Terrain data

This service uses a variety of digital terrain models (DTM) and digital surface models (DSM) to provide global coverage up to 60N and accuracy of up to 1 metre. If you want to add your own LIDAR see here.
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SRTM1 DTM

NASA space shuttle data with a resolution of 30m. DTM coverage up to 60N

ALOS30 DSM

Global coverage up to 60N is provided by ALOS global digital surface model © JAXA. It was created in 2014 and has a resolution of 30m.
http://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/en/aw3d30/index.htm

Viewfinder Panoramas

High altitude regions such as Greenland, Northern Norway and the Svalbard islands have been created at 90m resolution from mapping by Jonathan de Ferrantihttp://viewfinderpanoramas.org/

LiDAR

High resolution tiles mapped by plane and drone have resolutions ranging from 1-8m and are added for select areas. Currently England, Wales, Estonia, New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Baltimore, Mogadishu, Tashkent

NZ 8m DTM

Sourced from LINZ. CC-BY 3.0. http://www.linz.govt.nz/data/licensing-and-using-data/attributing-elevation-or-aerial-imagery-data

Terrain map

Explore our global terrain map