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LiDAR and elevation data for Norway

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

Kartverket's Nasjonal detaljert høydemodell project (2016–2022) laser-scanned about 230,000 km², covering the whole of mainland Norway; point clouds and 1 m terrain and surface models are free via høydedata.no. The 1 m DTM and DOM are licensed CC BY 4.0, although some individual laser projects are restricted to Norge digitalt partners.

Best open resolution
1 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

  • DTM 1 (terrain model 1 m) (opens in a new tab)

    Kartverket

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • DTM
    Resolution
    1 m
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    Mainland Norway
    Licence
    Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • Høyde DOM1 (surface model 1 m) (opens in a new tab)

    Kartverket

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • DSM
    Resolution
    1 m
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    Mainland Norway
    Licence
    Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • Høydedata – laser (point clouds) (opens in a new tab)

    Kartverket

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Point cloud
    Resolution
    –
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    2016–2022 national programme, plus other projects
    Coverage
    Mainland Norway, project-based
    Licence
    Open data (most projects); some projects restricted to Norge digitalt users
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    LAZ, ZLAS
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

Elsewhere in Europe