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    High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) - CanElevation Series

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    Updated Aug 13, 2022
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    (2022). High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) - CanElevation Series [Dataset]. https://catalogue.arctic-sdi.org/geonetwork/srv/resources/datasets/957782bf-847c-4644-a757-e383c0057995
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    Aug 13, 2022
    Description

    The High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) product is derived from airborne LiDAR data (mainly in the south) and satellite images in the north. The complete coverage of the Canadian territory is gradually being established. It includes a Digital Terrain Model (DTM), a Digital Surface Model (DSM) and other derived data. For DTM datasets, derived data available are slope, aspect, shaded relief, color relief and color shaded relief maps and for DSM datasets, derived data available are shaded relief, color relief and color shaded relief maps. The productive forest line is used to separate the northern and the southern parts of the country. This line is approximate and may change based on requirements. In the southern part of the country (south of the productive forest line), DTM and DSM datasets are generated from airborne LiDAR data. They are offered at a 1 m or 2 m resolution and projected to the UTM NAD83 (CSRS) coordinate system and the corresponding zones. The datasets at a 1 m resolution cover an area of 10 km x 10 km while datasets at a 2 m resolution cover an area of 20 km by 20 km. In the northern part of the country (north of the productive forest line), due to the low density of vegetation and infrastructure, only DSM datasets are generally generated. Most of these datasets have optical digital images as their source data. They are generated at a 2 m resolution using the Polar Stereographic North coordinate system referenced to WGS84 horizontal datum or UTM NAD83 (CSRS) coordinate system. Each dataset covers an area of 50 km by 50 km. For some locations in the north, DSM and DTM datasets can also be generated from airborne LiDAR data. In this case, these products will be generated with the same specifications as those generated from airborne LiDAR in the southern part of the country. The HRDEM product is referenced to the Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum of 2013 (CGVD2013), which is now the reference standard for heights across Canada. Source data for HRDEM datasets is acquired through multiple projects with different partners. Since data is being acquired by project, there is no integration or edgematching done between projects. The tiles are aligned within each project. The product High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) is part of the CanElevation Series created in support to the National Elevation Data Strategy implemented by NRCan. Collaboration is a key factor to the success of the National Elevation Data Strategy. Refer to the “Supporting Document” section to access the list of the different partners including links to their respective data.

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    Digital surface model (DSM) and digital elevation model (DEM) of the Los...

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    U.S. Geological Survey (2025). Digital surface model (DSM) and digital elevation model (DEM) of the Los Padres Reservoir delta, Carmel River valley, CA, 2017-11-01 [Dataset]. https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/digital-surface-model-dsm-and-digital-elevation-model-dem-of-the-los-padres-reservoir-del-
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    Nov 26, 2025
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    U.S. Geological Survey
    Area covered
    Los Padres Dam, California, Carmel River
    Description

    This portion of the data release presents a digital surface model (DSM) and digital elevation model (DEM) of the exposed Los Padres Reservoir delta where the Carmel River enters the reservoir. The DSM and DEM have a resolution of 10 centimeters per pixel and were derived from structure-from-motion (SfM) processing of aerial imagery collected with an unoccupied aerial system (UAS) on 2017-11-01. The DSM represents the elevation of the highest object within the bounds of a cell, including vegetation, woody debris and other objects. The DEM represent the elevation of the ground surface where it was visible to the acquisiton system. Due to the nature of SfM processing, the DEM may not represent a true bare-earth surface in areas of thick vegetation cover; in these areas some DEM elevations may instead represent thick vegetation canopy. The raw imagery used to create these elevation models was acquired with a UAS fitted with a Ricoh GR II digital camera featuring a global shutter. The UAS was flown on pre-programmed autonomous flight lines spaced to provide approximately 70 percent overlap between images from adjacent lines. The camera was triggered at 1 Hz using a built-in intervalometer. The UAS was flown at an approximate altitude of 100 meters above ground level (AGL), resulting in a nominal ground-sample-distance (GSD) of 2.6 centimeters per pixel. The raw imagery was geotagged using positions from the UAS onboard single-frequency autonomous GPS. Twenty temporary ground control points (GCPs) consisting of small square tarps with black-and-white cross patterns were distributed throughout the area to establish survey control. The GCP positions were measured using real-time kinematic (RTK) GPS, using corrections from a GPS base station located on a benchmark designated SFML, located approximately 1 kilometer from the study area. The DSM and DEM have been formatted as cloud optimized GeoTIFFs with internal overviews and masks to facilitate cloud-based queries and display.

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    Data from: Digital elevation model (DEM) and digital surface model (DSM)...

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    Updated Oct 29, 2025
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    U.S. Geological Survey (2025). Digital elevation model (DEM) and digital surface model (DSM) data for the Colorado River corridor in Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (2002, 2009, 2013 and 2021), including accuracy assessment data [Dataset]. https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/digital-elevation-model-dem-and-digital-surface-model-dsm-data-for-the-colorado-river-corr
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    Oct 29, 2025
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    U.S. Geological Survey
    Area covered
    Colorado River
    Description

    These datasets consist of four, 1-meter spatial resolution digital surface models (DSMs) that were generated to orthorectify airborne multispectral imagery acquired in 2002, 2009, 2013, and 2021 for the Colorado River in Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA. These datasets also consist of a 1-meter spatial resolution digital elevation model (DEM) that was generated from the 2021 DSM. The DSMs and DEM were also produced to support development of additional GIS products. Elevation values are expressed as ellipsoid heights. These datasets also include accuracy assessments that were performed to show the limitations of estimating elevation from the DSMs and DEM pixels locations on the landscape. Data were acquired during periods of low steady Colorado River flow of approximately 8,000 cubic feet per second released from Glen Canyon Dam.

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    LiDAR based Digital Surface Model (DSM) data for South West England

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    text/directory
    Updated Apr 29, 2014
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    F. Ferraccioli; F. Gerard; C. Robinson; T. Jordan; M. Biszczuk; L. Ireland; M. Beasley; A. Vidamour; A. Barker; R. Arnold; M. Dinn; A. Fox; A. Howard (2014). LiDAR based Digital Surface Model (DSM) data for South West England [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5285/b81071f2-85b3-4e31-8506-cabe899f989a
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    Dataset updated
    Apr 29, 2014
    Dataset provided by
    NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
    Authors
    F. Ferraccioli; F. Gerard; C. Robinson; T. Jordan; M. Biszczuk; L. Ireland; M. Beasley; A. Vidamour; A. Barker; R. Arnold; M. Dinn; A. Fox; A. Howard
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    https://eidc.ceh.ac.uk/licences/OGLtellus/plainhttps://eidc.ceh.ac.uk/licences/OGLtellus/plain

    Time period covered
    Jul 1, 2013 - Aug 31, 2013
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    Description

    This is a high resolution spatial dataset of Digital Surface Model (DSM) data in South West England. It is a part of outcomes from the CEH South West (SW) Project. There is also a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) dataset covering the same areas available from the SW project. Both DTM and DSM cover an area of 9424 km2 that includes all the land west of Exmouth (i.e. west of circa 3 degrees 21 minutes West). The DSM includes the height of features on the bare earth such as buildings or vegetation (if present). An overview of the TELLUS project is available on the web at http://www.tellusgb.ac.uk/.

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    Copernicus Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for Europe at 100 meter resolution...

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    Updated Feb 23, 2022
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    (2022). Copernicus Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for Europe at 100 meter resolution (EU-LAEA) derived from Copernicus Global 30 meter DEM dataset [Dataset]. https://data.opendatascience.eu/geonetwork/srv/search?keyword=DSM
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    Feb 23, 2022
    Description

    The Copernicus DEM is a Digital Surface Model (DSM) which represents the surface of the Earth including buildings, infrastructure and vegetation. The original GLO-30 provides worldwide coverage at 30 meters (refers to 10 arc seconds). Note that ocean areas do not have tiles, there one can assume height values equal to zero. Data is provided as Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs. Note that the vertical unit for measurement of elevation height is meters. The Copernicus DEM for Europe at 100 meter resolution (EU-LAEA projection) in COG format has been derived from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30, mirrored on Open Data on AWS, dataset managed by Sinergise (https://registry.opendata.aws/copernicus-dem/). Processing steps: The original Copernicus GLO-30 DEM contains a relevant percentage of tiles with non-square pixels. We created a mosaic map in https://gdal.org/drivers/raster/vrt.html format and defined within the VRT file the rule to apply cubic resampling while reading the data, i.e. importing them into GRASS GIS for further processing. We chose cubic instead of bilinear resampling since the height-width ratio of non-square pixels is up to 1:5. Hence, artefacts between adjacent tiles in rugged terrain could be minimized: gdalbuildvrt -input_file_list list_geotiffs_MOOD.csv -r cubic -tr 0.000277777777777778 0.000277777777777778 Copernicus_DSM_30m_MOOD.vrt In order to reproject the data to EU-LAEA projection while reducing the spatial resolution to 100 m, bilinear resampling was performed in GRASS GIS (using r.proj) and the pixel values were scaled with 1000 (storing the pixels as Integer values) for data volume reduction. In addition, a hillshade raster map was derived from the resampled elevation map (using r.relief GRASS GIS). Eventually, we exported the elevation and hillshade raster maps in Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) format, along with SLD and QML style files.

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    High Resolution Digital Elevation Model Mosaic (HRDEM Mosaic) - CanElevation...

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    Updated Mar 12, 2025
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    Natural Resources Canada (2025). High Resolution Digital Elevation Model Mosaic (HRDEM Mosaic) - CanElevation Series [Dataset]. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/0fe65119-e96e-4a57-8bfe-9d9245fba06b
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    json, pdf, html, fgdb/gdb, wms, wcsAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Mar 12, 2025
    Dataset provided by
    Natural Resources Canada
    License

    Open Government Licence - Canada 2.0https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    The High Resolution Digital Elevation Model Mosaic provides a unique and continuous representation of the high resolution elevation data available across the country. The High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) product used is derived from airborne LiDAR data (mainly in the south) and satellite images in the north. The mosaic is available for both the Digital Terrain Model (DTM) and the Digital Surface Model (DSM) from web mapping services. It is part of the CanElevation Series created to support the National Elevation Data Strategy implemented by NRCan. This strategy aims to increase Canada's coverage of high-resolution elevation data and increase the accessibility of the products. Unlike the HRDEM product in the same series, which is distributed by acquisition project without integration between projects, the mosaic is created to provide a single, continuous representation of strategy data. The most recent datasets for a given territory are used to generate the mosaic. This mosaic is disseminated through the Data Cube Platform, implemented by NRCan using geospatial big data management technologies. These technologies enable the rapid and efficient visualization of high-resolution geospatial data and allow for the rapid generation of dynamically derived products. The mosaic is available from Web Map Services (WMS), Web Coverage Services (WCS) and SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) collections. Accessible data includes the Digital Terrain Model (DTM), the Digital Surface Model (DSM) and derived products such as shaded relief and slope. The mosaic is referenced to the Canadian Height Reference System 2013 (CGVD2013) which is the reference standard for orthometric heights across Canada. Source data for HRDEM datasets used to create the mosaic is acquired through multiple projects with different partners. Collaboration is a key factor to the success of the National Elevation Strategy. Refer to the “Supporting Document” section to access the list of the different partners including links to their respective data.

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    Alaska 2 Arc-second Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) - USGS National Map 3DEP...

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    Updated Nov 27, 2025
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    U.S. Geological Survey (2025). Alaska 2 Arc-second Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) - USGS National Map 3DEP Downloadable Data Collection [Dataset]. https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/alaska-2-arc-second-digital-elevation-models-dems-usgs-national-map-3dep-downloadable-data
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    United States Geological Surveyhttp://www.usgs.gov/
    Description

    This is a tiled collection of the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) and is 2 arc-second (approximately 60 m) resolution covering Alaska. The elevations in this Digital Elevation Model (DEM) represent the topographic bare-earth surface. The 3DEP data holdings serve as the elevation layer of The National Map, and provide foundational elevation information for earth science studies and mapping applications in the United States. Scientists and resource managers use 3DEP data for hydrologic modeling, resource monitoring, mapping and visualization, and many other applications. The seamless 2 arc-second DEM layers are derived from diverse source data that are processed to a common coordinate system and unit of vertical measure. These data are distributed in geographic coordinates in units of decimal degrees, and in conformance with the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83). All elevation values are in meters and, over the continental United States, are referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88). The seamless 2 arc-second DEM layer provides coverage of the Alaska only. The seamless 2 arc-second DEM is available as pre-staged current and historical products tiled in GeoTIFF format. The seamless 2 arc-second DEM layer is updated continually as new data become available in the current folder. Previously created 1 degree blocks are retained in the historical folder with an appended date suffix (YYYYMMDD) when they were produced. Other 3DEP products are nationally seamless DEMs in resolutions of ⅓ and 1 -arc-second. These seamless DEMs were referred to as the National Elevation Dataset (NED) from about 2000 through 2015 at which time they became the seamless DEM layers under the 3DEP program and the NED name and system were retired. Other 3DEP products include one-meter DEMs produced exclusively from high resolution light detection and ranging (lidar) source data and five-meter DEMs in Alaska as well as various source datasets including the lidar point cloud and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (Ifsar) digital surface models and intensity images. All 3DEP products are public domain.

  8. Geoscience Australia, 3 second SRTM Digital Elevation Model (DEM) v01

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    Updated Mar 22, 2016
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    Bioregional Assessment Program (2016). Geoscience Australia, 3 second SRTM Digital Elevation Model (DEM) v01 [Dataset]. https://researchdata.edu.au/geoscience-australia-3-dem-v01
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    Mar 22, 2016
    Dataset provided by
    Data.govhttps://data.gov/
    Authors
    Bioregional Assessment Program
    License

    Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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    Description

    Abstract

    This dataset and its metadata statement were supplied to the Bioregional Assessment Programme by a third party and are presented here as originally supplied.

    The 3 second (\~90m) Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) version 1.0 was derived from resampling the 1 arc second (\~30m) gridded DEM (ANZCW0703013355). The DEM represents ground surface topography, and excludes vegetation features. The dataset was derived from the 1 second Digital Surface Model (DSM; ANZCW0703013336) by automatically removing vegetation offsets identified using several vegetation maps and directly from the DSM. The 1 second product provides substantial improvements in the quality and consistency of the data relative to the original SRTM data, but is not free from artefacts. Man-made structures such as urban areas and power line towers have not been treated. The removal of vegetation effects has produced satisfactory results over most of the continent and areas with defects are identified in the quality assessment layers distributed with the data and described in the User Guide (Geoscience Australia and CSIRO Land & Water, 2010). A full description of the methods is in progress (Read et al., in prep; Gallant et al., in prep). The 3 second DEM was produced for use by government and the public under Creative Commons attribution.

    The 3 second DSM and smoothed DEM are also available (DSM; ANZCW0703014216,

    DEM-S; ANZCW0703014217).

    Dataset History

    Source data

    1. SRTM 1 second Version 2 data (Slater et al., 2006), supplied by Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (DIGO) as 813 1 x 1 degree tiles. Data was produced by NASA from radar data collected by the Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission in February 2000.

    2. GEODATA 9 second DEM Version 3 (Geoscience Australia, 2008) used to fill voids.

    3. SRTM Water Body Data (SWBD) shapefile accompanying the SRTM data (Slater et al., 2006). This defines the coastline and larger inland waterbodies for the DEM and DSM.

    4. Vegetation masks and water masks applied to the DEM to remove vegetation.

    5. 1 second DEM resampled to 3 second DEM.

    1 second DSM processing

    The 1 second SRTM-derived Digital Surface Model (DSM) was derived from the 1 second Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission data by removing stripes, filling voids and reflattening water bodies. Further details are provided in the DSM metadata (ANZCW0703013336).

    1 second DEM processing (vegetation offset removal)

    Vegetation offsets were identified using Landsat-based mapping of woody vegetation. The height offsets were estimated around the edges of vegetation patches then interpolated to a continuous surface of vegetation height offset that was subtracted from the DSM to produce a bare-earth DEM. Further details are provided in the 1 second DSM metadata (ANZCW0703013355).

    Void filling

    Voids (areas without data) occur in the data due to low radar reflectance (typically open water or dry sandy soils) or topographic shadowing in high relief areas. Delta Surface Fill Method (Grohman et al., 2006) was adapted for this task, using GEODATA 9 second DEM as infill data source. The 9 second data was refined to 1 second resolution using ANUDEM 5.2 without drainage enforcement. Delta Surface Fill Method calculates height differences between SRTM and infill data to create a "delta" surface with voids where the SRTM has no values, then interpolates across voids. The void is then replaced by infill DEM adjusted by the interpolated delta surface, resulting in an exact match of heights at the edges of each void. Two changes to the Delta Surface Fill Method were made: interpolation of the delta surface was achieved with natural neighbour interpolation (Sibson, 1981; implemented in ArcGIS 9.3) rather than inverse distance weighted interpolation; and a mean plane inside larger voids was not used.

    Water bodies

    Water bodies defined from the SRTM Water Body Data as part of the DSM processing were set to the same elevations as in the DSM.

    Edit rules for land surrounding water bodies

    SRTM edit rules set all land adjacent to water at least 1m above water level to ensure containment of water (Slater et al., 2006). Following vegetation removal, void filling and water flattening, the heights of all grid cells adjacent to water was set to at least 1 cm above the water surface. The smaller offset (1cm rather than 1m) could be used because the cleaned digital surface model is in floating point format rather than integer format of the original SRTM.

    Some small islands within water bodies are represented as voids within the SRTM due to edit rules. These voids are filled as part of void filling process, and their elevations set to a minimum of 1 cm above surrounding water surface across the entire void fill.

    Overview of quality assessment

    The quality of vegetation offset removal was manually assessed on a 1/8 ×1/8 degree grid. Issues with the vegetation removal were identified and recorded in ancillary data layers. The assessment was based on visible artefacts rather than comparison with reference data so relies on the detection of artefacts by edges.

    The issues identified were:

    \* vegetation offsets are still visible (not fully removed)

    \* vegetation offset overestimated

    \* linear vegetation offset not fully removed

    \* incomplete removal of built infrastructure and other minor issues

    DEM Ancillary data layers

    The vegetation removal and assessment process produced two ancillary data layers:

    \* A shapefile of 1/8 × 1/8 degree tiles indicating which tiles have been affected by vegetation removal and any issue noted with the vegetation offset removal

    \* A difference surface showing the vegetation offset that has been removed; this shows the effect of vegetation on heights as observed by the SRTM radar

    instrument and is related to vegetation height, density and structure.

    The water and void fill masks for the 1 second DSM were also applied to the DEM. Further information is provided in the User Guide (Geoscience Australia and CSIRO Land & Water, 2010).

    Resampling to 3 seconds

    The 1 second SRTM derived Digital Elevation Model (DEM) was resampled to 3 seconds of arc (90m) in ArcGIS software using aggregation tool. This tool determines a new cell value based on multiplying the cell resolution by a factor of the input (in this case three) and determines the mean value of input cells with the new extent of the cell (i.e. Mean value of the 3x3 input cells). The 3 second SRTM was converted to integer format for the national mosaic to make the file size more manageable. It does not affect the accuracy of the data at this resolution. Further information on the processing is provided in the User Guide (Geoscience Australia and CSIRO Land & Water, 2010).

    Further information can be found at http://www.ga.gov.au/metadata-gateway/metadata/record/gcat_aac46307-fce9-449d-e044-00144fdd4fa6/SRTM-derived+3+Second+Digital+Elevation+Models+Version+1.0

    Dataset Citation

    Geoscience Australia (2010) Geoscience Australia, 3 second SRTM Digital Elevation Model (DEM) v01. Bioregional Assessment Source Dataset. Viewed 11 December 2018, http://data.bioregionalassessments.gov.au/dataset/12e0731d-96dd-49cc-aa21-ebfd65a3f67a.

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    Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for basin B2

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    Updated Nov 19, 2025
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    U.S. Geological Survey (2025). Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for basin B2 [Dataset]. https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/digital-elevation-model-dem-for-basin-b2
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    Nov 19, 2025
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    U.S. Geological Survey
    Description

    Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) flights were conducted over four stream catchments in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, during the summer of 2016. Two sties had active oil and gas operations within the basin whereas the other two sites did not. Structure from motion (SfM) was used to align raw images and create a dense point cloud, georectified orthoimage, and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for each basin. A Digital Terrain Model (DTM), or bare earth model, for each basin was created by reclassifying the dense point cloud as either bare ground or other (vegetation, oil and gas infrastructure, etc.) and interpolating the land surface between bare ground points. Ideally, the DTM would always be equal or lower than the DEM; however, the interpolated surface can sometimes be higher than the DEM if bare ground points surround depressions with vegetation or in thick vegetation strands with an undulating surface. Therefore, a final surface model, created by merging the DTM with the DEM for all areas where the DTM was greater than the DEM, was produced for each basin. Lastly, a random forest classification approach was used to classify the orthoimagery on a pixel level into five vegetation/land cover classifications - bare ground, grass, litter, shrub/woody vegetation, and shadow.

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    Digital Surface Model (high DEM resolution)

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    Updated Jan 11, 2024
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    Administration de la navigation aérienne (2024). Digital Surface Model (high DEM resolution) [Dataset]. https://data.public.lu/en/datasets/digital-surface-model-high-dem-resolution/
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    Dataset updated
    Jan 11, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Administration de la navigation aérienne
    License

    CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedicationhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    In the scope of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requiring countries and airports to provide electronic Terrain and Obstacle Data (eTOD), the Administration de la navigation aérienne has been tasked by the Government to take the steps necessary to comply with this requirement. This Digital Surface Model (DSM) is the result of a first LIDAR survey flight that has been done in October 2017 and is of a higher resolution than required by ICAO, thus for general purpose. For this reason this DSM also uses the national reference systems LUREF and NGL. The data itself is split up in 4 different areas, which are specified as follows: Area 1: The entire territory of Luxembourg; Area 2: Terminal Control Area (this area is larger than the territory of Luxembourg); Area 3: Aerodrome movement area; Area 4: Category II or III operations (Runway 24). The different areas come with different numerical requirements, such as data accuracy and resolution. Follow the links in the description or consult metadata for further Information.

  11. LIDAR Composite Digital Terrain Model (DTM) - 1m

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    Updated Dec 15, 2023
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    Environment Agency (2023). LIDAR Composite Digital Terrain Model (DTM) - 1m [Dataset]. https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/13787b9a-26a4-4775-8523-806d13af58fc
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    Dec 15, 2023
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Environment Agencyhttps://www.gov.uk/ea
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
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    Description

    The LIDAR Composite DTM (Digital Terrain Model) is a raster elevation model covering ~99% of England at 1m spatial resolution. The DTM (Digital Terrain Model) is produced from the last or only laser pulse returned to the sensor. We remove surface objects from the Digital Surface Model (DSM), using bespoke algorithms and manual editing of the data, to produce a terrain model of just the surface.

    Produced by the Environment Agency in 2022, the DTM is derived from a combination of our Time Stamped archive and National LIDAR Programme surveys, which have been merged and re-sampled to give the best possible coverage. Where repeat surveys have been undertaken the newest, best resolution data is used. Where data was resampled a bilinear interpolation was used before being merged.

    The 2022 LIDAR Composite contains surveys undertaken between 6th June 2000 and 2nd April 2022. Please refer to the metadata index catalgoues which show for any location which survey was used in the production of the LIDAR composite.

    The data is available to download as GeoTiff rasters in 5km tiles aligned to the OS National grid. The data is presented in metres, referenced to Ordinance Survey Newlyn and using the OSTN’15 transformation method. All individual LIDAR surveys going into the production of the composite had a vertical accuracy of +/-15cm RMSE.

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    Continental Europe Digital Terrain Model

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    Updated Sep 13, 2022
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    OpenTopography (2022). Continental Europe Digital Terrain Model [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5069/G99021ZF
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    Dataset updated
    Sep 13, 2022
    Dataset provided by
    OpenTopography
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 2000 - Dec 31, 2018
    Area covered
    Variables measured
    Area, Unit, RasterResolution
    Dataset funded by
    The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency
    Description

    This Digital Terrain Model (DTM) for Continental Europe was derived using Ensemble Machine Learning (EML) with publicly available Digital Surface Models. EML was trained using GEDI level 2B points (Level 2A; "elev_lowestmode") and ICESat-2 (ATL08; "h_te_mean"). About 9 million points were overlaid vs MERITDEM, AW3D30, GLO-30, EU DEM, GLAD canopy height, tree cover and surface water cover maps. An ensemble prediction model (mlr package in R) was fitted using random forest, Cubist and GLM, and used to predict the most probable terrain height (bare earth).

    The predicted elevations are based on the GEDI data hence the reference water surface (WGS84 ellipsoid) is about 43 m higher than the sea water surface for a specific EU country. Before modeling, reference elevations were corrected to the Earth Gravitational Model 2008 (EGM2008) by using the 5-arcdegree resolution correction surface (Pavlis et al, 2012).

    Details on the work to create this dataset can be found here:

    NOTE:This dataset has been converted from its original units of decimeters to meters to aid comparisons with other datasets in the OpenTopography catalog.

  13. Smoothed Digital Elevation Model (DEM) - 1 arc second resolution - Clipped...

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    Updated Dec 9, 2018
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    Bioregional Assessment Program (2018). Smoothed Digital Elevation Model (DEM) - 1 arc second resolution - Clipped to Galilee Subregion extent [Dataset]. https://researchdata.edu.au/smoothed-digital-elevation-subregion-extent/2993521
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    Dataset updated
    Dec 9, 2018
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    Data.govhttps://data.gov/
    Authors
    Bioregional Assessment Program
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Description

    Abstract

    The dataset was derived by the Bioregional Assessment Programme from the 1 second SRTM Digital Elevation Model (DEM) dataset. The source dataset is identified in the Lineage field in this metadata statement. The processes undertaken to produce this derived dataset are described in the History field in this metadata statement.

    A clipped version of the Australia wide 1 second -S DEM, version 1, which limits the size to the rectangular extent of the Galilee Basin Subregion, enhancing speed and efficiency for visualisation and processing.

    The metadata for the Geoscience Australia 1 sec SRTM is below:

    The 1 second DSM, DEM, DEM-S and DEM-H are national elevation data products derived from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data. The SRTM data is not suitable for routine application due to various artefacts and noise.

    The data has been treated with several processes to produce more usable products:

    \* A cleaned digital surface model (DSM)

    \* regular grid representing ground surface topography as well as other features including vegetation and man-made structures

    \* A bare-earth digital elevation model (DEM)

    \* regular grid representing ground surface topography, and where possible, excluding other features such as vegetation and man-made structures.

    \* A smoothed digital elevation model (DEM-S)

    \* A smoothed DEM based on the bare-earth DEM that has been adaptively smoothed to reduce random noise typically associated with the SRTM data in low relief areas.

    \* A hydrologically enforced digital elevation model (DEM-H)

    \* A hydrologically enforced DEM is based on DEM-S that has had drainage lines imposed and been further smoothed using the ANUDEM interpolation software.

    The last product, a hydrologically enforced DEM, is most similar to the DEMs commonly in use around Australia, such as the GEODATA 9 Second DEM and the 25 m resolution DEMs produced by State and Territory agencies from digitised topographic maps.

    For any analysis where surface shape is important, one of the smoothed DEMs (DEM-S or DEM-H) should be used. DEM-S is preferred for shape and vertical accuracy and DEM-H for hydrological connectivity. The DSM is suitable if you want to see the vegetation as well as the land surface height. There are few cases where DEM is the best data source, unless access to a less processed product is necessary.

    The 1 second DEM (in its various incarnations) has quite different characteristics to DEMs derived by interpolation from topographic data. Those DEMs are typically quite smooth and are based on fairly accurate but sparse source data, usually contours and spot heights supplemented by drainage lines. The SRTM data is derived from radar measurements that are dense (there is essentially a measurement at almost every grid cell) but noisy.

    Version 1.0 of the DSM was released in early 2009 and version 1.0 of the DEM was released in late 2009. Version 1.0 of the DEM-S was released in July 2010 and version 1.0 of the hydrologically enforced DEM-H was released in October 2011. These products provide substantial improvements in the quality and consistency of the data relative to the original SRTM data, but are not free from artefacts. Improved products will be released over time.

    The 3 second products were derived from the 1 second data and version 1.0 was released in August 2010. Future releases of these products will occur when the 1 second products have been improved. At this stage there is no 3 second DEM-H product, which requires re-interpolation with drainage enforcement at that resolution.

    Purpose

    To enhance the speed and efficiency for visualisation and processing of the smoothed 1 second DEM data within the Galilee Basin Subregion

    Dataset History

    The original, Australia wide, 1 second smoothed DEM was clipped to rectangular extents of the Galilee subregion using the Spatial Analyst 'Extract By Rectangle' tool in ESRI ArcCatalog v10.0 with the following parameters:

    Input raster: source 1 second SRTM

    Extent: Galilee Basin subregion polygon

    Extraction Area: INSIDE

    'no data' values are created outside the clip extent therefore the extent of the dataset may still reflect the national DEM extent in ArcCatalog. Check the tool details for more info.

    The lineage of the source 1 second SRTM is below:

    The following datasets were used to derive this version of the 1 second DEM products:

    Source data

    1. SRTM 1 second Version 2 data (Slater et al., 2006), supplied by Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (DIGO) as 813 1 x 1 degree tiles. Data were produced by NASA from radar data collected by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission in February 2000.

    2. GEODATA 9 second DEM Version 3 (Geoscience Australia, 2008) used to fill voids.

    3. SRTM Water Body Data (SWBD) shapefile accompanying the SRTM data (Slater et al., 2006). This defines the coastline and larger inland waterbodies for the DEM and DSM.

    4. Vegetation masks and water masks applied to the DEM to remove vegetation.

    Full metadata, methodologies and lineage descriptions can be found in the PDF userguide within this dataset.

    Dataset Citation

    Bioregional Assessment Programme (2014) Smoothed Digital Elevation Model (DEM) - 1 arc second resolution - Clipped to Galilee Subregion extent. Bioregional Assessment Derived Dataset. Viewed 10 December 2018, http://data.bioregionalassessments.gov.au/dataset/0fe257aa-8845-4183-9d05-5b48edd98f34.

    Dataset Ancestors

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    DEM and DSM Data Based on Leaf-off Lidar for the Core Area in CHEESEHEAD...

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    • ckanprod.data-commons.k8s.ucar.edu
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    Updated Oct 7, 2025
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    Philip Townsend; Ting Zheng (2025). DEM and DSM Data Based on Leaf-off Lidar for the Core Area in CHEESEHEAD Domain [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.26023/19J9-8S9N-S50Y
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    Dataset updated
    Oct 7, 2025
    Authors
    Philip Townsend; Ting Zheng
    Time period covered
    Jun 24, 2019 - Oct 11, 2019
    Area covered
    Description

    This dataset provides the digital elevation model (DEM) and digital surface model (DSM) for CHEESEHEAD core study area (10km ×10km). DEM and DSM are projected to WGS 84 / UTM zone 15N (EPSG:32615) at 1m spatial resolution. The unit for the height is foot. The DEM and DSM are mosaics from tiles for three counties: Ashland (2019), Iron (2019), and Price (2018). All the tiles are derived from leaf-off lidar point cloud collected by USGS and can be found at https://geodata.wisc.edu/?f%5Bdct_provenance_s%5D%5B%5D=WisconsinView . Tiles used in this dataset and quality for each tile are recorded in tile_lookup.csv The GeoData@Wisconsin is an online geoportal that provides discovery and access to Wisconsin geospatial data, imagery, and scanned maps. It is developed and maintained by the UW-Madison Geography Department's Robinson Map Library and State Cartographer's Office.

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    Copernicus GLO-90 Digital Elevation Model

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    Updated Apr 22, 2021
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    OpenTopography (2021). Copernicus GLO-90 Digital Elevation Model [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5069/G9028PQB
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    rasterAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Apr 22, 2021
    Dataset provided by
    OpenTopography
    Time period covered
    Jan 1, 2011 - Jul 1, 2015
    Area covered
    Variables measured
    Area, Unit, RasterResolution
    Dataset funded by
    European Space Agency
    Description

    The Copernicus DEM is a Digital Surface Model (DSM) which represents the surface of the Earth including buildings, infrastructure and vegetation. This DSM is derived from an edited DSM named WorldDEM, where flattening of water bodies and consistent flow of rivers has been included. In addition, editing of shore- and coastlines, special features such as airports, and implausible terrain structures has also been applied.

    The WorldDEM product is based on the radar satellite data acquired during the TanDEM-X Mission, which is funded by a Public Private Partnership between the German State, represented by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and Airbus Defence and Space. OpenTopography is providing access to the global GLO-90 Defence Gridded Elevation Data (DGED) 2023_1 version of the data hosted by ESA via the PRISM service. Details on the Copernicus DSM can be found on this ESA site.


    Important Notes:
    • Previous to July 23rd 2024, OpenTopography was providing access to the Copernicus data through the public AWS S3 bucket established by Sinergise. As of July 23rd 2024, Opentopography is providing the DGED 2023_1 version of GLO-90 as downloaded directly from ESA
    • The original gridded data from ESA is in geographic coordinates where the longitudinal cell spacing increases as a function of latitude for regions north of 50N and south of 50S. For more details see the Grid Spacing section of the Copernicus DEM handbook. In order to keep the pixel dimensions uniform, OpenTopography resamples data north of 50 degrees latitude and south of -50 degrees latitude in order to output a consistent 3 Arc-second product for data accessed through the web-interface or API. Users who need data north of 50N or south of 50S, and prefer to use the original, longitude-varying grid spacing can download cloud optimized geotiff (COG) versions of the tiles from our bulk download interface, or download the original data directly from ESA.
    • The GLO-90 datasets are available on a free basis for the general public under the terms and conditions of the Copernicus license found here.

  16. Digital Terrain and Surface Models of São Paulo

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    Updated Feb 6, 2022
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    Fernando Gomes (2022). Digital Terrain and Surface Models of São Paulo [Dataset]. https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/andasampa/dtm-dsm-sao-paulo
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    zip(32980040227 bytes)Available download formats
    Dataset updated
    Feb 6, 2022
    Authors
    Fernando Gomes
    License

    Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    São Paulo
    Description

    Dataset

    This dataset was created by Fernando Gomes

    Released under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

    Contents

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    LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM) - 2m

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    • ckan.publishing.service.gov.uk
    Updated Dec 15, 2023
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    Environment Agency (2023). LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM) - 2m [Dataset]. https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/f083c5dc-504f-4428-9811-a1b2519fa279
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    Dataset updated
    Dec 15, 2023
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Environment Agency
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    The LIDAR Composite DSM (Digital Surface Model) is a raster elevation model covering ~99% of England at 2m spatial resolution. The DSM (Digital Surface Model) is produced from the last or only laser pulse returned to the sensor and includes heights of objects, such as vehicles, buildings and vegetation, as well as the terrain surface

    Produced by the Environment Agency in 2022, the DSM is derived from a combination of our Time Stamped archive and National LIDAR Programme surveys, which have been merged and re-sampled to give the best possible coverage. Where repeat surveys have been undertaken the newest, best resolution data is used. Where data was resampled a bilinear interpolation was used before being merged.

    The 2022 LIDAR Composite contains surveys undertaken between 6th June 2000 and 2nd April 2022. Please refer to the metadata index catalgoues which show for any location which survey was used in the production of the LIDAR composite.

    The data is available to download as GeoTiff rasters in 5km tiles aligned to the OS National grid. The data is presented in metres, referenced to Ordinance Survey Newlyn and using the OSTN’15 transformation method. All individual LIDAR surveys going into the production of the composite had a vertical accuracy of +/-15cm RMSE.

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    LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM) - 1m

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    Environment Agency (2023). LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM) - 1m [Dataset]. https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/9ba4d5ac-d596-445a-9056-dae3ddec0178
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    Dataset updated
    Dec 15, 2023
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Environment Agency
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    The LIDAR Composite DSM (Digital Surface Model) is a raster elevation model covering ~99% of England at 1m spatial resolution. The DSM (Digital Surface Model) is produced from the last or only laser pulse returned to the sensor and includes heights of objects, such as vehicles, buildings and vegetation, as well as the terrain surface

    Produced by the Environment Agency in 2022, the DSM is derived from a combination of our Time Stamped archive and National LIDAR Programme surveys, which have been merged and re-sampled to give the best possible coverage. Where repeat surveys have been undertaken the newest, best resolution data is used. Where data was resampled a bilinear interpolation was used before being merged.

    The 2022 LIDAR Composite contains surveys undertaken between 6th June 2000 and 2nd April 2022. Please refer to the metadata index catalogue which show for any location which survey was used in the production of the LIDAR composite.

    The data is available to download as GeoTiff rasters in 5km tiles aligned to the OS National grid. The data is presented in metres, referenced to Ordinance Survey Newlyn and using the OSTN’15 transformation method. All individual LIDAR surveys going into the production of the composite had a vertical accuracy of +/-15cm RMSE.

  19. High-Resolution Radar Imagery, Digital Elevation Models, and Related GIS...

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    Updated Mar 31, 2025
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    nasa.gov (2025). High-Resolution Radar Imagery, Digital Elevation Models, and Related GIS Layers for Barrow, Alaska, USA, Version 1 [Dataset]. https://data.nasa.gov/dataset/high-resolution-radar-imagery-digital-elevation-models-and-related-gis-layers-for-barrow-a
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    Mar 31, 2025
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    NASAhttp://nasa.gov/
    Area covered
    Utqiagvik, Alaska, United States
    Description

    This product set contains high-resolution Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IFSAR) imagery and geospatial data for the Barrow Peninsula (155.39 - 157.48 deg W, 70.86 - 71.47 deg N) and Barrow Triangle (156.13 - 157.08 deg W, 71.14 - 71.42 deg N), for use in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing software. The primary IFSAR data sets were acquired by Intermap Technologies from 27 to 29 July 2002, and consist of Orthorectified Radar Imagery (ORRI), a Digital Surface Model (DSM), and a Digital Terrain Model (DTM). Derived data layers include aspect, shaded relief, and slope-angle grids (floating-point binary and ArcInfo grid format), as well as a vector layer of contour lines (ESRI Shapefile format). Also available are accessory layers compiled from other sources: 1:250,000- and 1:63,360-scale USGS Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) mosaic images (GeoTIFF format); 1:250,000- and 1:63,360-scale USGS quadrangle index maps (ESRI Shapefile format); a quarter-quadrangle index map for the 26 IFSAR tiles (ESRI Shapefile format); and a simple polygon layer of the extent of the Barrow Peninsula (ESRI Shapefile format). Unmodified IFSAR data comprise 26 data tiles across UTM zones 4 and 5. The DSM and DTM tiles (5 m resolution) are provided in floating-point binary format with header and projection files. The ORRI tiles (1.25 m resolution) are available in GeoTIFF format. FGDC-compliant metadata for all data sets are provided in text, HTML, and XML formats, along with the Intermap License Agreement and product handbook. The baseline geospatial data support education, outreach, and multi-disciplinary research of environmental change in Barrow, which is an area of focused scientific interest. Data are provided on five DVDs, available through licensing only to National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded investigators. An NSF award number must be provided when ordering data.

  20. U

    Topographic digital surface model (DSM) for Whiskeytown Lake and surrounding...

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    • s.cnmilf.com
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    Updated Jun 3, 2019
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    Joshua Logan; Peter Dartnell; Amy East; Andrew Ritchie (2019). Topographic digital surface model (DSM) for Whiskeytown Lake and surrounding area, 2019-06-03 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5066/P9HEDYNT
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    Jun 3, 2019
    Dataset provided by
    United States Geological Surveyhttp://www.usgs.gov/
    Authors
    Joshua Logan; Peter Dartnell; Amy East; Andrew Ritchie
    License

    U.S. Government Workshttps://www.usa.gov/government-works
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    Jun 3, 2019
    Area covered
    Whiskeytown Lake
    Description

    This portion of the data release presents a digital surface model (DSM) and hillshade of Whiskeytown Lake and the surrounding area derived from Structure from Motion (SfM) processing of aerial imagery acquired on 2019-06-03. Unlike a digital elevation model (DEM), the DSM represents the elevation of the highest object within the bounds of a cell. Vegetation, buildings and other objects have not been removed from the data. In addition, data artifacts resulting from noise and vegetation in the original imagery have not been removed. However, in unvegetated areas such as reservoir shorelines and deltas, the DSM is equivalent to a DEM because it represents the ground surface elevation. The raw imagery used to create this DSM was acquired from a manned aircraft on 2019-06-03. The acquisition flight was conducted by The 111th Group Aerial Photography, using a Nikon D850 camera. The acquisition covered two areas-of-interest (AOI) at different scales. The AOI for this dataset (referred to ...

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(2022). High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) - CanElevation Series [Dataset]. https://catalogue.arctic-sdi.org/geonetwork/srv/resources/datasets/957782bf-847c-4644-a757-e383c0057995

High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) - CanElevation Series

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Description

The High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) product is derived from airborne LiDAR data (mainly in the south) and satellite images in the north. The complete coverage of the Canadian territory is gradually being established. It includes a Digital Terrain Model (DTM), a Digital Surface Model (DSM) and other derived data. For DTM datasets, derived data available are slope, aspect, shaded relief, color relief and color shaded relief maps and for DSM datasets, derived data available are shaded relief, color relief and color shaded relief maps. The productive forest line is used to separate the northern and the southern parts of the country. This line is approximate and may change based on requirements. In the southern part of the country (south of the productive forest line), DTM and DSM datasets are generated from airborne LiDAR data. They are offered at a 1 m or 2 m resolution and projected to the UTM NAD83 (CSRS) coordinate system and the corresponding zones. The datasets at a 1 m resolution cover an area of 10 km x 10 km while datasets at a 2 m resolution cover an area of 20 km by 20 km. In the northern part of the country (north of the productive forest line), due to the low density of vegetation and infrastructure, only DSM datasets are generally generated. Most of these datasets have optical digital images as their source data. They are generated at a 2 m resolution using the Polar Stereographic North coordinate system referenced to WGS84 horizontal datum or UTM NAD83 (CSRS) coordinate system. Each dataset covers an area of 50 km by 50 km. For some locations in the north, DSM and DTM datasets can also be generated from airborne LiDAR data. In this case, these products will be generated with the same specifications as those generated from airborne LiDAR in the southern part of the country. The HRDEM product is referenced to the Canadian Geodetic Vertical Datum of 2013 (CGVD2013), which is now the reference standard for heights across Canada. Source data for HRDEM datasets is acquired through multiple projects with different partners. Since data is being acquired by project, there is no integration or edgematching done between projects. The tiles are aligned within each project. The product High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) is part of the CanElevation Series created in support to the National Elevation Data Strategy implemented by NRCan. Collaboration is a key factor to the success of the National Elevation Data Strategy. Refer to the “Supporting Document” section to access the list of the different partners including links to their respective data.

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