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.DEFRA Data Services Platform Metadata URLDefra Network WMS server provided by the Environment Agency

LiDAR — Light Detection and Ranging is a mapping technique, which uses a laser to measure the distance between the sensor and the ground. Up to 100,000 measurements per second are made of the ground, allowing highly detailed terrain models to be generated at spatial resolutions of between 25cm and 2 metres. UBDC’s 2003 dataset provided by Bluesky International Ltd, 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.

These accurate models have uses for local government planners who need detailed structural plans of the city. LiDAR is also regularly used by archaeologists, computer scientists, and civil engineering companies. UBDC holds 1m LiDAR Digital terrain model (DTM) and digital surface model (DSM) off-the-shelf data for 262 sq km covering Glasgow. Data can be used for research in urban morphology and green analysis, flood risk modelling, solar radiation assessment and more.

Additional LiDAR data in Scotland is available from the Scottish Remote Sensing portal

Glasgow City Council also has 3D building models, that are openly available for everyone to use

Access and Restrictions

UBDC shares the LiDAR 2003 data from Bluesky International Ltd. Data available for non-commercial academic research under UBDC’s End User Licence Agreement. Teaching use not permitted.

Access to the Data

In order to access LiDAR Data, please get in touch with UBDC using the UBDC Data Application Form

The LIDAR DTM (Digital Terrain Model) Time Stamped Tiles product is an archive of raster elevation data produced by the Environment Agency. Site specific LIDAR surveys have been carried out across England since 1998, with certain areas, such as the coastal zone, being surveyed multiple times. Data is available at varying resolutions of 25cm, 50cm, 1m and 2m, depending on project requirements.

The DTM (Digital Terrain Model) is produced from the last return LIDAR signal. 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.

Available to download as GeoTiff rasters in 5km zipfiles, data is presented in metres, referenced to Ordnance Survey Newlyn and data aligned to the OS Grid. All LIDAR data has a vertical accuracy of +/-15cm RMSE. The transformation used on the data is specific to the time period of survey.

Please refer to the metadata index catalogue which show, for any location, what time stamped data is available, the specific dates of survey, resolution of product and what transformation and geoidal model used.

Terrain (DTM) & Surface (DSM) elevation models of river basins derived from airborne LIDAR survey systems. A Digital Terrain Model (DTM) is a digital file consisting of a grid of regularly spaced points of known height which, when used with other digital data such as maps or orthophotographs, can provide a 3D image of the land surface. This data is typically provided in tiles of 1km x 1km, each containing elevations in a 1m x 1m grid. Tiles are grouped and can be downloaded by area as shown on the index ‘River Basin LIDAR-Coverage Map’. Data acquired in 2009 & 2010 also contains Point Cloud files, a closely spaced (0.2m) irregular grid of elevations from which the 1m x1m grids were derived. By download or use of this dataset you agree to abide by the Open Government Data Licence. This data is not a supported LPS product, supporting documentation has been provided to assist / offer guidance on the data itself.

LIDAR is an airborne terrain mapping system, which uses a laser to measure the distance between the aircraft and the ground. This technique results in the production of cost effective terrain maps with a height accuracy of 10 to 15cm. Typically with spot heights between 1 to 4 metres spatially on the land surface. CASI is used to provide information on the colour of the environment. It is designed to provide a flexible system which is easy to transport and straightforward to install and operate in small aircraft. It can be used for detailed studies of the spectral characteristics of ground or water targets, which are imaged instantaneously in a large number of spectral wavebands (up to 288), covering the visible and near infra-red regions of the spectrum, between 430 nm and 870 nm. Spatial resolution can be varied from one to ten metres, depending on the flying altitude and lens configuration. New LIDAR and CASI data sets are being gathered from parts of England and Wales all the time. For details on coverage and extent contact the National Centre.

The Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme provides accurate elevation data at 1m spatial resolution for all of England.

In 2017 we divided the country into 302 survey blocks covering all of England which were subsequently captured during the winter months (approximately November to April each year) between January 2017 and February 2023. These are known as our 'Phase 1' national lidar programme surveys.

Subsequently we have undertaken repeat surveys of specific blocks based on the on-going requirements for upto date elevation data. Each repeat survey block is given a new incrementing phase number, for example the second time we capture a block this is that blocks 'phase 2' whilst the 3rd time will be 'phase 3'. There is not curretly a plan to capture all the origianl phase 1 survey blocks over a rolling programme with repeat surveys be based on the requirements for upto date elevation data for an area.

All data is published through the DEFRA Data Services survey portal on a quartely on-going bases and a number of different products area available for each survey block. All products are available in 5km tiles aligned to the ordnance survey grid. The tiles are named by the unique survey id, OS grid reference and the first and last survey date of the survey id (P_XXXXX_OSOSOS_SDFLOWN_EDFLOWN.*). The surface models are available in GeoTiff raster format whilst the point cloud is available in *.laz. An index catalogue is also available with provides survey specific information about each tile.

Outlined below is a description of each product that is available for each survey block:

LIDAR Point Cloud: is the discrete LIDAR returns that are used in the creation of the surface models. Supplied in *.laz format they the discrete LIDAR returns have been classified into ground, low, medium and high vegetation classes using an automated classification process.

Digital Surface Model(s) (DSM) are created from the last or only LIDAR pulse returned to the sensor and contains all ground and surface objects.

Digital Terrain Model(s) (DTM) is created from the last return LIDAR pulse classified as ground, filtering out surface objects. Manual filtering is undertaken on the DTM to improve the automated classification routines to produce a most likely ground surface model. Areas of no data, such as water bodies, are also filled to ensure there are no gaps in the model.

First Return Digital Surface Model(s) (FZ DSM) is created from the either the first or only LIDAR pulse returned to the sensor and contains all ground and surface objects. It is more likely to return elevations from the top or near top of trees and the edges of buildings. It can often be used in canopy height modelling and production of building outlines.

Intensity Surface Model(s) (Int DSM) is a measure of the amount of laser light from each laser pulse reflecting from an object. This reflectivity is a function of the near infrared wavelength used and varies with the composition of the surface object reflecting the return and angle of incidence.The intensity surface model produces a grayscale image where darker surfaces such as roads reflect less light than other surfaces such as vegetation.

This data is no longer available on the Defra Data Services Platform.

Visit Scottish Remote Sensing Portal to access the latest LIDAR data for Scotland: https://remotesensingdata.gov.scot/data#/list

This metadata record is for Approval for Access product AfA458. Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is an airborne mapping technique, which uses a laser to measure the distance between the aircraft and the ground. Up to 100,000 measurements per second are made of the ground, allowing highly detailed terrain models to be generated at spatial resolutions of between 25cm and 2 metres. The Environment Agency’s LIDAR data archive contains digital elevation data derived from surveys carried out by the Environment Agency's specialist remote sensing team. This dataset is derived from a combination of our full dataset which has been merged and re-sampled to give the best possible coverage. Data is available at 2m, 1m, 50cm, and 25cm resolution. 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. The dataset can be presented as an ESRI Binary Grid which contains height values, or as a georeferenced JPEG which is an image showing what LIDAR looks like when loaded into specialist software. Attribution statement: Visit Scottish Remote Sensing Portal for information.

Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data was collected by The Geoinformation Group using LiDAR-equipped survey aircraft for the main urban conurbations of England and Wales (including London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow) as part of the Cities Revealed project, and made available through the Landmap service. The GeoInformation Group (TGG) has processed the data so that they are available as Digital Terrain Models (ground surface only) and Digital Surface/Elevation Models (the ground and all features on it), both geographic databases with height and surface measurement information in the form of regular grids with intervals of 1 or 2 m. In addition, some First Pass and Last Pass data are available. The First Pass data provides height values for the top of the canopy (i.e. buildings, trees etc.) while the Last Pulse data provides height values for the bottom of the canopy and provides information about the shape of the terrain. The data are available in img format. The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) funded Landmap service which ran from 2001 to July 2014 collected and hosted a large amount of earth observation data for the majority of the UK, part of which was elevation data. After removal of JISC funding in 2013, the Landmap service is no longer operational, with the data now held at the NEODC. When using the data please also add the following copyright statement: Cities Revealed © The GeoInformation Group yyyy

Orthophotography is aerial imagery that has been geometrically corrected. An orthophoto is an image that is free of distortion, and which is characterised by a uniform scale over its entire surface - it has been ortho-rectified. Orthophotography was captured as part of the 2021 NI 3D Coastal Survey. Coverage extends across the entire Northern Ireland coastline, including the intertidal area, and extending approximately 200 meters landward of the high water mark. Colour Infrared orthophotography imagery was captured with a 10cm resolution.

The LIDAR Composite First Return DSM (Digital Surface Model) is a raster elevation model covering ~99% of England at 1m spatial resolution. The first return DSM is produced from the first 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 where the first or only return was the ground.

Produced by the Environment Agency in 2022, the first return DSM is derived from data captured as part of our national LIDAR programme between 11 November 2016 and 5th May 2022. This programme divided England into ~300 blocks for survey over continuous winters from 2016 onwards. These surveys are merged together to create the first return LIDAR composite using a feathering technique along the overlaps to remove any small differences in elevation between surveys. Please refer to the metadata index catalgoues which show for any location which survey was used in the production of the LIDAR composite.

The first return DSM will not match in coverage or extent of the LIDAR composite last return digital surface model (LZ_DSM) as the last return DSM composite is produced from both the national LIDAR programme and Timeseries surveys.

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.

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.

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA439. A habitat map derived from airborne data, specifically CASI (Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager) and LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data. The habitat map is a polygon shapefile showing site relevant habitat classes. Geographical coverage is incomplete because of limits in data available. It includes those areas where the Environment Agency, Natural England and the Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme have carried out sufficient aerial and ground surveys in England. The habitat map is derived from CASI multispectral data, LIDAR elevation data and other GIS products. The classification uses ground data from sites collected near to the time of CASI capture. We use ground data to identify the characteristics of the different habitats in the CASI and LIDAR data. These characteristics are then used to classify the remaining areas into one of the different habitats. Habitat maps generated by Geomatics are often derived using multiple data sources (e.g. CASI, LIDAR and OS-base mapping data), which may or may not have been captured coincidentally. In instances where datasets are not coincidentally captured there may be some errors brought about by seasonal, developmental or anthropological change in the habitat. The collection of ground data used in the classification has some limitations. It has not been collected at the same time as CASI or LIDAR capture; it is normally within a couple of months of CASI capture. Some variations between the CASI data and situation on site at the time of ground data collection are possible. A good spatial coverage of ground data around the site is recommended, although not always practically achievable. For a class to be mapped on site there must have been samples collected for it on site. If the class is not seen on site or samples are not collected for a class, it cannot be mapped. No quantitative accuracy assessment has been carried out on the habitat map, although the classification was trained using ground data and the final habitat map has been critically evaluated using Aerial Photography captured simultaneously with the CASI data by the processors and independently by habitat specialists. Please note that this content contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right [2014] and you must ensure that a similar attribution statement is contained in any sub-licences of the Information that you grant, together with a requirement that any further sub-licences do the same. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

This is a web map service (WMS) of Digital Terrain Model (DTM) data in South West England at a 1m resolution. The DTM covers an area of 9424 km2 that includes all the land west of Exmouth (i.e. west of circa 3 degrees 21 minutes West). The DTM represents the topographic model (height) of the bare earth. The dataset is a part of outcomes from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology South West (SW) Project.

This dataset is no longer available on the Data Services Platform. New version of the LIDAR Composite DSM data is available here: https://environment.data.gov.uk/searchresults;query=lidar%20composite%202020;searchtype=All;page=1;pagesize=20;orderby=Relevancy The LIDAR Composite DTM (Digital Terrain Model) is a raster elevation model covering areas of England at 25cm spatial resolution. Produced by the Environment Agency in 2017, this dataset is derived from a combination of our full time stamped archive, which has been merged and re-sampled to give the best possible coverage. Where repeat surveys have been undertaken the newest, best resolution data is used. The composite is updated on an annual basis to include the latest surveys. The DTM (Digital Terrain Model) is produced from the last return LIDAR signal. 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. Available to download as ASCII files in 5km grids, data is presented in metres, referenced to Ordinance Survey Newlyn, using the OSTN’15 transformation. All LIDAR data has a vertical accuracy of +/-15cm RMSE. A tinted shaded relief, which is an image showing what LIDAR looks like when loaded into specialist software, is also available as a WMS feed. You can also download survey index files which shows, for any location, what Time Stamped survey went into the production of the LIDAR composite. Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is an airborne mapping technique, which uses a laser to measure the distance between the aircraft and the ground. Up to 500,000 measurements per second are made of the ground, allowing highly detailed terrain models to be generated at spatial resolutions of between 25cm and 2 metres. The Environment Agency’s open data LIDAR archives includes the Point Cloud data, and derived raster surface models of survey specific areas and composites of the best data available in any location. To find out more about LIDAR and the various surface models we produce please read our story map This metadata record is for Approval for Access product AfA458. Attribution statement: (c) Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2019. All rights reserved. Attribution Statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2019. All rights reserved.

The Environment Agency LIDAR Ground Truth surveys dataset is an archive of elevation points and attribute information that have been independently surveyed to verify the accuracy of the EA's LIDAR timestamped surveys. Captured by various independent surveyors, a ground truth survey is a collection of a few hundred points captured on a flat, unambiguous surface such as a tarmac car park or tennis court using GPS. Each ground truth point has an accuracy of +/-3cm R.M.S.E and contains attribute information such as the date of survey, surface type, survey method and transformation and geoidal models used. A ground truth survey may potentially be used for multiple LIDAR surveys provided it is less than 5 years old, or 3 years for coastal projects.

The LIDAR timestamped survey is compared against the ground truth survey to assess the Root Mean Square Error (R.M.S.E), standard deviation and random error of the LIDAR. All LIDAR surveys must report an error of less than +/-15cm RMSE and 10cm for standard deviation and random error to pass quality control. For the specific ground truth results for a LIDAR survey please contact us.

The Historic Environment Division (HED) acquired LIDAR over a six year period from 2008 to 2014 to assist with the interpretation and protection of archaeological landscapes in Northern Ireland. A total area of approximately 130km2 was surveyed during this period across 39 sites. The data is provided “as is” under an Open Government Licence and is not supported. LIDAR Airborne LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), also known as Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) is a landscape survey technique that uses a laser beam transmitted in rapid pulses from an aircraft in order to accurately measure the distance between the aircraft and the ground. The laser pulses allow measurements to be taken in the order of 100,000 times per second with a vertical accuracy of 0.5cm which produces a dense cloud of points which can then be interpolated to produce an accurate three dimensional model of the landscape below. In this instance surveys are supplied as either digital surface model (DSM) or as a digital terrain model (DTM). For the DTM, buildings and vegetation have been removed and only ground returns have used to produce the model. The technique can be particularly valuable for archaeological survey as it allows large areas to be surveyed accurately enough for the subtle topographic traces of archaeological features to be identified. The data below was collected in 2014, the attached PDF coverage map shows the areas surveyed in that year.

Terrestrial LiDAR data collected by the team at University College London.

This is Version 1 containing raw data in RIEGL .rxp format for all scan positions as well as corresponding rotation matrices

UCL project name: 2017-02-08.001.riproject

Plot ID: RSQ

State or region: London

Date project started: 2/8/2017

Instrument: UCL RIEGL VZ-400

Scan pattern: Spiral (11 pos)

Angular resolution: 0.04

Images captured: Yes

Number of scans: 22.0

Google Maps URL: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Russell+Square+Gardens/@51.5216334,-0.1261532,20.51z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x48761b2e1672c317:0x2eb39a3b3d33d9f5!2sMalet+St,+London!3b1!8m2!3d51.5214099!4d-0.1302396!3m4!1s0x48761b313fbfd0a1:0x494a624c4d12c02f!8m2!3d51.5216396!4d-0.1259804

Publications: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-018-0098-0

For more information on the methods used to capture TLS data please refer to Wilkes et al. 2017

Please acknowldege the producers of this data set if using this data for publication.

This metadata record is for Approval for Access product AfA458. Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is an airborne mapping technique, which uses a laser to measure the distance between the aircraft and the ground. Up to 100,000 measurements per second are made of the ground, allowing highly detailed terrain models to be generated at spatial resolutions of between 25cm and 2 metres. The Environment Agency’s LIDAR data archive contains digital elevation data derived from surveys carried out by the Environment Agency's specialist remote sensing team. Accurate elevation data is available for over 70% of England. This dataset is derived from a combination of our full dataset which has been merged and re-sampled to give the best possible coverage. Data is available at 2m, 1m, 50cm, and 25cm resolution. 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. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

This dataset is no longer available on the Data Services Platform. New version of the LIDAR Composite DSM data is available here: https://environment.data.gov.uk/searchresults;query=lidar%20composite%202020;searchtype=All;page=1;pagesize=20;orderby=Relevancy The LIDAR Composite DSM (Digital Surface Model) is a raster elevation model covering areas of England at 25cm spatial resolution. Produced by the Environment Agency, this dataset is derived from a combination of our full time stamped archive, which has been merged and re-sampled to give the best possible coverage. Where repeat surveys have been undertaken the newest, best resolution data is used. The composite is updated on an annual basis to include the latest surveys. The DSM (Digital Surface Model) is produced from the last return LIDAR signal and includes heights of objects, such as vehicles, buildings and vegetation, as well as the terrain surface. Available to download as ASCII files in 5km grids, data is presented in metres, referenced to Ordinance Survey Newlyn, using the OSTN’15 transformation. All LIDAR data has a vertical accuracy of +/-15cm RMSE. A tinted shaded relief, which is an image showing what LIDAR looks like when loaded into specialist software, is also available as a WMS feed. You can also download survey index files which shows, for any location, what Time Stamped survey went into the production of the LIDAR composite. Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is an airborne mapping technique, which uses a laser to measure the distance between the aircraft and the ground. Up to 500,000 measurements per second are made of the ground, allowing highly detailed terrain models to be generated at spatial resolutions of between 25cm and 2 metres. The Environment Agency’s open data LIDAR archives includes the Point Cloud data, and derived raster surface models of survey specific areas and composites of the best data available in any location. To find out more about LIDAR and the various surface models we produce please read our story map This metadata record is for Approval for Access product AfA458. Attribution statement: (c) Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2019. All rights reserved. Attribution Statement: (c) Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2019. All rights reserved.

The LIDAR data encompassed the 8km scheme area along the existing A26 carriageway.

The LIDAR survey was carried out to detect archaeological features such as the remains of roads, agricultural terraces, aqueducts, caves, fences and even boundaries between ancient neighbourhoods.

The raw LIDAR data is a series of points stored as X, Y and Z where X and Y are longitude; Z is the elevation in metres or feet.

The survey was carried out in October 2013 by Furgo-BKS Limited on behalf of Transport NI to inform the archaeological investigations.