North East England Coastal Lidar Data from 2023

North East England coastal lidar data from 2023, collected by the National Network of Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes of England. The dataset contains 1,377 records. It is aggregated via the Government Digital Service's eu_open_data platform.

Use Cases

• Model coastal erosion and accretion based on lidar-derived elevation data.
• Generate digital elevation models (DEMs) for flood risk assessment in the North East region.
• Train or validate machine learning models for terrain classification using point-cloud data.
• Support infrastructure planning and coastal management with up-to-date topographic surveys.

Strengths

• Contains 1,377 records of lidar data.
• Data is from a national coastal monitoring programme, suggesting authoritative collection methods.
• Specific to the 2023 time period, indicating recent capture.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

National Network of Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes of England

Collection Method

Likely collected via aerial or terrestrial lidar scanning.

Time Range

2023

Freshness

Data is from 2023, but last platform update date is unknown.

Geography

North East England coastline