 3937 meters 0 30480061 meters Elevation units International
7. and a link to download your order 23 LiDAR Processing Workflow Outputs Processing of 14306499 points in Lidar point cloud This page contains samples of Prin the DEM s requested an there type the type is labeled in the upper right hand corner There may be numerous samples of DEMs or just a few depending on your selections To download the g y data click onthe Below you can download an archive file tgz format with the results of your job Results link pa Results Click on the The processing selections of your job are available pt metadata metadata link for information about Download LViz A free application for visualization of LiDAR point cloud and the data requested interpolated surface data developed in the Active Tectonics Research Group at Arizona State University 24 Once you have downloaded the data you can unzip the file using WinZip For the purposes of this tutorial all of the items were selected for the Local Binning Algorithms section The file you receive will look like the following j WinZip Evaluation Ver n 11800423023447728151 Fie Actions View Jobs Options Help Buy Now 2tiberkave sg Extract Encrypt View CheckOut Wizard View Style 118004230234477281516 5 24 2007 5 15 PM 978 45 978 010 118004230234477281516 min asc ASC File 5 24 2007 5 15 PM 45 978 009 0 45 978 009 a 1180042302
8. different file types the Elevation the Slope the Aspect and the Pcurv The slope is information about the landscape and determines what the slope of each grid tile is from 0 to 90 degrees The aspect is a determination of which direction the slope of a grid tile is facing from 0 to 360 degrees The PCurv is the profile curvature with a numeric value assigned for concavity These products are available in either Arc grid Ascii Grid or GeoTiff formats Note you can download all products and all file types simultaneously When you choose the DEM and products option the Are grid box will automatically be This option specifies that you would like to download the DEM from the checked you can Spline uncheck this box if calculation you prefer The Ascii grid option will not automatically be checked you can check this box if you would like to download the data in this format The GeoTiff option will not automatically be checked you can check this box if you would like to download the data in this format This option specifies that DEM Generation via you would like DEM and Derived OOE 2 to download the reduce P PESER ae Slope data A F Elevation Spline F are Grid F ascii Grid 21ST slope F are Grid F ascii Grid This option 2 TT aspect F are Grid F ascii Grid specifies that 7 I Pcurv F are Grid F Ascii Grid you would like to download the Asp
9. of the manual will guide you through downloading data from the B4 Southern San Andreas Fault B4 We assume you have navigated to the dataset as explained above Step 4 This page contains information about the ECSZ LiDAR data set and provides the spatial selection window Use this logo ALSM Data Processing with GEON Cyberinfrastructure d system for if you use the f data in a presentation Click here for more information on the B4 data set Vontece Cosmy s Uos Angeks County 33 Step 5 Selecting the Data This page contains the spatial selection tool for the LIDAR NSAF data set There is two ways to select the data you want The first is you can use the Select area to zoom the magnifying glass tool to zoom to the area you are interested in and then use the Select tool to select the data points The red line Click here to add remove towns Click here to add remove roads along the San Andreas Fault contains data for the B4 To see stippled pattern zoom in P Mbcataset extent Prglandstat image Click here to add remove the data extent a a BIG A sy sry 902095 50y3826620 3 a lQ sm ir 6141217 97 1935685 2 A Back to Location previous of mouse view Jump to Select are Zoom out Go to Click to Selection p next view to zoom home drag and tool view pan
10. to these rich and computationally challenging data sets Please note that these pages ent and therefore may experience outages and poor performance If you have problems or suggestions see the area age you to contact us that contains downloadable Deens to LiDAR data acquired along the n ciated marine terraces in coastal Sonoma data lifornia tna This data set covers approximately cludes approximately 1 2 billion data points Point lare meter Select the yellow button at right for the data set i bpping dda was acquired in support of Click here for free Ase Geological Survey USGS and i i Sp Administration NASA with funding specifications rig e and Interior Focus Area The data were about the raPoint LLC under contract to NASA s Stennis NASF data set fn the public domain with no restrictions on their L____________ l selection of LiDAR data Map Layers E towns faults M roads m dataset extent m water F DEM F landsat image 16 Step 5 Selecting the Data This page contains the spatial selection tool for the LIDAR NSAF data set There is two ways to select the data you want The first is you can use the Select area to zoom the magnifying glass tool to zoom to the area you are interested in and then use the Select tool to select the data points Click here to Interactive spatial selection of LiDAR data va a x o The stippled pattern on the
11. 1 8 Maxx 60961588 Max 2115312 2 2 Classification Blunder Ground S Structure ae V Vegetation Classification selection tool Note The numbers in the Data selection coordinates boxes will also reflect which area is chosen from the navigation map above 19 Step 6 Downloading the Data Point Cloud Data Download After you have selected the data you want now you need to specify how you want the data sent The next few pages of this tutorial will go through each option and what it means You may also want to check the Glossary pages of this tutorial if you need further clarification or more information Selection of this option returns the LiDAR point cloud for the area selected as a compressed ASCII file comma delimited one point per line This is the perfect option if you only wish to download the raw data It is not necessary to select any of the other options below Point Clou ata Download 2 T Download raw data Query result in compressed ASCII File You can skip the rest of the screen and jump to the bottom Job Description Enter job tte dod de Email Address sil address for notification upon comeletion Sean ehWhotnnil Submit Clear All When you have completed your selection you will want to enter a job title and a description of the job Confirm your email address You will receive a completion notification email when the job is comple
12. 34477281516 max arc asc ASC File 5 24 2007 5 15 PM 46 089 713 0 46 089 713 118004230234477281516 max asc ASC Fie 5 24 2007 5 15 PM 46 089 712 0 46 089 712 118004230234477281516 mean arc asc ASC Fie 5 24 2007 5 15 PM 46 042 278 0 46 042 278 118004230234477281516 mean asc ASC File 5 24 2007 5 15 PM 46 042 277 0 46 042 277 118004230234477281516 idw arc asc ASC File 5 24 2007 5 15 PM 46 041 368 0 46 041 368 118004230234477281516 idw asc ASC File 5 24 2007 5 15 PM 46 041 367 0 46 041 367 118004230234477281516 den arc asc ASC File 5 24 2007 5 15 PM 13 679 823 0 13 679 823 amp 118004230234477281516 den asc ASC File 5 24 2007 5 15 PM 13 679 822 0 13 679 822 metadata118004230234477281516 html HTMLDocument 5 24 2007 5 12 PM 2 042 0 2 042 Selected 0 fies 0 bytes Total 11 fies 386 392KB This file contains eleven files each item selected and a file that contains a summary of the data request The file name is the unique request id The file extension denotes the product requested and the file type Arc grid arc asc or Ascii grid asc 25 Step 6c Producing and Downloading the Digital Elevation Model Spline Interpolation What does the Spline Interpolation Algorithm do The Spline is a mathematical function that fits polynomials to data points it is commonly used for smoothing or interpolation It is essentially a process of fitting data points that contain x y and z data to a curve or plane The Spline requires
13. CES and GEON played a significant role in the compilation of magnetic data in southwestern North America This effort has been conducted in clase cooperation with the U S Geological Survey the National Image and Mapping Agency NOAA and academic colleagues a Manatee Five global scale databases comprising sedimentary rocks dinosaurs and fossil plants Provides access to five global scale databases comprising sedimentary rocks dinosaurs and fossil plants as well as to tools for computing paleo latitude and longitude aleotntearation This page contains links to the four data sets offered by the LIDAR Workflow When you see the symbol 2l you can click on them to receive more information concerning the topic that the symbol is in front of Lidar Application Click here P m cote LIDAR ALSM Data Processing with GEON Cyberinfrastructure the NSAF y data set Welcome to the GEON LIDAR ALSM processing page This site is a proof of concept implementation of an end to end system for the distribution and processing DEM generation of LIDAR ALSM 5 point cloud data This tool capitalizes on cyberinfrastructure developed by GEON as part of its effort Click here to develop information technology for the Geosciences The goal of this project is to provide a web to access based toolset that can democratize access to these rich and computationally challenging data sets Please note that these pages are ac
14. Feet 0 3048 meters Spheroid GRS80 Horizontal Datum NAD83 1991 Adjustment Vertical Datum NAVD88 Orthometric elevations are derived from ellipsoid elevations using the National Geodetic Survey geoid model Geoid99 https portal geongrid org 8443 gridsphere gridsphere gs_action lidarRainier amp cid 215 Fault Systems in the Eastern California Shear Zone ECSZ The Fault Systems in the Eastern California Shear Zone ECSZ contains data acquired by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping NCALM on behalf of Dr Mike Oskin UNC and Dr Lesley Perg U of M as part of their NSF project on fault systems in the Eastern California Shear Zone They have kindly agreed to make these data available to the research community through the GEON LiDAR Workflow Grid Coordinate System Name Universal Transverse Mercator UTM Zone Number 11 N Transverse Mercator Projection Scale Factor at Central Meridian 0 999600 Longitude of Central Meridian 117 000000 Latitude of Projection Origin 0 000000 False Easting 500000 000000 False Northing 0 000000 Planar Coordinate Information Planar Distance Units meters Geodetic Model Horizontal Datum Name D_WGS_1984 Ellipsoid Name WGS_1984 https portal geongrid org 8443 gridsphere gridsphere gs_action lidarECSZ amp cid 215 12 B4 Southern San Andreas Fault The B4 Southern San Andreas Fault Data Sat offers access to LiDAR point cloud data of the southern San
15. GEON LiDAR Workflow GLW Users Guide Joshua Coyan Christopher Crosby Ramon Arrowsmith School of Earth and Space Exploration Arizona State University 24 October 2007 http lidar asu edu Table of Contents About LiDAR Getting Started Register for a GEON and LiDAR account and log in Registering with GEON eee Accessing the GEON LiDAR Workflow Optional Customize your portal Information about the datasets currently available in the GEON LiDAR Workflow Suvun Northern San Andreas Fault NSAF CA Data Set Western Rainier Seismic Zone WA Data Set Fault Systems in the Eastern California Shear Zone ECSZ B4 Southern San Andreas Fault sesesssosssessressesroseosresse Dataset tutorials How to process and download data in the GEON LiDA WORAN kaeni Navigating to the different dataset NSAF and West Rainier Seismic Zone Data Sets Tutorial Eastern California Shear Zone data set Tutorial B4 Southern San Andreas Fault data set Tutorial Job management Glossary Of SYMDolS oaan aa a a 39 oneee About LiDAR Light Distance and Ranging LiDAR or Airborne Laser Swath Mapping ALSW data has become readily available as both technologies have increased and the emergence of Geoinformatics has occurred LIDAR data is collected by use of an aircraft that is outfitted with a kinematic GPS an inertial measurement unit and a pulsed laser ranging system The combination of these t
16. ar with the information you entered Take a moment to review your information and see that it is correct if it is correct click Submit if it is not correct click Edit Request which will return you to the previous screen GE Nportat orta status Portal info tnformation Web site EE ee Please confirm the following information emanan M First name George E Traat mi oea Last name Washington Email address Astprespres com sem organization United States Gov Work phone 555 111 0001 Fax 555 111 0002 Contributor Yes ly describe your dataset information such as data type ize abstract and so on i Email subscriber Yes it Request _ submit When you have completed your request a screen will appear like the one shown below You will receive an email from register geongrid org with further instructions You can close this window in your browser GE NPportat Portai stotus Portal Tito Tifermstion Web site Account request is submitted to GEON Please check your email for instructions on completing your account setup Step 6 Go to your email account and open the email sent from register geongrid org Click on the link in this email or copy and paste the address into the address bar of your browser This should take you to a page similar to the one shown below Re enter your email address GE Nportat orta status Portal info information Web site Step 7
17. choose up to 50 million points For information and steps for Point Cloud Data Download DEM Generation via Local Binning Algorithms or DEM Generation via Spline Interpolation Algorithm see Step 6 of the NSAF and West Rainier Tutorial section of this User s Manual 35 Job management One of the advantages of the cyberinfrastructure approach that we employ is the opportunity to watch your jobs as they progress through t and to find them again and modify them and rerun them if desired To view access jobs submitted or status of jobs To view a summary of your LiDAR jobs submissions click here e GLW to archive your jobs GE Nporta submitted click here GEONceavch myGEDN Contribute CeONtoots Userrafil F bocs Home SYSE LOAA Aypa Wonton Gray Magness rancung encourage you to contact us Current Interface is not compatible with Internet Explorer 7 We are working on a solution for it Metadata documents on these data sets can be fo Information about us and the projects we are Involved with PSU SDSC Ta mo sram cee ESR pofa cloud data This tool capitalizes on cyberinfrastructure developed by GEON as part of its effort My Jabs Subst Ifo to develop information technology for the Geosciences The goal of this project is to provide a web based toolset that can democratize access to these rich and computationally challenging data sets erene Please note that thes
18. d on the top of the screen as shown below New LiDAR workstation Tab GE Nporta oe GEONSearch myGEON Contribute GEONREAIE UserProfie Doce LIDAR User Profile Manager Portlet aa Edit Settings for Customize registered portlets below in your layout l Update password Eter ongnal passera Po sent m Contem panos i Leal From the GEON portal you can now click on the LiDAR tab to come directly to the LiDAR portal 10 Information about the datasets currently available in the GEON LiDAR Workflow Northern San Andreas Fault NSAF CA Data Set The Northern San Andreas Fault data set features data along the Northern San Andreas fault and associated marine terraces in coastal Sonoma and Mendocino counties California This data set covers approximately 418 square kilometers and includes approximately 1 2 billion data points Point density is 1 2 points per square meter This airborne laser swath mapping data was acquired in support of collaborative research by members of the U S Geological Survey USGS and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA with funding provided by NASA s Earth Surface and Interior Focus Area The data were acquired and processed by TerraPoint LLC under contract to NASA s Stennis Space Center The data are in the public domain with no restrictions on their use Projection State Plane Zone for San Andreas California II Horizontal units
19. e 5 27 2007 5 56 PM 228 0 228 11803109764411238519993 slope tif TIF Fle 5 27 2007 5 56PM 493 920 0 493 920 11803109764411238519993 aspect arc asc ASC Fie 5 27 2007 5 56 PM 2 062 096 0 2 062 096 11803109764411238519993 aspect asc ASC Fie 5 27 2007 5 56PM 1 733 623 0 1 733 623 A 11803109764411238519993 aspect tiv TFW Fie 5 27 2007 5 56 PM 228 0 228 11803109764411238519993 aspect tf TIF Fle 5 27 2007 5 56PM 493 920 0 493 920 11803109764411238519993 pcurv arc asc_ ASC File 5 27 2007 5 56PM 1 871 071 0 1 871 071 11803109764411238519993 pcurv asc ASC Fie 5 27 2007 5 56PM 1 542 006 0 1 542 006 11803109764411238519993 pcurv tfw TFW Fie 5 27 2007 5 56 PM 228 0 228 11803109764411238519993 pcurv tf TIF Fie 5 27 2007 5 56PM 493 920 0 493 920 metadatal 1803109764411238519993 html HTML Document 5 27 2007 5 24 PM 2 150 0 2 150 Selected 0 fies 0 bytes Total 17 fies 16 281KB This file contains seventeen files each item that you selected and a file that contains a summary of the data request The file name is the unique request id The file extension denotes the product requested and the file type Arc grid arc asc Ascii grid asc or GeoTiff tfw 29 Eastern California Shear Zone data set Tutorial How to download data from the Eastern California Shear Zone data set This portion of the manual will guide you through downloading data from the Eastern California Shear Zone ECSZ We assume that you have navigat
20. e Y Oocs iaip SEIS LIDAR Atype Works Cray Magnea 7s Lidar Application ao Lor Datasets Thank you for your request to access the LIDAR jobs submission You will receive a notification from our reviewers within a few Nar days Mt Ranier rcs ee peck the Uda ties My UDAR Jobe My Jobe Submsson fo UDAR Mon Page screen and you can now directly access the data sets For information on how to access tl he data sets see the Data and Tutorial sections of this User s Manual The next time you return to the LiDAR page the registration form will not be a part of the Optional Customize your portal Step 11 From the GEON portal shown below click the UserProfile tab In this tab you can edit your account information change your password and customize your workstation To add a LiDAR Workflow tab to your workstation click the box next to LiDAR as shown below Then click Save z Click here to add a LiDAR tab to your GEONprorTtAL workstation CEONsearch mYGEON Contribute GEONtAE UserProfie Bacs Hale User Profile Manager Portlet Edit Settings for Customize registered pgstf ts below in your layout menoa T gripe user Foma er T yeetrocen or ofa m Temes tw D omsoom croup accout Cason Grup Aarmut er F onosonere Core cree croup we Update password m rn nd reer ent gasnor lt sive You should notice that a tab entitles LIDAR is now be locate
21. e pages are actively under development and therefore may experience outages and poor performance If you have problems or suggestions for improvement we 36 When you click on My LiDAR Jobs you will see a screen like the one shown below This screen lists your submitted jobs by Id number Dataset Title and Submission Date The status of your job is also listed You can click on the status link of each job to get a more detailed description of your job s status Lidar Datasets GE Nportat a SAF Data Set oo List of your submitted jobs Select ot 18 This is your unique Job Id number based on the time that you submit your request This Id number ensures that your job will never be mixed up with anyone else This is the data This is the title This is the date This is the set that the that you chose and time that status of your selected data is for your job you submitted request By from your request clicking on the link for each job you can view a detailed description of your request An example is shown below a processing This is the sobs uni LIDAR Job Monitoring bes otal This is the Ly a _ ee fine This is the status of your job If there is an error click on Error to see the error 37 If you click on My Jobs Submission Info you will be taken to a scr
22. ect data Algorithm Parameters Grid Resolution Default 6 ft F Enter dmin value Default 1 This option specifies that Enter spline tension Default 40 Enter spline smoothing Defay 0 1 Click on this if it is a to expand to see these options line Interpolation Algorithm r GeoTIFF M GeoTIFF I ceotiFF M ceotirr you would like to download the Pcurv data The grid Sets minimum The tension This is most resolution is the resolution of the DEM the default DEM resolution is 6 feet Grid resolution is set in the same units as the data set Dmin is in th data set distance between points used for the interpolation same units as the seems to generate good results 27 parameter tunes the character of the surface For e most landscape applications 40 useful when dealing with noisy data With the smoothing set to 0 the surface passes exactly through the data points To complete the request add a title to and descriptions in the space provided at the bottom of the page and click Submit An email will be sent to you which contains two links one is a link that provides a summary of the data requested including the title description dataset projection units zone spheroid and coordinates The second is a link that will take you to a webpage that will allow you to download your data The second link w
23. ection of LIDAR data Map Layers F towns F roads F dataset extent F DEM F landsat image x 506607 04y 3844529 2 2 aeaane The selection area contains approximately 973 000 points Estimated processing time for the local bining algorithm is 119 seconds Estimated processing time for the GRASS spline algorithm is 731 seconds These estimates are based on average system load Note If there is more than 1 6 million points selected you will receive a warning that states Warning the selection area contains more than 1 6 million points Currently interpolation of points to an elevation product is limited to 1 600 000 points for the spline algorithm The local binning algorithm is limited to 50 000 000 points This limit does not apply to downloads of point cloud data If you d like to download the point cloud data for this selection choose only the download raw data option below and submit your request If you would like the DEM Generation via Spline Interpolation Algorithm option for download you can only have 1 6 million data points selected For all other options you can choose up to 50 million points For information and steps for Point Cloud Data Download DEM Generation via Local Binning Algorithms or DEM Generation via Spline Interpolation Algorithm see Step 6 of the NSAF and West Rainier Tutorial section of this User s Manual 32 B4 Southern San Andreas Fault data set Tutorial This portion
24. ed there following the instructions above For the purposes of this tutorial click on the Fault Systems in the Eastern California Shear Zone ECSZ link shown above to access the data set Step 4 This page contains information about the ECSZ LiDAR data set and provides the spatial selection window LiDAR ALSM Data Processing with GEON _ istructure Welcome to the GEON LIDAR ALSM processing page This site is a proof of concept implementation of an end to end system for the distribution and processing OEM generation of UDAR ALSM point cloud data This tool capitalizes on cyberinfrastructure developed by GEON as part of its effort to develop information technology for the Geosciences The goal of this project is to provide a web based toolset that can demacratize access to these rich and computationally challenging data sets Please note that these pages are actively under development and therefore may experience outages and poor performance If you have problems or suggestions for improvement we encourage you to contact us i This page offers access to LOAR data acquired by the National center for Click here for chains kaser Manpina CHL on behal of Or Mike Orkin UNC ond Or 4 6 gt Lasley Pera U cf M as part of their NSF project on faut systems in the specifications fornia Shear Zone They have kindiy agreed to make these data about the available to the research community through the GEON LIDAR wack 21
25. ed to register jegistered Users 1154 Registered Resources 5112 Public Private Data 440139 Services 637 3 Tools 1 o Ontologies 3 s Total 506250 5112 Most Popular Datasets Arizona Geology Map Colorado Geology Map 1 3 NED Hawaii Shaded Relief The portal now requires user Bedrock Geologic Map of the Piedmont of Delaware approved as Contributors before they can Idaho Geology Map register resources into the system Googie Maps integrated inte GEON Search Advanced Search now uses Google Maps interface for specifying spatial search conditions Step 4 This screen requires you to enter information about yourself Notice you must enter your first and last name and email address these fields are required You must enter a valid email address in order to receive further instructions to login When you have entered the appropriate information click Continue GE ON PORTAL Portal Status Portai Tf Information Web site Please enter the following information fields are required First name kee Last name fng Email address Fisreseprecom Organization EL Work phone m Fax F Do you want to be a contributor for registering data resources into GEON Yes No Sei dese 1 dataset formation such as data type Fie size abstract and s on a Do you want to add your email to a mailing list in GEON Yes No fecal Step 5 A confirmation screen will appe
26. een that looks like the one shown below This screen gives a summary of your usage history The top section is your total usage istory The mid section is a summary of your usage over the past week Finally the bottom section is your usage history over the last month GE Nporta a GEONsHorch m GEON Contribute Ontoots Useiretile DoeeHelp ores Peeckonortion Lidar Application eo Le onasi sty UDA ot mio lomaton ror Me naner ese A total of 6 jobs were submitted processing of 11 810 240 points 3 NSAF Jobs were submitted processing of 5 152 892 points oa mie RAINIER jobs were submitted processing of 665 203 points p dengna E 1 ECSZ jobs were submitted processing of 5 992 055 points 1 B4 jobs were submitted processing of O points UDAR Mo Page Info for the past week May 14 2007 7 26 21 PM May 21 2007 7 26 21 PM 6 jobs were submitted 3 NSAF jobs were submitted 1 Rainier jobs were submitted 1 ECSZ jobs were submitted 1 B4 jobs were submitted Info for the past month Apr 21 2007 7 26 21 PM May 21 2007 7 26 21 PM 6 jobs were submitted 3 NSAF jobs were submitted 1 Rainier jobs were submitted 38 Glossary of Symbols 2 Show details click on this symbol for more information about the topic it is adjacent to x Hide details click on this symbol to hide the information about the topic l Expand menu l Compact menu a s Q Amp 49963 45y 3796444 0 Interactive da
27. hree mechanism work in unison to produce billions of measurement of x y and z coordinates of the ground surface and vegetation cover This data is referred to as the Point Cloud Crosby 2006 Due to the potentially large size of such data sets it can be difficult to both make the data available to others and to model such large data sets in a meaningful way The GEON LiDAR Workflow GLW provides a window to a user defined selection of raw data that may be modeled into unique user defined DEMs or visualizations The GLW can do this by democratizing the data though multiple super computers This approach provides a useful avenue to share data and to model cyber infrastructure and information technology A generalized aerial LiDAR acquisition and processing workflow consists of the following four steps 1 Data acquisition 2 processing of laser ranging GPS and IMU data to generate LIDAR point cloud 3 point cloud classification and 4 generation manipulation and delivery of digital ground and vegetation models Crosby 2006 For more information about LiDAR refer to Crosby Christopher J A Geoinformatics Approach to LIDAR Data Distribution and Processing with Applications to Geomorphology Master s Thesis Arizona State University August 2006 http activetectonics la asu edu GEONatASU index htm http lidar asu edu Getting Started Register for a GEON and LiDAR account and log in This portion of the manual will gu
28. ide you through setting up an account for GEON setting up an account for LiDAR and will briefly discuss some options you may come across In order to use the GEON LiDAR you will need to register with both GEON and register with LIDAR Registering with GEON Step 1 In the address bar of your browser type in www geongrid org This is the intro page for GEON This is a good location to learn more about GEON and LiDAR by clicking on the About Research Resources Educational and Tutorials tabs Step 2 Click on the Portal Tab shown below This tab will take you to the login screen EOE D ooe yn Demie Tom o a Se IREE Click O cama ante ener here GEON to enter jazen P Enter the GEON Portal Sams oo 5 New User Tutorial ter GEON 2 0 Proposal GEON jewsletter Brecent News Step 3 The portal grants access to the GEON resources and GEON tools The portal also provides a private workstation where you can queue jobs and return to access them again and again To learn more about the GEON portal click on the Portal Info Tab shown below In order to have access to the GEONgrid each user must register by clicking the Request an Account link shown below If you already have an account simply type your username and password into the appropriate box to gain access Click here if you have not Click here for requested an account and GE Npor Portal Information ne
29. ill take you to a page that gives an example of the file types a link to information about your order and This page contains samples of the product requested It is labeled in the center above the image To download the data click on the Results link Click on the metadata link for information about the data requested a link to download your order LiDAR Processing Workflow Outputs Proceso 100101 lu 28 Once you have downloaded the data you can unzip the file using WinZip For the purposes of this tutorial all of the items were selected for the Spline Interpolation Algorithms section The file you receive will look like the following Fle Actions View Jobs Options Help Buy Now QA P wle wp g 4 4 New Open Favorites Add Extract Encrypt View CheckOut Wizard View Style Name Modified Sze Ratio Packed 11803109764411238519993 spine arc asc ASC Fie 5 27 2007 5 56 PM 2 119 343 0 2 119 343 11803109764411238519993 spine asc ASC Fie 5 27 2007 5 56PM 1 790 870 0 1 790 870 11803109764411238519993 spine tfw TFW Fie 5 27 2007 5 56 PM 228 0 228 11803109764411238519993 spine tif TIF Fle 5 27 2007 5 56PM 493 920 0 493 920 11803109764411238519993 sope arc asc ASC File 5 27 2007 5 56PM 1 951 170 0 1 951 170 a 11803109764411238519993 siope asc ASC Fie 5 27 2007 5 56PM 1 622 586 0 1 622 586 11803109764411238519993 siope tfw TFW Fi
30. input settings of smoothing and tension from the user If we image a two dimensional data set with x and y data points and we are trying to fit an imaginary string through these points the smoothing setting determines how many order polynomials to use the higher the ordered polynomial the smoother the curve But it is also important to have a setting that determines how closely the curve will fit to the data so if we imagine the same string fastened to one end and we pulled the other end it would become tighter and fit the data better For instance lets look at the two dimensional plots below We would like to fit this data to a curve if we use a second order polynomial the line does not fit to closely but is very smooth If we use a sixth order polynomial the curve matches the data better but is less smooth The way that we fit the data to a surface is the same thing based on the settings we use 7 7 6 i 6 1 s s 2S 4 i 4 j o 3 e e ie 1 al o o 0 z 7 z 3 Ta 12 z 7 z 3 70 12 X and Y data Second order polynomial 6 s lt gt 3 2 1 7 F 2 4 6 a 10 12 Sixth order polynomial For more information about the program GRASS which runs the Spline please go to grass itc it 26 When downloading the DEM Generation via Spline Interpolation Algorithms you can choose to download four options with
31. is option if you would like to download the DEM calculated using the IDW mean elevation in the user defined search radius The grid resolution is the resolution of the DEM the default DEM resolution is 6 feet Grid resolution is set in the The grid cell is populated with the number of points within the user defined search radius Useful for evaluating LiDAR return concentrations same units as the data set l Binning Algorithms 2 The Ascii grid option will not automatically be checked you can check this box if you would like to download the data in Ascii format You can check both options 2 t Download Format F ascii Grid I ascii Grid F ascii Grid I ascii Grid I ascii Grid Sets the radius of the search areas used to perform the binning algorithm For more information go to lidar asu edu knowledge base html To complete the request add a title to and descriptions in the space provided and click Submit An email will be sent t provides a summary of the data projection units zone spheroi o you which contains two links one is a link that requested including the title description dataset and coordinates The second is a link that will take you to a webpage that will allow you to download the data you requested The second link will take you to a page that gives an example of the file types shown and a link to information about your order
32. map is the area that contains data a fau 8 3 ads water a te a m add remove towns Click here to add remove faults Click here to add remove roads Click here to add remove S the data extent Click here to add remove water Click here to satin add remove the DEM Click here to add remove the underlying landsat image x16141217 9y 1935685 2 a e le AMT A Back to Location previous of mouse view Jump to Select are Zoom out Go to Click to Selection next view to zoom home drag and tool view pan 17 After you have zoomed to the area of interest and selected the area that you would like to download data from information will appear below the selection tools informing the user about the specific of the download If there is an error or the request is too large you will be informed so you can make the necessary adjustments Map Layers F towns F faults roads F dataset extent water F DEM The selection area contains approximately 2 510 000 points Estimated processing time for the local bining algorithm is 259 seconds Warning the selection area contains more than 1 6 million points Currently interpolation of points to an elevation product is limited to 1 600 000 points for the spline algorithm The local binning algorithm is limited to 100 000 000 poi
33. n AEN of an end to end system for the distribution and processing DEM generation of LOAR ALSM rantryes point cloud date This tool capitalizes on cyberifrestructure developed by GEON as part of its effort tbe Stason bo to develop information technology for the Geosciences The goal of this project Is to provide a web based toolset that can democratize access to these rich and computationally challenging data sets Please note that these pages are actively under development and therefore may experience outages and poor performance If you have problems or suggestions for Improvement we encourage you to contact us LOAR Mon Page Current Interface is not compatible with Internet Explorer 7 We are working on a solution for it Please select a data set me Metadata documents on these data sets can be found You currently have limited access to the GEON LIDAR Workflow Request full access to run LIDAR jobs First Name Last Name eee Institution ee Email a Interest in the LIDAR GEON Workflow up to 1000 characters 4 sume Information about us and the projects we are involved with Once you have completed the form you should see a screen that looks like the one shown below Expect to receive an email from the GLW reviewers within 24 hours While you are waiting feel free to run some jobs and get used to the GLW GE Nportat ol GEONsearch mVGEON Contribute GrONtoots UserProil
34. n acess to 4 d feren UDAR poire ICES and GEON played a sonfeant rois the Haoenal image and Maoprg Agency a been conducted m dase cooper anon with ne Five global scale databases comprising sedimentary rocks dinosaurs and fossil plants Provigor access to ve geaa sene satstaree COMEN EIn sedmantary Toss GNOES anc fossi plants ai well as to tools for comsutng paleo lattude and longitude Palenintearation Step 10 It is now possible to use the LiDAR workflow trial version To use the trial version which limits the user to 5 million points per query see the Data and Tutorials sections of this user s manual In order to register for an account that will allows 50 million points per query it is necessary to fill out the form shown below red box when you are finished click Submit Note that we have this second layer of authentication because we are using US Teragrid compute resources http www teragrid org We take advantage of the GEON portal role based authentication capabilities to manage resource use accordingly Give this a try and if you need more contact the GLW development team glw geongrid org and we can up your point limit GE Nporta E LGeONseareh mHCEON Contribute crOmoots Userraile Doest pplication ao RONA LiDAR ALSM Data Processing with GEON Pas Cyberinfrastructure tear kad Welcome to the GEON LiDAR ALSM processing page This site is a proof of concept implementatio
35. nts This limit does not apply to downloads of point cloud data If you d like to download the point cloud data for this selection choose only the download raw data option below and submit your request These estimates are based on average system load Note If there is more than 1 6 million points selected you will receive a warning that states Warning the selection area contains more than 1 6 million points Currently interpolation of points to an elevation product is limited to 1 600 000 points for the spline algorithm The local binning algorithm is limited to 100 000 000 points This limit does not apply to downloads of point cloud data If you d like to download the point cloud data for this selection choose only the download raw data option below and submit your request 18 If you would like the DEM Generation via Spline Interpolation Algorithm option for download you can only have 1 6 million data points selected For all other options you can choose up to 50 million points More about these options below The second method for selecting data is used if you know the California Data Set Coordinates of the area you would like to select Enter the coordinates into the Data selection coordinates section shown below It is an option to choose which type of data you would like to download Failure to select a classification type results in all classifications being returned Data selection coordinates Minx 60882323 Miny 210714
36. s the I you have customized your LiDAR Workflow link workstation you can click here to access the LIDAR Workflow data set see the Getting Started section of GE ON PORJAL this manual Skip to step 3 Search myWorkbench Register Tools UserProfile LIDAR Basic Search Tavern sarc Search Resource Types Logout oo 14 Step 2 Click on the GEON LiDAR link below Click here to access the LIDAR data set GE N port a Sonia myWarenc T agitar roots UserPatle T U0 SHS toan rity epnes Pcie Synthetic Selsmogram Computation Toolkit A synthetic seismogram computation toolkit which allows users to calculate synthetic 3D regional seismic waveforms using a robust finite difference code 3D developed by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory SYNSEIS is built as a grid application and accesses distributed data centers e g the IRIS data center and large computational clusters e g supercomputing platforms in the TeraGrid rocessing with GEON Cyberinfrastructure system for the distribution and processing DEM generation of LIDAR ALSM point cloud data Currently this application provides to 4 different LIDAR point cloud data sets which account for over 6 billion data points Step 3 Magnetics Research A compilation of magnetic data for the Southwestern US The Pan American Center for Earth and Environmental Studies PA
37. ta selection menu Back to previous extent Get the next extent l Click and drag to zoom in l Click to zoom out l Reset the map to full extent ay Click and drag to pan gt I l Click and drag to set the area of interest 39
38. te Click Submit to finish this order An email will be sent to you which contains two links one is a link that provides a summary of the data requested including the title description dataset projection units zone spheroid and coordinates The second is a link to download the data 20 The data that will be downloaded from selecting the Point Cloud Data Download Raw Data option will look like this It contains a column for x y z date time return number number of zero returns that occurred offnidar returnint and classification Below is a sample of the type of data you will receive as shown in the screen capture of the data arsed in an excel spreadsheet x y Z date time returnnumber noreturns offnidar returnint classification 6099409 16 2102824 79 69 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 17 17 31 Vv 6099415 43 2102824 79 36 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 17 09 34 Vv 6099422 73 2102824 78 57 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 17 18 G 6099434 5 2102823 78 75 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 16 86 25 G 6099440 78 2102823 78 53 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 16 78 20 G 6099447 47 2102822 79 22 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 16 7 21 v 6099454 18 2102822 79 21 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 _16 61 19 G 6099412 2 2102829 79 06 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 17 14 20 V 6099417 43 2102829 79 18 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 17 07 22 V 6099427 83 2102823 78 96 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 16 94 22 V 6099460 23 2102821 79 66 1205 6 12E 04 1 5 16 54
39. tively under development and therefore may experience the West outages and poor performance If you have problems or suggestions for improvement we mes encourage you to contact us Rainier data set Lidar Status Updates System Normal Click here All systems are currently functioning as normal to access Status updated on Sat Apr 21 14 00 00 PDT 2007 the ECSZ data set Click here NP Faut stom in the Eastern Calfonia Shear Zane ECSZ h to access 2 Bs Southern San andreas Fault the B4 Southern SAF data set 15 NSAF and West Rainier Seismic Zone Data Sets Tutorial How to download data from the Northern San Andreas Fault CA or West Rainier Seismic Zon data set This portion of the manual will guide you through downloading data from the Northern San Andreas Fault CA data set NSAF as an example All of these instructions apply for the West Rainier data as well Step 4 This page contains information about the NSAF LiDAR data set and provides the spatial selection window LIDAR ALSM Data Processing with GEON Cyberinfrastructure Welcome to the GEON LIDAR ALSM processing page This site is a proof of concept implementation of an end to end system for the ictrbuitinn and asacaccina iM generation of LIDAR ALSM point cloud data This tool capitalizes on cyberinfrastructure developed to develop information technology for the Geosciences The goal of this project is to provide a Click here to jemnacratize access
40. ts in the search area For more information about each value computed click on the show details symbol beside each selection The local binning algorithm was written by Han Suk Kim UCSD For more information on this algorithm please go to lidar asu edu and follow the Knowledge Base link 22 When downloading the DEM Generation via Local Binning Algorithms you can choose to download all five of the computed interpolation methods the minimum the maximum the mean t Arc grid format and Ascii grid format inverse distance weighted and the point cloud These are available in both Select this option if you would like to download the DEM calculated using the minimum elevation in the user defined search radius When you choose the interpolation Method the Arc grid box will automatically be checked you can uncheck this box if you do not prefer this option Select this option if you would like to download the DEM calculated using the maximum elevation in the user defined search radius DEM Generation via Li T terpolation Method pro Select this option if you would like to download the DEM calculated using the mean elevation in the user defined search radius Min F weend 2 Tmax T are Grid Ra mean F arc Grid I mw F arc Grid T point Count F Arc Grid gorithm Parameters fnd Resolution Detault 6 tt adius value auli MIN ft Z 2 Resolution Select th
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