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LiDAR and elevation data for Portugal

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

In 2024 DGT flew LiDAR over all of mainland Portugal at 10 points/m². The classified LAS point cloud and 0.5 m and 2 m DTM and DSM are open under CC BY 4.0. The Azores regional government has published 15 points/m² LiDAR island by island under CC BY 4.0. Madeira's 5 m DTM has no stated licence.

Best open resolution
0.5 m
Open LiDAR coverage
100%
Datasets
3 · 2 open · 3 free
Region
Europe
Last reviewed

By state, province or region

LiDAR status by subnational area in Portugal
Area Status Summary Datasets
Azores National open LiDAR Island-by-island LiDAR at 15 points/m² and 10 cm RGB+NIR orthophotos (2024), CC BY 4.0. LiDAR aerial coverage of the Azores islands, 15 pt/m²
Madeira Restricted A 5 m DTM and 2023 orthophotos are listed, but no licence is stated; no open LiDAR point cloud was found. Madeira Archipelago Digital Terrain Model (5 m)

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

  • Dados LiDAR de Portugal Continental (2024) (opens in a new tab)

    Direção-Geral do Território (DGT)

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Point cloud
    • DTM
    • DSM
    • Intensity
    Resolution
    0.5 m
    Point density
    10 pts/m²
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    2024
    Coverage
    Mainland Portugal
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    LAS, GeoTIFF
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • LiDAR aerial coverage of the Azores islands, 15 pt/m² (opens in a new tab)

    Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Ação Climática / Governo dos Açores

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Point cloud
    Resolution
    –
    Point density
    15 pts/m²
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    Azores (per island: Flores, Faial, Pico, São Jorge, Corvo, Terceira and others)
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    –
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • Madeira Archipelago Digital Terrain Model (5 m) (opens in a new tab)

    Direção Regional do Ordenamento do Território (DROTE)

    Cost Free Licence Not open
    • DTM
    Resolution
    5 m
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    Autonomous Region of Madeira
    Licence
    Licence not stated by publisher
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    –
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

Elsewhere in Europe