LiDAR for Terrain Mapping on the Alaska Pipeline Corridor

Document Type: 
White Papers
Release Date: 
09/02/2009
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The Office of Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects (OFC) is creating a Google-like reference system along a 20-mile stretch of the proposed natural gas pipeline route at Atigun Pass that, if successful, would be expanded for the entire route to provide a consistent and integrated source of information and mapping for the pipeline project.

The prototype of the OFC's Geospatial Information System (GIS) will use a base map from Light Detection and Ranging [LiDAR] technology and a range of existing documents, studies and research from private sector and government sources to create a web-based data source that can be used by federal and state agencies involved in permitting the gas pipeline.