LiDAR and elevation data for Iceland

None known No LiDAR was found after a genuine search of national, regional and international sources.

No national airborne LiDAR programme with open data was found for Iceland. The national high-resolution elevation model, ÍslandsDEM v1.0, is a 2 m model built from ArcticDEM satellite stereo DEMs (WorldView and GeoEye, mostly 2012). It is published under CC BY 4.0 by Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.

Best open resolution
2 m
Open LiDAR coverage
100%
Datasets
1 · 1 open · 1 free
Region
Europe
Last reviewed

Datasets 1

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

  • ÍslandsDEM / Hæðarlíkan útgáfa 1.0 (DEM 1.0) (opens in a new tab)

    Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands (formerly Landmælingar Íslands)

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • DSM
    Resolution
    2 m
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    2008–2016 (satellite stereo)
    Coverage
    Iceland
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Access
    API
    Formats
    WMS, WMTS
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

Elsewhere in Europe