LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM) - 2m
The LIDAR Composite DSM (Digital Surface Model) is a raster elevation model covering ~99% of England at 2m spatial resolution. The DSM (Digital Surface Model) is produced from the last or only laser pulse returned to the sensor and includes heights of objects, such as vehicles, buildings and vegetation, as well as the terrain surface Produced by the Environment Agency in 2022, the DSM is derived from a combination of our Time Stamped archive and National LIDAR Programme surveys, which have been merged and re-sampled to give the best possible coverage. Where repeat surveys have been undertaken the newest, best resolution data is used. Where data was resampled a bilinear interpolation was used before being merged. The 2022 LIDAR Composite contains surveys undertaken between 6th June 2000 and 2nd April 2022. Please refer to the metadata index catalgoues which show for any location which survey was used in the production of the LIDAR composite. The data is available to download as GeoTiff rasters in 5km tiles aligned to the OS National grid. The data is presented in metres, referenced to Ordinance Survey Newlyn and using the OSTN’15 transformation method. All individual LIDAR surveys going into the production of the composite had a vertical accuracy of +/-15cm RMSE. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.
dataset
https://environment.data.gov.uk/DefraDataDownload/?Mode=survey
protocol: http
name: Survey Data - Download
description: Download the survey data
https://environment.data.gov.uk/explore/9f0fa3fc-a860-4729-adc9-47fe53f658d0?download=true
protocol: http
name: Metadata Survey Index Catalogues - Download
description: Download the survey coverage metadata files
protocol: http
name: LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM) - 2m - WMS
description: LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM) - 2m - WMS
protocol: http
name: LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM) - 2m - WCS
description: LIDAR Composite Digital Surface Model (DSM) - 2m - WCS
protocol: http
name: Metadata Survey Index Catalogues - WMS
description: Metadata Survey Index Catalogues - WMS
protocol: http
name: Metadata Survey Index Catalogues - WFS
description: Metadata Survey Index Catalogues - WFS
https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/space/DPK/15827049/Survey+Data+Catalogue
protocol: http
name: Survey Data FAQs
description: Survey Data FAQs
f083c5dc-504f-4428-9811-a1b2519fa279_resource
eng
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
environment
elevation
LIDAR
environment
elevation
Elevation
publication
2008-06-01
survey
publication
2010-01-13
remote sensing
publication
2010-01-13
-6.236
2.072
55.816
49.943
2000-06-06
2022-04-02
creation
2023-02-08
revision
2023-12-15
annually
Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is an airborne mapping technique, which uses a laser to measure the height of the terrain and surface objects on the ground such as trees and buildings. Hundreds of thousands of measurements per second are made of the ground allowing highly detailed terrain models to be generated at spatial resolutions of between 25cm and 2 metres. The vertical accuracy of the LIDAR dataset is +/-15cm RMSE.
Open format | Geo Tagged Image File Format (GeoTIFF)
Open Government Licence
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Environment Agency
DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk
https://environment.data.gov.uk/support
description: Defra Data Services Forum
pointOfContact
Environment Agency
DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk
pointOfContact
2023-12-18