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LiDAR and elevation data for Malawi

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

No national or regional airborne LiDAR for Malawi was identified; OpenTopography hosts Pléiades-derived point clouds of the Bilila-Mtakataka Fault (2016) without a stated licence. Elevation needs are therefore met by global models: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (30 m, openly licensed), FABDEM (30 m with forests and buildings removed, non-commercial licence) and NASADEM/SRTM (30 m), supplemented by GEDI and ICESat-2 spaceborne lidar ground heights along sampled tracks.

Best open resolution
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Open LiDAR coverage
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Datasets
2 · 0 open · 2 free
Region
Africa
Last reviewed

Datasets 2

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

  • Bilila-Mtakataka Fault – Kasinge Segment (opens in a new tab)

    OpenTopography (Pléiades stereo-derived)

    Cost Free Licence Not open
    • Point cloud
    Resolution
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    Point density
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    Vertical accuracy
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    Acquired
    2016
    Coverage
    Kasinge segment of the Bilila-Mtakataka Fault (satellite stereo, not LiDAR)
    Licence
    Not provided (OpenTopography record)
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    LAZ
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • Bilila-Mtakataka Fault – Mua Segment (opens in a new tab)

    OpenTopography (Pléiades stereo-derived)

    Cost Free Licence Not open
    • Point cloud
    Resolution
    –
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    2016
    Coverage
    Mua segment of the Bilila-Mtakataka Fault (satellite stereo, not LiDAR)
    Licence
    Not provided (OpenTopography record)
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    LAZ
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

Elsewhere in Africa