2025 southeast wisconsin high density lidar captureperiod of performance: 09 15 2025 - 08 31 2028ABSTRACT summary: the southeastern wisconsin regional planning commission (commission) is conducting…

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Office of Acquisitions and Grants awarded the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC) a cooperative agreement valued at $851,250 under the National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817) on September 15, 2025. This three-year project, concluding August 31, 2028, will deliver high-density Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data acquisition and processing services across approximately 2,709 square miles covering seven southeastern Wisconsin counties: Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha.

The project will produce a comprehensive suite of geospatial products conforming to USGS 3D Elevation Program specifications, including calibrated and classified point cloud data in LAS/LAZ format, hydro-flattened one-foot resolution Digital Elevation Models, enhanced breaklines in vector format, survey checkpoints with vertical accuracy documentation, tile indices, flight swath polygons, product-level metadata in XML format, and a comprehensive LiDAR mapping report. These deliverables will support federal, state, and local government agencies as well as the public by providing foundational elevation and hydrographic data for integration into The National Map.

2025 southeast wisconsin high density lidar captureperiod of performance: 09 15 2025 - 08 31 2028ABSTRACT summary: the southeastern wisconsin regional planning commission (commission) is conducting a high density light detection and ranging (lidar) for all 7 counties in southeast wisconsin. The defined project area (DPA) includes the following counties: kenosha, milwaukee, ozaukee, racine, walworth, washington, and waukesha counties as the area of interest (AOI) plus an additional 100M buffer consistent with lidar base specification 2024 REV a. The DPA is approximately 2,709 square miles in size. The deliverables for this project will be as follows:tile index, SHP formatflight swath polygons, SHP formatsurvey checkpoints 65 non-vegetated vertical accuracy (NVA) and 55 vegetated vertical accuracy (VVA) points, geopackage formatcalibrated and classified point cloud data, tiled, LAZ formatenhanced breaklines, geopackage FORMAT1FT hydro flattened bare earth DEM, tiled, geotiff formatproduct level metadata for classified point cloud, enhanced breaklines, and DEM tiles, XML formatlidar mapping report, PDF formatintended beneficiaries: beyond data acquisition, the project benefits the public, state, and local government agencies.