Canterbury - Timaru Rivers LiDAR 1m DEM (2014)

This layer contains the DEM for LiDAR data from the Timaru river areas captured in 2014.
The DSM is available as layer Canterbury - Timaru Rivers LiDAR 1m DSM (2014).
The index tiles are available as layer Canterbury - Timaru Rivers LiDAR Index Tiles (2014).
The LAS point cloud and vendor project reports are available from OpenTopography.

Lidar was captured for Environment Canterbury Regional Council by Aerial Surveys in July and August 2014. The datasets were generated by Aerial Surveys and their subcontractors. The survey area includes the Geraldine and Temuka township areas and the lower Rangitata, Orari, and Opihi river corridors. 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

Planned pulse density is > 1 pulse/square metre.

Vertical datum is NZVD2016.