LiDAR and elevation data for Vanuatu

Restricted LiDAR exists but is not openly licensed: it is sold, released on request, or limited to non-commercial use.

The Pacific Community (SPC) completed topographic and bathymetric LiDAR acquisition over selected islands of Vanuatu in 2022; no public download or open licence was found. A 0.1 m research DEM of the Yasur crater is on OpenTopography without a stated licence.

Best open resolution: –
Open LiDAR coverage: –
Datasets: 1 · 0 open · 1 free
Region: Oceania
Last reviewed: 27 Oct 2026

Aerial and satellite imagery for Vanuatu Partial open imagery
All GIS data sources for Vanuatu Boundaries, statistics, land cover and more.

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

Yasur Volcano Crater DEM, Republic of Vanuatu, Oct 2016 (opens in a new tab)

OpenTopography (R. Fitzgerald)
Cost Free Licence Not open
- DSM
Resolution

0.1 m

Point density

–

Vertical accuracy

–

Acquired

2016

Coverage

Yasur volcano crater

Licence

Not provided

Access

Direct download

Formats

–

Link check

Link OK (HTTP 200), 27 Oct 2026

Global fallback

Where national LiDAR is missing or restricted, these free global DEMs cover Vanuatu:

ALOS World 3D – 30m (AW3D30) version 4.1 (opens in a new tab) 30 m · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) · JAXA Terms of Use for research and commercial purposes; free of charge with attribution Cost Free with registration Licence Open
ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 (ASTGTM) (opens in a new tab) 30 m · NASA / METI (Japan) / LP DAAC · Openly shared without restriction under the NASA EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance Cost Free with registration Licence Open
Copernicus DEM GLO-30 and GLO-90 (opens in a new tab) 30 m · European Space Agency / Copernicus (data © DLR and Airbus Defence and Space) · Copernicus DEM GLO-30/GLO-90 licence: free of charge, worldwide, reproduction, distribution, communication and adaptation permitted with attribution ("© DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved") Cost Free with registration Licence Open
Copernicus DEM GLO-30 Public and GLO-90 on AWS (opens in a new tab) 30 m · Copernicus / Registry of Open Data on AWS · Copernicus DEM GLO-30/GLO-90 licence: free of charge, worldwide, reproduction, distribution, communication and adaptation permitted with attribution ("© DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved") Cost Free Licence Open

All global and spaceborne elevation datasets

Elsewhere in Oceania

American Samoa LiDAR and elevation data Partial open LiDAR
Australia LiDAR and elevation data Partial open LiDAR
Cook Islands LiDAR and elevation data None known
Fiji LiDAR and elevation data None known
French Polynesia LiDAR and elevation data Partial open LiDAR
Guam LiDAR and elevation data Partial open LiDAR
Kiribati LiDAR and elevation data None known
Marshall Islands LiDAR and elevation data None known
Micronesia LiDAR and elevation data None known
Nauru LiDAR and elevation data None known
New Caledonia LiDAR and elevation data None known
New Zealand LiDAR and elevation data National open LiDAR
Niue LiDAR and elevation data None known
Norfolk Island LiDAR and elevation data None known
Northern Mariana Islands LiDAR and elevation data Partial open LiDAR
Palau LiDAR and elevation data None known
Papua New Guinea LiDAR and elevation data None known
Pitcairn Islands LiDAR and elevation data None known
Samoa LiDAR and elevation data None known
Solomon Islands LiDAR and elevation data None known
Tonga LiDAR and elevation data Restricted
Tuvalu LiDAR and elevation data None known
Wallis and Futuna Islands LiDAR and elevation data None known