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1 Workshops funded by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund

2 Conservation Applications of LiDAR Data Workshops funded by: Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund Presented by: University of Minnesota Co-sponsored by the Water Resources Conference In collaboration with: Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Minnesota Department of Natural Resources tsp.umn.edu/lidar

3 Conservation Applications of LiDAR Data Training Modules: Basics of Using LiDAR Data Terrain Analysis Hydrologic Applications Engineering Applications Wetland Mapping Forest and Ecological Applications tsp.umn.edu/lidar

4 Credit ESRI Lecture 3 LiDAR Applications and Products

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6 Potential LiDAR Applications Water Resources Floodplain mapping Storm water management Drainage basin delineation Shoreline erosion Geology Sinkhole identification Geologic/geomorphic mapping Transportation Road and culvert design Cut and fill estimation Archaeological site identification Agriculture Erosion control structure design Soils mapping Precision farming Water Quality Watershed modeling Wetland reconstruction Land cover/land use mapping Forestry Forest characterization Fire fuel mapping Fish and Wildlife Management Drainage and water control Walk-in Accessibility Habitat Management Emergency Management Debris removal Hazard Mitigation Credit Tim Loesch MN DNR

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8 LIDAR Emergency Management How much debris and where? Volume cut/fill statistics Aid Debris Removal

9 LIDAR May 2004 Pre-Ivan

10 LIDAR May September 2004 Pre-Ivan 2004 Post-Ivan

11 LIDAR August 31 st, 2005 Post- Katrina

12 LIDAR

13 LiDAR Applications Courtesy of Dodson & Associates Bare Earth Analyses Vegetative Analyses Structural Analyses

14 Bare Earth, Vegetative, and Structural Applications

15 Bare Earth Analysis Buildings and trees removed Automatic and manual filtering Shows bare earth surface DEM Provides elevation base layer for further calculations

16 Bare Earth Top: Digital Surface Model (DSM) Bottom: Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Credit Tim Loesch - MNDNR

17 Credit Tim Loesch - MNDNR Bare Earth Example of Removing Artifacts Initial Bare Earth Surface from LiDAR

18 Bare Earth Filtered Bare Earth Surface 5/15/2015 MN GIS/LIS Fall Workshops Slide courtesy of Sanborn

19 Bare Earth Contours Initial Bare Earth Surface Credit Tim Loesch - MNDNR

20 Bare Earth Contours - Filtered Bare Earth Surface Credit Tim Loesch - MNDNR

21 Credit Adam Birr MN Department of Agriculture Terrain Analysis Model real landscape processes Utilize base layer DEM

22 Hydrologic Modeling Identify appropriate water conveyance Watersheds

23 Vegetation Canopy Height Credit Tim Loesch - MNDNR

24 Credit Tim Loesch - MNDNR Vegetation - Hillside with deciduous vegetation

25 Credit Tim Loesch - MNDNR Vegetation - Profile of points Deciduous Coniferous Deciduous

26 Crown base height Credit Tim Loesch - MNDNR

27 Structures - Lidar Point Cloud Credit Tim Loesch - MNDNR

28 First Return Digital Surface Model (DSM) Credit Tim Loesch - MNDNR

29 Bare Earth DEM (no vegetation or buildings) Credit Tim Loesch - MNDNR

30 Difference Image height of buildings and trees Credit Tim Loesch - MNDNR

31 Software Credit Tim Loesch - MNDNR

32 Software ArcGIS, IDRISI, Open Source GIS viewers ArcHydro TauDEM LAS Reader ArcMAP Extensions LiDAR Analyst, LP360, etc Stand-Alone Programs MARS AutoCAD Civil 3D Stand-Alone Viewers (free) Qcoherent ( Fugro EarthData ( Sanborn (

33 Software Training Purposes ESRI ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Hydrologic modeling Raster analysis 3D Analyst (ArcScene, ArcGlobe) Cut/Fill Line of Sight 3D Perspective

34 Spatial Analyst ESRI Extension Additional cost Fairly robust set of general raster processing tools Surface (Slope, Curvature) Reclassify Zonal Statistics Conditional Neighborhood Raster Calculator Some specialized tools Hydrology Groundwater Credit Steve Kloiber - MNDNR

35 Credit Steve Kloiber - MNDNR 3D Analyst ESRI Extension Additional cost Specifically designed for elevation data 3D visualization Creating & working with TINs Cross-section tool

36 ArcHydro Free Extension for ArcGIS (Maidment) Suite of tools for geospatial hydrology Semi-complicated install Terrain analysis focused on stream and watershed delineation Tools for analyzing sinks and reconditioning DEM AGREE Credit Steve Kloiber - MNDNR

37 Tau DEM Free toolbox for ArcGIS 9.3 (Tarboton) Easy install Specialized terrain analysis tools focused on stream and watershed delineation Tools not found in the standard ArcGIS extensions or ArcHydro D-infinity flow direction Credit Steve Kloiber - MNDNR

38 Whitebox GAT Free stand alone program (Lindsay) Open source Fairly robust suite of terrain analysis tools Handles LAS data (LiDAR) Many hydrologic analyses Uses Python as native language Credit Steve Kloiber - MNDNR

39 Getting Ready for LiDAR Hardware Bigger is better Workstations Duo or Quad Core > 3.0ghz > 4Gb RAM 256 RAM Display OPEN GL High Speed disks storage is cheap External hard drive for backup

40 Credits/Acknowledgements Tim Loesch MN Dept. of Natural Resources Sean Vaughn MN Dept. of Natural Resources Steve Kloiber MN Dept. of Natural Resources Dr. Adam Birr MN Dept. of Agriculture Jake Galzki University of Minnesota Dr. Jay Bell University of Minnesota Ann Lewandowski University of Minnesota Les Everett University of Minnesota

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