LATEST NEWS

• 10/03/08

  Deliverables received this period and under review:

  • CH2M Hill Block 5 (Dade) d4 (10/1/08)

  Deliverables under review:

  • CH2MHill6 Broward
  • Woolpert E Lee (west)
  • Woolpert F Lee (east)
  • PDS Escambia d3
  • PDS Flagler d1
  • PDS Gulf
  • Merrick Herbert Hoover Dike 1A
  • Merrick Herbert Hoover Dike 1B
  • Merrick Herbert Hoover Dike 2

  Actions taken:

  • Merrick Herbert Hoover Dike 4 was rejected (10/2/08)
  • Woolpert Area C (Hillsborough and Manatee) was rejected (9/30/08)
  • Woolpert Area D (Sarasota with parts of Manatee and Charlotte) d 9 was accepted (10/3/08)
  • Woolpert Pasco Coastal was rejected (10/3/08)

  Estimated redelivery data of rejected deliverables:

  • CH2M Hill Block 9 (10,000 Island) (10/13/08)
  • CH2M Hill Block 10 (10/13/08)
  • PDS Walton (11/26/08)
  • Woolpert Area B (Pinellas) (10/7/08)
  • Woolpert Area C (Hillsborough and Manatee) was rejected (10/15/08)
  • Merrick Herbert Hoover Dike 3 was rejected (unknown)
  • CDM Duval County LiDAR (unknown)

  Estimated delivery dates:

  10/8/08 - CH2MHill4 Dade (east-central)
  10/10/08 - CH2MHill3 Dade (south)
  10/20/08 - CH2MHill8 Martin
  10/20/08 - CH2MHill7 Palm Beach

  10/6/08 – PDS Wakulla
  10/6/08 – PDS Franklin
  10/8/08 – PDS SantaRosa
  10/15/08 – PDS Okaloosa
  10/22/08 – PDS Jefferson
  10/29/08 – PDS Levy
  10/31/08 – PDS Nassau
  11/5/08 – PDS Taylor
  11/12/08 – PDS Dixie
  11/14/08 – PDS Clay
  11/14/08 – PDS Putnam
  11/26/08 – PDS Bay
  11/28/08 – PDS Brevard

  Unknown – Woolpert Indian River County Indian River (east)
  11/14/08 – Woolpert G Collier (west)
  11/24/08 – Woolpert H Collier (central)

Accepted deliverables:

8/20/08 - CH2M Hill Block 1
8/21/08 - CH2M Hill Block 2

6/19/08 - Woolpert St. Lucie Orthophotography
7/15/08 - Woolpert Area A (Pasco)
10/3/08 - Woolpert Area D (Sarasota with parts of Manatee and Charlotte)

• 06/13/08 - Project Footprint shapefile posted
• 05/06/08 - Project Update posted
• 02/11/08 - Project Footprint map updated
• 01/03/08 - Baseline Specifications updated

Data Availability

Please contact Richard Butgereit at 850-413-9907 to be added to a weekly email update regarding the availablilty of the data.

The table below summarizes the deliverables to be made available for terrestrial LiDAR. Please see baseline specifications for further detail on deliverables and specifications.

Terrestrial LiDAR Deliverable Summary

House Bill 7121 and LiDAR Data

House Bill 7121 - Disaster Preparedness Response and Recovery states, "The Legislature finds that hurricane evacuation planning is a critical task that must be completed in the most effective and efficient manner possible. Appropriated funds may be used to update current regional evacuation plans and shall incorporate current transportation networks, behavioral studies, and vulnerability studies. In addition, funds may be used to perform computer-modeling analysis on the effects of storm-surge events."

Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) has initiated an effort that will ultimately result in the update of the Regional Evacuation Studies (RES) for the State. This process will require updates to the coastal surge modeling tools with more current and accurate elevation data, i.e. LiDAR.

Baseline Specifications for LiDAR and Orthophotography

Florida Division of Emergency Management, several state and federal agencies, Water Management Districts, and several other critical stakeholders have initiated an effort to develop baseline specifications for LiDAR and orthophotography to be used for all projects flown in the State of Florida. Starting with specifications from the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), baseline specifications intended to ensure that data acquired will provide a seamless statewide dataset for use by the broadest number of stakeholders are available for review and use.

LiDAR Data Collection

FDEM will catalog all existing LiDAR data and related products (bathymetry and orthophotography) within areas of the state affected by hurricane surge. Existing LiDAR data products that meet minimum specifications will be acquired from their respective sources. Areas that do not have LiDAR data products meeting the minimum specifications will be flown with the intent of capturing terrestrial LiDAR, bathymetric LiDAR, and orthophotography. It is the intent of FDEM to foster cooperation with other government agencies for the purpose of collecting LiDAR data products that meet established minimum specifications, and alternate funding agreements may potentially be established with affected jurisdictions to acquire data that lie outside the hurricane surge zones or to ensure that existing LiDAR acquisition projects are in compliance with specifications.