Taranaki LiDAR 1m DEM (2021)

This layer contains the DEM for LiDAR data of the Taranaki Region, including New Plymouth, Stratford, and the surrounding area, captured between 3 April to 16 October 2021.

• The DSM is available as layer Taranaki LiDAR 1m DSM (2021).

• The index tiles are available as layer Taranaki LiDAR Index Tiles (2021).

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

LiDAR was captured for Taranaki Regional Council by AAM Ltd on 3 April to the 16 October 2021. The datasets were generated by AAM 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 for urban areas and 4 pulses/square metre for the rest of the dataset.

Vertical Accuracy Specification is +/- 0.2m (95%)
Horizontal Accuracy Specification is +/- 1.0m (95%)

Vertical datum is NZVD2016.