With the Howard County Executive releasing a flood mitigation plan for Ellicott City yesterday, the QL 1 LiDAR for the Ellicott City area is finally complete and ready to be distributed. The data were acquired in December 2018 with a minimum of 8 points/sq meter, and vertical RMSEz of 10cm, and a point spacing of no more than .35m for 42 square mile polygon including the entire watershed area draining to Ellicott City, and includes a segment of the Patapsco River above and below Ellicott City.
The data will be sent over the next several days to MD DoIT to distribute it to the various Maryland State and local agencies and a second copy will be sent to FEMA Region 3 for thier use.
