Polk County highlights public LIDAR viewer, says data aims to speed planning and conservation

Apr 28, 2025

County staff and consultant Ayers and Associates demonstrated an online LIDAR viewer built from Polk County’s 2022 USGS-funded flights, showing contours, a searchable point cloud, mapped culverts and closed depressions intended for use by staff and the public.

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Polk County planning staff and consultant Adam Derringer of Ayers and Associates demonstrated a publicly accessible online LIDAR viewer that county officials said will make high‑resolution elevation data easier to use for planning, conservation and infrastructure work.

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