Elevation data sources (LiDAR, terrain, etc).

Elevation.md

Elevation Data portals

• The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Great for coastal regions/cites. Includes lidar coverage in certain areas.

• http://www.coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#app=b1ed&bda3-selectedIndex=1

• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Their earth explorer has a wide variety of data sets including satellite imagery, satellite radar (SRTM), and pockets of lidar coverage.

  • http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

• Open Topography. Open lidar data.

  • http://opentopo.sdsc.edu/gridsphere/gridsphere?cid=datasets

List of cities with open lidar datasets through their municipalities.

• Vancouver

  • http://data.vancouver.ca/datacatalogue/LiDAR2013.htm

• San Francisco available through USGS.

• Surrey, British Columbia

  • http://data.surrey.ca/dataset/raw-lidar-data

Cities with 3d buildings

• Toronto

  • http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=d431d477f9a3a410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

• Washington, D.C.

  • http://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/402552223b314298b936f666ebe22c43_2

Commercial options:

• Intermap. Used by Mapbox for their terrain modelling (5m resolution, commercial license).
  • http://www.intermap.com/data/nextmap