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LIDAR DTM Time Stamped Tiles

Publisher
Environment Agency
Updated
7 April 2026
Topic
Not set

Summary

The LIDAR DTM (Digital Terrain Model) Time Stamped Tiles product is an archive of raster elevation data produced by the Environment Agency. Site specific LIDAR surveys have been carried out across England since 1998, with certain areas, such as the coastal zone, being surveyed multiple times. Data is available at varying resolutions of 25cm, 50cm, 1m and 2m, depending on project requirements. The DTM (Digital Terrain Model) is produced from the last return LIDAR signal. We remove surface objects from the Digital Surface Model (DSM), using bespoke algorithms and manual editing of the data, to produce a terrain model of just the surface. Available to download as GeoTiff rasters in 5km zipfiles, data is presented in metres, referenced to Ordnance Survey Newlyn and data aligned to the OS Grid. All LIDAR data has a vertical accuracy of +/-15cm RMSE. The transformation used on the data is specific to the time period of survey. Please refer to the metadata index catalogue which show, for any location, what time stamped data is available, the specific dates of survey, resolution of product and what transformation and geoidal model used. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2020. All rights reserved.

Data links

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OSGM02_to_OSGM15_Adjustment_Grid.zip ZIP 7/4/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2025
Harvest GUID
dbadf364-0192-4bcf-a223-f3d403f08682
Extent (Latitude)
55.8° to 50°
Extent (Longitude)
-5.7° to 1.8°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date (creation)
1998-01-10
Dataset reference date (revision)
2024-07-19
Frequency of update
quarterly
Access constraints
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Responsible party
Environment Agency (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng