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LiDAR and elevation data for Puerto Rico

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

Puerto Rico is covered by USGS 3DEP lidar, including the 2016–2017 island-wide collection and the 2018 post-Hurricane Maria survey with a 0.5 m DEM; the NOAA metadata state no access constraints.

Best open resolution
0.5 m
Open LiDAR coverage
–
Datasets
3 · 3 open · 3 free
Region
North America
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

  • Puerto Rico 2018 post-Maria lidar (0.5 m DEM) (opens in a new tab)

    U.S. Geological Survey / NOAA

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Point cloud
    • DTM
    Resolution
    0.5 m
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    2018
    Coverage
    Puerto Rico
    Licence
    Access constraints: none (US Government work)
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    LAZ, GeoTIFF
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • 3DEP 1 m digital elevation models (opens in a new tab)

    U.S. Geological Survey

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • DTM
    Resolution
    1 m
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    –
    Coverage
    Puerto Rico and other areas with QL2 or better lidar
    Licence
    Public domain (US Government work)
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

  • USGS Puerto Rico lidar 2016–2017 (opens in a new tab)

    U.S. Geological Survey

    Cost Free Licence Open
    • Point cloud
    • DTM
    Resolution
    –
    Point density
    –
    Vertical accuracy
    –
    Acquired
    2016–2017
    Coverage
    Puerto Rico
    Licence
    Public domain (US Government work)
    Access
    Direct download
    Formats
    LAZ
    Link check
    Link OK (HTTP 200),

Elsewhere in North America