This layer contains the DEM for LiDAR data from the Cheviot area captured in 2015.
The DSM is available as layer Canterbury - Cheviot LiDAR 1m DSM (2015).
The index tiles are available as layer Canterbury - Cheviot LiDAR Index Tiles (2015).
The LAS point cloud and vendor project reports are available from OpenTopography.
Lidar was captured for Environment Canterbury Regional Council by Aerial Surveys on 1 April 2015, under survey name Hurunui. The datasets were generated by Aerial Surveys and their subcontractors. The survey area includes the Cheviot township area. Data management and distribution is by Land Information New Zealand.
Data comprises:
•DEM: tif or asc tiles in NZTM2000 projection, tiled into a 1:1,000 tile layout
•DSM: tif or asc tiles in NZTM2000 projection, tiled into a 1:1,000 tile layout
•Point cloud: las tiles in NZTM2000 projection, tiled into a 1:1,000 tile layout
Planned pulse density is 1.3 pulses/square metre.
Vertical accuracy specification is per the ICSM LiDAR Acquisition Specifications and Tender Template NZ Version March 2011.
Vertical datum is NZVD2016.
