Southland LiDAR 1m DEM (2020-2021)

This layer contains the DEM for LiDAR data in the Southland Region, captured between 15 December 2020 to 4 November 2021.

• The DSM is available as layer Southland LiDAR 1m DSM (2020-2021)

• The index tiles are available as layer Southland LiDAR Index Tiles (2020-2021)

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

LiDAR was captured for Environment Southland by Aerial Surveys Ltd between 15 December 2020 and 4 November 2021. These datasets were generated by Aerial Surveys 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.