Manawatu-Whanganui - Palmerston North LiDAR 1m DEM (2018)

This layer contains the DEM for LiDAR data for Palmerston North, Ashhurst, Longburn and the surronding area in 2018.

• The DSM is available as layer Manawatu-Whanganui - Palmerston North LiDAR 1m DSM.

• The index tiles are available as layer Manawatu-Whanganui - Palmerston North LiDAR 1m Index Tiles.

• The LAS point cloud and vendor project reports are available from OpenTopography.

LiDAR was captured for Palmerston North City Council by AAM New Zealand from 29 August to 28 September 2018. These datasets were generated by AAM New Zealand and their subcontractors. Data management and distribution is by Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand.

Data comprises:

• DEM: tif or asc tiles in NZTM2000 projection, tiled into a 1:1,000 tile layout

• DSM: tif or asc tiles in NZTM2000 projection, tiled into a 1:1,000 tile layout

• Point cloud: las tiles in NZTM2000 projection, tiled into a 1:1,000 tile layout

Pulse density specification is at a minimum of 8 pulses/square metre.

Vertical Accuracy Specification is +/- 0.1m (95%)

Horizontal Accuracy Specification is +/- 0.5m (95%)

Vertical datum is NZVD2016