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  <idinfo>
    <citation>
      <!-- Citation - information to be used to reference the data set. Type: compound. -->
      <citeinfo>
        <!-- Citation Information - the recommended reference to be used for the data set. -->
        <origin>Merrick &amp; Co</origin>
        <!-- Originator - the name of an organization or individual that developed the data set. Type: text. Domain: "Unknown" free text. -->
        <pubdate>20190508</pubdate>
        <!-- Publication Date - the date when the data set is published or otherwise made available for release. Type: date. Domain: "Unknown" "Unpublished material" free date. -->
        <title>DEM</title>
        <!-- Title - the name by which the data set is known. Type: text. Domain: free text. -->
        <geoform>raster digital data</geoform>
        <!-- Geospatial Data Presentation Form. Type: text. Domain: "raster digital data" free text. -->
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <!-- Description - a characterization of the data set, including its intended use and limitations. Type: compound. -->
      <abstract>A two-foot (2ft) cell size Digital Elevation Model (DEM) raster was created from the ground classified lidar points plus the breaklines. The files are delivered in tile format (3000ft by 3000ft), The rasters are delivered in GeoTIFF format (.tif).</abstract>
      <!-- Abstract - a brief narrative descriptive summary of the data set. Type: text. Domain: free text. -->
      <purpose>LiDAR terrain mapping to the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) for all or portions of Weld, Morgan, Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Lincoln, Pueblo, Otero, Las Animas, and Huerfano Counties. Represents a high-resolution data set of lidar for an Area of Interest (AOI) totaling approximately 18,348.89 square miles. The Colorado Central AOI requires Quality Level Two (QL2) deliverable products and is approximately 7234 square miles and 22809 3000 by 3000ft tiles.</purpose>
      <!-- Purpose - a summary of the intentions with which the data set was developed. Type: text. Domain: free text. -->
      <supplinf>
        <!-- Supplemental Information - other descriptive information about the data set. Type: text. Domain: free text. 
    Raster File Type = "IMG" "GRID" "TIFF"
    Bit Depth/Pixel Type = "32-bit float" "64 bit"
    Raster Cell Size. (Express the number as "0.5", "1.0", "2.0", "2.5", etc.) = "Meters" "United States Survey Feet" "International Feet" 
    Interpolation or Resampling Technique = "Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN)" "Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW)" "Radial Basis Functions" "Kriging" "Nearest Neighbor" "Bi-linear Interpolation" "Cubic Convolution" "Surface Fitting" "Adaptive" "Proprietary" "Unknown"
    Required Vertical Accuracy = (Depends on which Lidar Base Spec the project is adhering to. Example: "24.5 cm fva" for 1.0 spec, "24.5 cm nva" for 1.2 spec) -->
        Raster File Type = TIFF
Bit Depth/Pixel Type = 32-bit float
Raster Cell Size = 2.0 United States Survey Feet
Interpolation or Resampling Technique = Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN)
Required Vertical Accuracy = 19.6cm NVA
      </supplinf>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <!-- Time Period of Content. Type: compound. -->
      <timeinfo>
        <!-- Time Period Information - information about the date and time of an event. Type: compound. -->
        <rngdates>
          <begdate>20180506</begdate>
          <enddate>20180725</enddate>
        </rngdates>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>ground condition</current>
      <!-- Currentness Reference. Type: text. Domain: "ground condition"  free text. -->
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <!-- Status - the state of the maintenance information for the data set. Type: compound. -->
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <!-- Progress - the state of the data set. Type: compound. Domain: "Complete", "In Work", "Planned" -->
      <update>Unknown</update>
      <!-- Maintenance and Update Frequency - the frequency with which changes and additions are made to the data set after the initial data set is completed. Type: text. Domain: "Unknown" "As needed" "None planned" free text. -->
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <!-- Spatial Domain - the geographic areal domain of the data set. Type: compound. -->
      <bounding>
        <!-- Bounding Coordinates - the limits of coverage of a data set expressed by latitude and longitude values in the order western-most, eastern-most, northern-most, and southern-most. Type: compound. -->
        <westbc>-105.075512</westbc>
        <!-- West Bounding Coordinate - western-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in longitude. Type: real. Domain: -180.0 <= West Bounding Coordinate < 180.0 -->
        <eastbc>-103.128354</eastbc>
        <!-- East Bounding Coordinate - eastern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in longitude. Type: real. Domain: -180.0 <= East Bounding Coordinate <= 180.0 -->
        <northbc>39.753632</northbc>
        <!-- North Bounding Coordinate - northern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in latitude. Type:real. Domain: -90.0 <= North Bounding Coordinate <= 90.0 -->
        <southbc>38.496304</southbc>
        <!-- South Bounding Coordinate - southern-most coordinate of the limit of coverage expressed in latitude. Type: real. Domain: -90.0 <= South Bounding Coordinate <= 90.0 -->
      </bounding>
      <lbounding>
        <leftbc>3121452.77716659</leftbc>
        <!-- Left (western-most) Bounding Coordinate for coverage of the dataset expressed in the Coordinate Reference System in which the data are delivered. -->
        <rightbc>3666973.68682025</rightbc>
        <!-- Right (eastern-most) Bounding Coordinate for coverage of the dataset expressed in the Coordinate Reference System in which the data are delivered. -->
        <topbc>1699679.26687524</topbc>
        <!-- Top (northern-most) Bounding Coordinate for coverage of the dataset expressed in the Coordinate Reference System in which the data are delivered. -->
        <bottombc>1250008.42450951</bottombc>
        <!-- Bottom (southern-most) Bounding Coordinate for coverage of the dataset expressed in the Coordinate Reference System in which the data are delivered. -->
      </lbounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <!-- Theme - subjects covered by the data set. Type: compound. -->
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <!-- Theme Keyword Thesaurus. Type: text. Domain: "None" free text. -->
        <themekey>Breaklines</themekey>
        <themekey>Elevation Data</themekey>
        <themekey>Lidar</themekey>
        <!-- Theme Keyword - common-use word or phrase used to describe the subject of the data set. Type: text. Domain: free text. -->
        <themekey>DEM</themekey>
        <themekey>Intensity</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <!-- Place - geographic locations characterized by the data set. Type: compound. -->
        <placekt>None</placekt>
        <!-- Place Keyword Thesaurus. Type: text. Domain: "None" free text. -->
        <placekey>Eastern Colorado</placekey>
        <!-- Place Keyword - the geographic name of a location(s) covered by a data set. Type: text. Domain: free text. -->
      </place>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>No restrictions apply to these data.</accconst>
    <useconst>None. However, users should be aware that temporal changes may have occurred since this dataset was collected and that some parts of these data may no longer represent actual surface conditions. Users should not use these data for critical applications without a full awareness of its limitations. Acknowledgement of the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated for products derived from these data.</useconst>
  </idinfo>
  <dataqual>
    <logic>Data covers the entire area specified for this project.</logic>
    <complete>The dataset was reviewed to ensure completeness and accuracy.</complete>
    <posacc>
    <!-- Positional Accuracy - an assessment of the accuracy of the positions of spatial objects. Type: compound. -->
     <vertacc>
      <!-- Vertical Positional Accuracy - an estimate of accuracy of the vertical positions in the data set. Type: compound. -->
      <vertaccr>This data set was produced to meet ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standard for Digital Geospatial Data (2014) for a 10-cm RMSEz Vertical Accuracy Class.</vertaccr>
      <!-- Vertical Positional Accuracy Report - Please see ground survey report. Type: text. Domain: free text. -->
     </vertacc>
    </posacc>
    <lineage>
      <procstep>
        <!-- Process Step - information about a single processing step. Type: compound. -->
        <procdesc>Using MARS software a two-foot (2ft) 32-bit floating point DEM raster in GeoTIFF format was created using the ground classified lidar points along with the breaklines. The files are delivered in 3000ft by 3000ft tiles.</procdesc>
        <!-- Process Description - an explanation of the the processing step and parameters used. Include Flight, Imagery development, Analysis. Type: text. Domain: free text-->
        <procdate>20190211</procdate>
        <!-- Process Date - the date when the processing step was completed. Field must be formatted YYYYMMDD. Type: text. Domain: "Unknown" "Not complete" free date. -->
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <spdoinfo>
    <direct>Raster</direct>
    <rastinfo>
      <rasttype>Pixel</rasttype>
      <rowcount>1500</rowcount>
      <colcount>1500</colcount>
    </rastinfo>
  </spdoinfo>
  <spref>
    <horizsys>
      <planar>
        <gridsys>
          <gridsysn>State Plane Coordinate System 1983</gridsysn>
          <spcs>
            <spcszone>0502</spcszone>
            <lambertc>
              <stdparll>38.450000</stdparll>
              <stdparll>39.750000</stdparll>
              <longcm>-105.500000</longcm>
              <latprjo>37.833333</latprjo>
              <feast>3000000.000316</feast>
              <fnorth>999999.999996</fnorth>
            </lambertc>
          </spcs>
        </gridsys>
        <planci>
          <plance>row and column</plance>
          <coordrep>
            <absres>2</absres>
            <ordres>2</ordres>
          </coordrep>
          <plandu>survey feet</plandu>
        </planci>
      </planar>
      <geodetic>
        <horizdn>D_NAD_1983_2011</horizdn>
        <ellips>Geodetic Reference System 80</ellips>
        <semiaxis>6378137.000000</semiaxis>
        <denflat>298.257222</denflat>
      </geodetic>
    </horizsys>
    <vertdef>
      <altsys>
        <altdatum>North American Vertical Datum of 1988 Geoid12B</altdatum>
        <altres>0.001</altres>
        <altunits>feet</altunits>
        <altenc>Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates</altenc>
      </altsys>
    </vertdef>
  </spref>
  <metainfo>
    <metd>20190508</metd>
    <metc>
      <cntinfo>
        <!-- Contact Information - Identity of, and means to communicate with, person(s) and organization(s) associated with the data set.Type: compound. -->
        <cntorgp>
          <!-- Contact Organization Primary - the organization, and the member of the organization, associated with the data set. Type: compound. -->
          <cntorg>Merrick &amp; Co</cntorg>
          <!-- Contact Organization - the name of the organization. Type: text. Domain: free text. -->
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <!-- Contact Address - the address for the organization or individual. Type: compound. -->
          <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
          <!-- Address Type. Type: text. Domain: "mailing" "physical" "mailing and physical", free text. -->
          <address>5970 Greenwood Plaza Blvd</address>
          <!-- Address - an address line for the address. Type: text. Domain: free text. -->
          <city>Greenwood Village</city>
          <!-- City - the city of the address. Type: text. Domain: free text. -->
          <state>CO</state>
          <!-- State or Province - the state or province of the address. Type: text. Domain: free text. -->
          <postal>80111</postal>
          <!-- Postal Code - the ZIP or other postal code of the address. Type: text. Domain: free text. -->
          <country>USA</country>
          <!-- Country - the country of the address. Type: text. Domain: free text. -->
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>303-353-3903</cntvoice>
        <!-- Contact Voice Telephone - the telephone number by which individuals can speak to the organization or individual. Type: text. Domain: free text. -->
      </cntinfo>
    </metc>
    <metstdn>FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
    <metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
  </metainfo>
</metadata>

