Canterbury, New Zealand 2016-2017

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Lidar was captured for Environment Canterbury Regional Council by AAM New Zealand in Nov 2016 through to Jan 2017. The original dataset were generated by AAM New Zealand and their subcontractors. The survey area includes Ashburton, Lower Rangitata, Darfield, Hakataramea, Methven, Moeraki, Omarama, Otematata, Rakaia, Rolleston, Tekapo, Waimate. Data management and distribution is by Land Information New Zealand.


Prepared DEM and DSM files are available through the LINZ Data Service:
Platform: Airborne Lidar
Survey Area: 2,199.22 km2
Point Density: 3.44 pts/m2
Survey Date: 11/01/2016 - 01/31/2017
Full Metadata
Data Citation
Use License: CC BY 4.0
Funder: ECAN     Partner: LINZ     Collector: AAM NZ

Other Available Data Products:     Point Cloud Bulk Download (Sign in required)
1a. Select area of data to download or process  
  Usage Heat Map
 

1. Coordinates & Classification

Horizontal Coordinates: NZTM2000 NZGD2000 Meters [EPSG: 2193]
Vertical Coordinates: NZVD2016 [EPSG: 7839]
Units: meter

Data Selection Coordinates:       Manually enter selection coordinates (in the horizontal coordinate system listed above)  
  Choose Return Classification    
  Ground        
  Unclassified        
  Water surface        
  Exclude Noise

2. Point Cloud Data Download

     Point cloud data in LAZ format
    Point cloud data in LAS format
     Point cloud data in ASCII format

3A. DEM Generation (TIN)  

Gridding Method
    Calculate TIN
Gridding Parameters
  Grid Resolution (Default = 1 meter)
  Max. triangle size (Default 50 units)
  Grid Format

3B. DEM Generation (Local Gridding)  

Gridding Method
     Calculate Zmin grid
     Calculate Zmax grid
     Calculate Zmean grid
     Calculate Zidw grid
     Calculate standard deviation
     Calculate point count
Gridding Parameters
  Grid Resolution (Default = 1 meter)
  Radius value (Default = 1.4142 meter)
  Grid Format
  Null Filling

4. Raster Visualization  

Visualization type:
  Hillshade
  Color-relief
  Color hillshade
  Slope
  Aspect
  Roughness

5. 3D Point Cloud Visualization  

  Generate 3D point cloud browser visualization

6. Contour Lines  

7. Hydrologic Terrain Analysis Products (tauDEM)  

This tauDEM is an advanced processing service. It is available for registered users, who understand these resource intensive algorithms and its products.
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Job Description

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Data Citation     |     Use License: CC BY 4.0