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By NGP Standards and Specifications

The Lidar Base Specification through version 2022 rev. A requires separate FGDC-compliant XML metadata files for the lidar point cloud and digital elevation model deliverables. It also requires separate metadata files for ancillary data such as Maximum Surface Height Rasters. This revision combines the XML metadata into one file. 

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Current requirement: 

In LBS 2022 REV. A: Deliverables: Metadata:
  • Product metadata (FGDC compliant, XML format metadata).
    • One XML file is required for each of the following deliverable product groups:
      • Classified point data. 
      • Bare-earth DEMs. 
      • Breaklines. 
      • Any other datasets delivered (digital surface models [DSM], intensity images, height above ground surfaces, and others). 
    • Metadata files for individual data files within a deliverable product group are acceptable but are not required.
    • FGDC-compliant metadata shall pass the USGS Metadata Parser (MP) without errors.

Change to: 

  • Product metadata (FGDC compliant, XML format metadata).
    • One XML file is required for each of the following deliverable product groups:
      • Classified point data, including the withheld flag Proof of Performance and Swath Separation Images.  
      • Bare-earth DEMs. 
      • Breaklines. 
      • Any other datasets delivered (digital surface models [DSM], intensity images, height above ground surfaces, and others). 
    • Metadata files for individual data files within a deliverable product group are acceptable but are not required.
    • FGDC-compliant metadata shall pass the USGS Metadata Parser (MP) without errors.

The template and example, filled template have also been updated: 

File icon Classified point cloud XML metadata example 2024
File icon Classified point cloud XML metadata template 2024