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Digital Terrain Models

Lately I have been experimenting with digital terrain models extracted from the LIDAR point cloud. It allows me to measure the height of buildings and tree cover and can be used for better 3d modeling. 

Digital Terrain Models

Map: Walter Pratt Forest Camping Area
Thematic Map: Year of Building Construction in Westerlo

Percent of Town Landmass Used for Agriculture

One thing that is misleading with the table I just shared is some towns are larger then others. Some towns have a lot of farm acerage, because they are big towns in area. This map shows the percentage of town landmass used for agriculture - including field crops and forage production.

Percent of Town Landmass Used for Agriculture

Map: Empire State Topography

Highest Elevation Populated Places in NY State

   FEATURE_NAME       COUNTY_NAME ELEV_IN_FT PRIM_LAT_DEC PRIM_LONG_DEC
 1 Knapp Creek        Cattaraugus       2349         42.0         -78.5
 2 Rock City          Cattaraugus       2349         42.0         -78.5
 3 Onteora Park       Greene            2339         42.2         -74.1
 4 Four Mile          Cattaraugus       2323         42.0         -78.5
 5 Hanley Corner      Delaware          2310         42.1         -74.5
 6 Nichols Run        Cattaraugus       2303         42.0         -78.5
 7 West Union         Steuben           2264         42.1         -77.7
 8 Harrisburg         Cattaraugus       2247         42.0         -78.5
 9 Shady Corner Curve Essex             2247         44.2         -73.9
10 West Greenwood     Steuben           2247         42.2         -77.7
11 Little Rock City   Cattaraugus       2211         42.2         -78.7
12 Herkimer Landing   Herkimer          2192         43.5         -74.8
13 Elka Park          Greene            2178         42.2         -74.2
14 Meredith           Delaware          2169         42.4         -74.9
15 Anderson           Sullivan          2162         41.9         -74.7
16 Branch             Ulster            2149         42.0         -74.5
17 Shandelee          Sullivan          2119         41.9         -74.9
18 Summit             Schoharie         2113         42.6         -74.6
19 Lent Hill          Steuben           2087         42.5         -77.4
20 Hampshire          Steuben           2073         42.2         -77.5

Highest Elevation Populated Places in NY State

United Steaks of America map: If each state could have only one meat, what would it be?