[Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now available

[Phil Endecott]

Has anyone reviewed how useful this LIDAR data would be for 3D city
mapping?

Chris Hill wrote:
> The slippy map with relief tiles made from the data and optionally 
> contours also made from the data is here: http://relief.raggedred.net. 

Thanks Chris.  I've just been looking at Hull city centre.  It doesn't
look great; is this the difference between the "terrain model" and the
"surface model" that they mention? Which are you using?  Have you looked
at the other one?

Of course I know that the rationale for the data is for flood risk
evaluation so recording building profiles was not the objective - but
you never know how something could be re-purposed!


Cheers,  Phil.