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ASPRS LAS Specifications
http://www.asprs.org/a/society/committees/standards/lidar_exchange_format.html

ASPRS Vertical Accuracy Reporting for Lidar Data
http://www.asprs.org/

Caltrans Terrestrial Laser Scanning Specifications
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/row/landsurveys/SurveysManual/15_Surveys.pdf

CHS - Hydrographic Survey Management Guidelines
http://www.charts.gc.ca/data-gestion/hydrographic/sd-ld-eng.asp

CHS - Standards for Hydrographic Surveys
http://www.charts.gc.ca/data-gestion/hydrographic/standards-normes-eng.pdf

FEMA - Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners - Appendix A
http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=2206

FGCC National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy (NSSDA)
http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/

Florida DOT - Terrestrial Mobile Lidar Surveying & Mapping Guidelines
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/.../20120823_TML_Guidelines.pdf

IHO Standards for Hydrographic Surveys (S-44)
http://www.go-ship.org/Manual/IHO_bathy.pdf

NAP Metadata
http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/

NDEP Digital Elevation Data Guidelines
http://www.ndep.gov/NDEP_Elevation_Guidelines...

NOAA - NOS NGS-58 - Guidelines for Establishing GPS-Derived Ellipsoid Heights
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/NGS-58.pdf

NOAA - NOS NGS-59 - Guidelines for Establishing GPS-Derived Orthometric Heights
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/NGS592008069FINAL2.pdf

USACE Engineering & Design - Hydrographic Surveying
http://140.194.76.129/publications/...

USGS-NGP-Lidar Base Specification - Version 1.0
http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/11b4/TM11-B4.pdf

USGS-NGP-Version 13
http://lidar.cr.usgs.gov/USGS-NGP...

 

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