Canterbury LiDAR 1m DEM (2016-2017)

This layer contains the DEM for LiDAR data from the Canterbury Region captured between November 2016 and January 2017.

• The DSM is available as layer Canterbury LiDAR 1m DSM (2016-2017).

• The index tiles are available as layer Canterbury LiDAR Index Tile (2016-2017).

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

Lidar was captured for Environment Canterbury Regional Council by AAM New Zealand between November 2016 and January 2017. The datasets were generated by AAM New Zealand 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 1:2,000 tile layout

Pulse density is 3.44 pulses/square metre.

Vertical accuracy specification is +/- 0.20 m (95%).

Horizontal accuracy specification is +/- 1.00m (95%).

Vertical datum is NZVD2016.