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Road Lidar Dataset for the TxDOT Austin District

  • Liu, Yan | Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Maidment, David | University of Texas at Austin
  • Carter, Andy | University of Texas at Austin
  • Whiteaker, Timothy L | University of Texas at Austin
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Overview

Description

This is a road lidar data collection for developing road elevation models and road inundation mapping methodologies, a joint work between ORNL and The University of Texas at Austin. This dataset is generated as part of the flood transportation infrastructure, partly funded by the NOAA CIROH project. ORNL is a project partner for high-performance computing-empowered flood inundation mapping methodology R&D. The dataset is computed using a GPU-accelerated lidar data processing workflow developed at ORNL. The lidar data source is from TxGIO, the state lidar data collection site. The output dataset is in two formats: laz and copc. It is organized by TxDOT's maintenance sections, covering the Austin District. Data size: 3.86 billion road lidar points, 1.67% of the entire lidar data input Projection: EPSG:32614 (WGS84/UTM zone 14N) Website: https://web.corral.tacc.utexas.edu/nfiedata/road3d/austin_district/AustinMaintenanceSections_H_epsg6343_V_epsg5703/ LICENSE FOR USE -- MAPS AND DATA DISCLAIMER This resource is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution CC BY, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MAPS AND DATA DISCLAIMER The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described or information contained on this map or associated series of maps. The data and related map graphics are not legal, land survey or engineering documents and are not intended to be used as such. ORNL gives no warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, utility or completeness of this information. The user of these maps and data assumes all responsibility and risk for the use of the maps and data. ORNL disclaims all warranties, representations or endorsements either express or implied, with regard to the information contained in this map product, including, but not limited to, all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. This preliminary map product is for research and review purposes only. It is not intended to be used for emergency management operational or life safety decisions at the local or regional governmental level or by the general public. Users requiring information regarding hazardous conditions or meteorological conditions for specific geographic areas should consult directly with their city or county emergency management office.

Funding resources

DOE contract number

DE-AC05-00OR22725

Originating research organization

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Other contributing organizations

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring organization

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Details

DOI

10.13139/ORNLNCCS/2472925

Release date

October 30, 2024

Dataset

Dataset type

ND Numeric Data

Software

GPU-accelerated lidar data processing workflow developed at ORNL

Other contract number(s)

NOAA CIROH NA22NWS4320003

Acknowledgements

Users should acknowledge the OLCF in all publications and presentations that speak to work performed on OLCF resources:

This work was carried out [in part] at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725.

Category

  • 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Keywords

  • GPU Graphical Processing Units,
  • flood inundation mapping,
  • Transportation,
  • Lidar