Lidar Open Data Maps Scotland
Following the lead of england and wales the scottish lidar is now also open data the implementation of such an open geospatial policy in the united kingdom was spear headed by the environment agency of england who started to make all of their lidar holdings available as open data in september 2015 they opened dtm and dsm raster derivatives down to 25 cm resolution and in march 2016 also the.
Lidar open data maps scotland. Find share and reuse remote sensed data provided by scottish public sector organisations browse datasets explore the map. The dataset can be supplied as a digital surface model produced from the signal returned to the lidar which includes heights of objects such as vehicles buildings and vegetation as well as the terrain surface or as a digital terrain model produced by removing objects from the digital surface model. Data is available at 2m 1m 50cm and 25cm resolution. This site uses cookies to make the site simpler.
The dataset can be supplied as a digital surface model produced from the signal returned to the lidar which includes heights of objects such as vehicles buildings and vegetation as well as the terrain surface or as a digital terrain model produced by removing objects from the digital surface model. Find out more about cookies okabout cookies ok. 4 noaa digital coast. Current data is supplied by the environment agency usually at 1m per pixel but in some areas 50cm per pixel or even 25cm per pixel is available.
Map layer pick the default map view. Open data maps layers. As part of this strategy lidar data is available for england free of charge as a series of geo referenced tiles for archaeological purposes dtm digital terrain model is generally most useful as it removes buildings and vegetation you will need suitable software to process the data. Then they serve this data openly to the public.
Search provided by nominatim usage policy open street map toggle layer visibility opacity. Satellite streetmap terrain or hybrid satellite with streets england lidar pick the lidar dataset for england. Noaa s mission in the sense of lidar data is clear. Under its open data strategy defra and its agencies are increasing the range of the data that they provide.