Southland LiDAR Index Tiles (2020-2022)

This layer contains the DEM for LiDAR data in the Southland Region, captured between 15 December 2020 to 11 May 2022.

• The DEM is available as layer Southland - LiDAR 1m DEM (2020-2022).

• The DSM is available as layer Southland - LiDAR 1m DSM (2020-2022).

• 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 to 11 May 2022. 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.