What Data Do We Use?
TC Best Data has been updated for New Zealand 7/22/2024
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TC Best Data has been added for Wisconsin and Illinois 7/11/2024
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New Lidar data has been added for Wisconsin 7/3/2024
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New Lidar data has been added for Nevada 6/26/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for Washington 6/21/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for Arizona 6/21/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for Oregon 6/7/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for Idaho 6/3/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for Arizona and New Zealand 5/29/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for Wisconsin 5/20/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for New Mexico 5/6/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for New Mexico 4/25/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for Missouri 4/12/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for Arizona and Minnesota 4/4/2024
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TC Best Data for Texas has been updated 4/1/2024
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TC Best Data for Wyoming has been updated 3/29/2024
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TC Best Data for Northern Missouri has been updated 3/27/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for New Zealand 3/1/2024
TC Best Data has been updated for Texas 2/12/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for California, Wisconsin, and Michigan 2/9/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for Utah 1/31/2024
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Lidar Data has been updated for England 1/29/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for Manitoba province, Prince-Edward-Island province and NY state 1/22/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for Nova Scotia 1/22/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated for Minnesota as well as Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick Canada 1/29/2024
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TC Best Data has been updated all over the United States 1/9/2024
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New Lidar data sets have been added for Florida and Oregon 12/21/2023
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Nevada Lidar Data along with Lidar data from New Zealand has been updated 12/15/2023
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Lidar Data has been updated for New Zealand 11/29/2023
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The BestData Set for New Zealand and Alaska has been updated 10/2/2023
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The BestData Set for the United States has been updated 9/14/2023
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New BestData Update in the USA
Lidar Data for New Zealand has been Updated 7/5/2023
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Updated Lidar Image for New Zealand
1 Meter Data has been added East of Denver 6/7/2023
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1 Meter Data
Lidar Data for Hawaii has been Updated 5/26/2023
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Updated Lidar Image for Australia
Lidar Data for Australia has been Updated 5/12/2023
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Updated Lidar Image for Australia
Lidar Data for New Zealand has been Updated 5/8/2023
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Updated Lidar Image for New Zealand
Lidar Data is now available for New Zealand 4/24/2023
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Lidar Image for New Zealand
The USGS Data set has been updated as of 2/15/2023
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1 Meter
The USGS Data set has been updated as of 1/5/2023
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1 Meter
The USGS Data set has been updated as of 12/12/2022
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Updated USGS
As of 8/2/2022, 1/9 ARC Data is available for the United States
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Ultra Vs Very High
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Ultra High Vs High
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Ultra High Vs Medium
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Ultra Vs Low
As of 2/24/2020, USGS Landcover for the lower 48 has been updated to 2016 data
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USGS Updated data
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Elevation data sources
Resolution of Elevation Data![](/Attachments/wmplot_hgt.gif)
Source Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data products 1 arcsecond
Source for Alaska: USGS Alasaka NED 2 at Seamless data distribution system
Source for Northern Canada and void filling: Natural Resources Canada CDED at Geobase
Source for Northern Canada and void filling: Natural Resources Canada CANVEC at Geobase
Source for Northern Canada and void filling: ASTER
Source of SRTM Void filled for Eurasia: Viewfinder Panoramas
Land cover data sources
Landcover Resolution![](/Attachments/wmplot_lcv.gif)
Source Canada: Natural Resources Canada Circa 2000 at Geobase
Source Europe: Corine landcover at European Environment Agency
Source World: Globcover at European Environment Agency