LiDAR-Derived Hillshade Image for Portage County, WI 2016

Description:

Resource provided by WisconsinView. This data represents a LiDAR-derived bare-earth Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for Portage County, Wisconsin in 2016. This dataset is in WTM coordinates (EPSG 3071). Hillshading is a technique used to visualize terrain as shaded relief, illuminating it with a hypothetical light source. The illumination value for each raster cell is determined by its orientation to the light source, which is based on slope and aspect.

Resource Link:

https://www.sco.wisc.edu/data/elevationlidar/

Identifier:

a3f8c2ca-c3c7-4967-a508-9e5028de62b8

Language:

English

Creator:

Wisconsin Department of Administration - Geographic Information Office

Publisher:

Wisconsin Department of Administration - Geographic Information Office

Provider:

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Elevation

Temporal Coverage:

2016

Date Issued:

Spatial Coverage:

Wisconsin

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

GeoTIFF