Mapping California's Coastline
The California Coastal LiDAR Project (CCLP)
CCLP reportis available at the Ocean Protection Council website. This report provides a summary of the collaborative efforts to map the topography of California’s coastal region.
Decision makers, resource managers, and coastal communities need a seamless onshore-offshore high-resolution elevation map of the California coastal zone to inform adaptation planning for climate change and sea level rise. This map will help identify critical areas during planning, assess buffer areas around wetlands and estuaries, and evaluate potential shoreline/bluff erosion and retreat. Light Detecting And Ranging (LiDAR) is a remote sensing technology that uses lasers to measure elevation and is a rapid, cost-effective technology to collect high-quality topographic information. The CCLP will provide the necessary data to integrate with the OPC’s California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP) to produce seamless onshore-offshore maps.
Thank you for your interest in the CCLP and the
OPC mapping program.
Contact
Doug George,
Ocean Protection Council,
California Coastal Conservancy,
510.286.4179,
dgeorge@scc.ca.gov