What Data Do We Use?
The BestData Set for New Zealand and Alaska has been updated 10/2/2023
The BestData Set for the United States has been updated 9/14/2023
New BestData Update in the USA
Lidar Data for New Zealand has been Updated 7/5/2023
Updated Lidar Image for New Zealand
1 Meter Data has been added East of Denver 6/7/2023
1 Meter Data
Lidar Data for Hawaii has been Updated 5/26/2023
Updated Lidar Image for Australia
Lidar Data for Australia has been Updated 5/12/2023
Updated Lidar Image for Australia
Lidar Data for New Zealand has been Updated 5/8/2023
Updated Lidar Image for New Zealand
Lidar Data is now available for New Zealand 4/24/2023
Lidar Image for New Zealand
The USGS Data set has been updated as of 2/15/2023
1 Meter
The USGS Data set has been updated as of 1/5/2023
1 Meter
The USGS Data set has been updated as of 12/12/2022
Updated USGS
As of 8/2/2022, 1/9 ARC Data is available for the United States
Ultra Vs Very High
Ultra High Vs High
Ultra High Vs Medium
Ultra Vs Low
As of 2/24/2020, USGS Landcover for the lower 48 has been updated to 2016 data
USGS Updated data
Elevation data sources
Resolution of Elevation Data
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
Source Canada: Natural Resources Canada Circa 2000 at Geobase
Source Europe: Corine landcover at European Environment Agency
Source World: Globcover at European Environment Agency