Lidar was captured for the 10 Waikato Councils (Waikato Regional Council, Waikato District Council, Hauraki District Council, Thames Coromandel District Council, Matamata Piako District Council, Ōtorohanga District Council, South Waikato District Council, Taupō District Council, Waipā District Council and Waitomo District Council), and the project managed by Co-Lab (formerly Waikato LASS), and led by Waikato Regional Council. Data was captured by Ocean Infinity Ltd (formerly iXblue) from 5 January to 26 March 2021. The dataset was generated by Ocean Infinity and their subcontractors. Data management and distribution is by Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand
Prepared DEM files are available through the LINZ Data Service:Class 1 - Unclassified | 28,310,139 |
Class 2 - Ground | 64,339,152,430 |
Class 3 - Low Vegetation | 6,619,391,886 |
Class 4 - Medium Vegetation | 26,554,033,221 |
Class 5 - High Vegetation | 41,533,183,908 |
Class 6 - Building | 262,324,163 |
Class 7 - Low Point (low noise) | 9,086,216,975 |
Class 9 - Water | 115,845,765 |
Class 17 - Bridge Deck | 1,941,091 |
Class 18 - High Noise | 327,499,604 |