The National Map Seamless Server, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS)
Description The National Elevation Dataset (NED) 1/3 Arc Second is a raster product assembled by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). NED 1/3 Arc Second is designed to provide National elevation data in a seamless form with a consistent datum, elevation unit, and projection. Data corrections are made in the NED 1/3 Arc Second assembly process to minimize, but not eliminate, artifacts, perform edge matching, and fill sliver areas of missing data. NED 1/3 Arc Second has a resolution of 1/3 arc-second (approximately 10 meters) Once complete the coverage area will be for the conterminous United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. NED 1/3 Arc Second data sources have a variety of elevation units, horizontal datums, and map projections. In the NED 1/3 Arc Second assembly process the elevation values are converted to decimal meters as a consistent unit of measure, NAD83 is consistently used as horizontal datum, and all the data are recast in a geographic projection. Older DEM's produced by methods that are now obsolete have been filtered during the NED 1/3 Arc Second assembly process to minimize artifacts that are commonly found in data produced by these methods. Artifact removal greatly improves the quality of the slope, shaded-relief, and synthetic drainage information that can be derived from the elevation data. As more higher-resolution or higher-quality data become available, the NED 1/3 Arc Second is periodically updated to incorporate best-available coverage. Specifications
Format Information ArcGrid is an Arc/Info proprietary format. Some other software packages can read the ArcGrid format. Customers who specify ArcGrid will be delivered a workspace. The workspace is not tarred or gzipped. BIL is a non-proprietary format made by running the GRIDIMAGE command in Arc. The data is a simple binary raster format (signed integer data). There is an accompanying ASCII header file that provides file size information (number of rows and columns). The data are stored in row major order (all the data for row 1, followed by all the data for row 2, etc.). GridFloat is a non-proprietary format made by running the GRIDFLOAT command in Arc. The 32-bit (4 byte) is a simple binary raster format (floating point data). There is an accompanying ASCII header file that provides file size information (number of rows and columns). The data are stored in row major order (all the data for row 1, followed by all the data for row 2, etc.). More information about binary floating point is at:
TIFF for NED 1/3 Arc Second is a 32 bit floating point grid format. More information on the 32 bit floating point TIFF is at: Ordering Information
NOTE: Contact a Customer Service Representative (webmapping@usgs.gov) for custom product media options. * Bil is a binary integer point format ** TIFF is a 32 bit floating point grid format *** GridFloat is a binary floating point format | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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U.S. Geological Survey
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Page Last Modified: August 19, 2008
