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LiDAR and elevation data for Mexico

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

INEGI publishes high-resolution LiDAR digital elevation models (terrain and surface) at 5 m resolution in 1:10,000 map sheets, together with a 15 m national continuum, under INEGI’s free-use terms, which permit commercial exploitation with attribution. The share of the country covered by the 5 m LiDAR sheets is not stated.

Best open resolution
5 m
Open LiDAR coverage
–
Datasets
1 · 1 open · 1 free
Region
North America
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

  • Modelos digitales de elevación de alta resolución LiDAR (terreno y superficie) (opens in a new tab)

    Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • DTM
    • DSM
    Resolution
    5 m
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    1:10,000 map sheets at 5 m, plus a national 15 m continuum (terrain and surface)
    Licence
    Términos de Libre Uso de la Información del INEGI (copying, adaptation and commercial exploitation permitted with attribution)
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    –
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

Elsewhere in North America