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National Elevation Dataset 10 Meter 7.5x7.5 minute quadrangle [Pennsylvania] {1999}

Geological Survey (U.S.) · 1999 Full Details

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National Elevation Dataset 10 Meter 7.5x7.5 minute quadrangle [Pennsylvania] {1999}
Description
The U.S. Geological Survey has developed a National Elevation Database (NED).The NED is a seamless mosaic of best-available elevation data. The 7.5-minute elevation data for the conterminous United States are the primary initial source data. In addition to the availability of complete 7.5-minute data, efficient processing methods were developed to filter production artifacts in the existing data, convert to a consistent datum, edge-match, fill slivers of missing data at quadrangle seams, recast the data to a consistent geographic projection and convert all elevation values to decimal meters as a consistent unit of measure. NED has a resolution of one-third arc-second (approximately 10 meters) for much of the conterminous United States, Hawaii and Puerto Rico in a NAD83 datum. There is a resolution of two arc-seconds for Alaska and the datum is NAD27. NED at 10 meters is created using the same methods outlined above with the source data being mostly the 10m DEMs. DEMs at 5 meters, 1/3 arc-second, and 1/9 arc-second maps are also used where available. In some cases, the 10m NED is resampled from LIDAR or created using aerial photography. One of the effects of the NED processing steps is a much-improved base of elevation data for calculating slope and hydrologic derivatives. Artifact removal greatly improves the quality of the slope, shaded-relief, and synthetic drainage information that can be derived from the elevation data. Geospatial elevation data are used by the scientific and resource management communities for global change research, hydrologic modeling, resource monitoring, mapping, and visualization applications. NRCS has elected to ONLY serve NED 10 which is 10 meter or better and not NED 10 which was resampled from 30 meter. NRCS also serves the maps in a UTM projection. These two facts differentiate the maps from those served at http://seamless.usgs.gov/.
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Geological Survey (U.S.)
Date Issued
1999
Access Rights
Public
Format
File
Language
English
Date Added
February 22, 2023

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    Geological Survey (U.S.) (1999). National Elevation Dataset 10 Meter 7.5x7.5 minute quadrangle [Pennsylvania] {1999}. . https://www.pasda.psu.edu/uci/DataSummary.aspx?dataset=10 (imagery)
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