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LiDAR and elevation data for Austria

Partial open LiDAR Openly licensed LiDAR exists, but only for limited areas such as states, provinces, cities or project sites.

Austrian airborne laser scanning is run by the nine Bundesländer and published as open government data under CC BY 4.0 via data.gv.at. Tirol, Oberösterreich and Vorarlberg publish 0.5 m terrain models, and Salzburg, Steiermark and Vienna publish 1 m. Niederösterreich, Burgenland and Kärnten openly publish only 5–10 m ALS-derived models. geoland.at publishes a national 10 m ALS DGM.

Best open resolution
0.5 m
Open LiDAR coverage
–
Datasets
10 · 10 open · 10 free
Region
Europe
Last reviewed

By state, province or region

LiDAR status by subnational area in Austria
Area Status Summary Datasets
Tirol National open LiDAR 0.5 m DGM and DOM downloadable in 1:2,000 sheets and via WCS, CC BY 4.0. Digitales Geländemodell Tirol (DGM and DOM)
Oberösterreich National open LiDAR 0.5 m DGM and DOM from the latest ALS flights, CC BY 4.0. Digitales Geländemodell (DGM) and Oberflächenmodell (DOM) 0,5 m
Vorarlberg National open LiDAR Four state-wide laser scanning campaigns (2002–04, 2011, 2017, 2023) with 0.5–1 m terrain derivatives, CC BY 4.0. Laserscanning Vorarlberg (2002–04, 2011, 2017, 2023) terrain models
Salzburg National open LiDAR 1 m DGM and DOM by municipality from ALS flights since 2007, CC BY 4.0. Digitales Geländemodell 1 m and Oberflächenmodell 1 m Land Salzburg
Steiermark National open LiDAR 1 m ALS DGM and DOM from the 2008–2012 campaign with local updates, CC BY 4.0. Digitales Gelände- und Oberflächenmodell – ALS – 1 m Steiermark
Wien National open LiDAR 1 m terrain and surface rasters and annual 15 cm orthophotos, CC BY 4.0. Geländemodell and Oberflächenmodell Raster Wien
Niederösterreich Partial open LiDAR Only 10 m DGM and DOM are published openly. Digitales Geländemodell - 10m Niederösterreich
Burgenland Partial open LiDAR Only 5 m and 10 m DGMs are published openly. Digitales Geländemodell 5 Meter - Burgenland
Kärnten Partial open LiDAR 5 m DGM/DOM are open; orthophoto series 1952–2024 are open under CC BY 4.0. Digitales Gelände- und Oberflächenmodell (5m) Kärnten

Datasets 10

Free is not the same as open. Cost is what you pay to get the data; the licence says what you may do with it. How cost and licence are defined

Elsewhere in Europe