Canterbury LiDAR 1m DSM (2020)

This layer contains the DSM for LiDAR data for the Canterbury Region, captured between 1 May 2020 and 12 November 2020.

• The DSM is available as layer Canterbury LiDAR 1m DEM (2020).

• The index tiles are available as layer Canterbury LiDAR Index Tiles (2020).

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

LiDAR was captured for Environment Canterbury Regional Council by Aerial Surveys Ltd between 1 May 2020 and 12 November 2020. These datasets were generated by Arial Surveys Ltd 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 4 pulses/square metre.

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

Vertical datum is NZVD2016.