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LiDAR and elevation data for Liechtenstein

National open LiDAR Openly licensed LiDAR covers about 70% or more of the land area.

Liechtenstein is covered by swisstopo's national products: swissALTI3D (0.5 m DTM) and the swissSURFACE3D LiDAR point cloud both explicitly include the Principality of Liechtenstein and are free under the opendata.swiss terms of use.

Best open resolution
0.5 m
Open LiDAR coverage
100%
Datasets
3 · 3 open · 3 free
Region
Europe
Last reviewed

Datasets 3

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

  • swissALTI3D (opens in a new tab)

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • DTM
    Resolution
    0.5 m
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    0.3 m (new-generation LiDAR); 0.5 m (previous LiDAR below 2,000 m); 1–3 m (stereo correlation above 2,000 m)
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    All of Switzerland and Liechtenstein, 1 km² tiles, updated on a 6-year cycle
    Licence
    opendata.swiss terms of use: open use, must provide the source (commercial use allowed)
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    COG, ASCII XYZ
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • swissSURFACE3D Raster (digital surface model) (opens in a new tab)

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • DSM
    Resolution
    0.5 m
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    Switzerland and Liechtenstein, 1 km² tiles
    Licence
    opendata.swiss terms of use: open use, must provide the source (commercial use allowed)
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    COG
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • swissSURFACE3D (classified point cloud) (opens in a new tab)

    Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Point cloud
    Resolution
    –
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    All of Switzerland and Liechtenstein since 2024, 1 km² tiles
    Licence
    opendata.swiss terms of use: open use, must provide the source (commercial use allowed)
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    LAZ 1.4 (COPC), LAS 1.2
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

Elsewhere in Europe