This week DWR released a new Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) dataset at http://gisarchive.cnra.ca.gov/iso/ImageryBaseMapsLandCover/LIDAR/DeltaLIDAR2017/ LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, is an aerial remote sensing method that can generate precise, three-dimensional information about the features of the landscape and its surface characteristics. LiDAR data has many applications; it can be used to make high-resolution maps, develop contours, and create digital terrain models.  DWR uses LiDAR data for environmental restoration, subsidence monitoring, modeling, flood management and levee maintenance.  … Continue reading NOW AVAILABLE: LIDAR Data for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Suisun Marsh