LiDAR for Scotland Phase 4: Digital Terrain Model Covering 17,945 km²

17,945 square kilometres of Scottish terrain are represented in this Digital Terrain Model derived from LiDAR point cloud data. The Scottish Government procured this dataset for public use in 2020, based on aerial surveys conducted for Scottish Power Energy Networks from 2017 to 2019. This dataset reflects the bare-earth terrain model produced from the original point cloud data.

Use Cases

• Modeling flood risk and water flow based on the detailed terrain elevation data.
• Planning infrastructure and construction projects based on accurate ground surface models.
• Conducting environmental impact assessments based on the high-resolution land surface data.
• Analyzing landscape changes and erosion patterns based on the bare-earth elevation model.

Strengths

• Covers a substantial 17,945 square kilometre area of Scotland.
• Originates from a professionally captured LiDAR survey conducted for a major utility network.
• Represents a Digital Terrain Model, which provides a clean representation of the bare-earth surface.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The dataset does not have full national coverage of Scotland.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Fugro (data capture), Scottish Government (procurement)

Collection Method

Aerial LiDAR survey captured for asset management.

Time Range

2017 to 2019 (data capture)

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Scotland (partial coverage, 17,945 km²)