New LINZ dataset of Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand released

Jun 22, 2022

A new lidar dataset covering approximately 39 km2 of Upper Hutt City in Wellington, New Zealand is now available on OpenTopography. The dataset was captured for the Upper Hutt City Council by AAM Ltd in March 2021, with data management and distribution by Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand. This dataset is available through an ongoing collaboration between OpenTopography and LINZ that makes OpenTopography the primary distribution platform for point cloud data collected as part of the LINZ national elevation program.

Find the data here:

DEM
Digital elevation model of the Clouston Park and Totara Park suburbs in Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand.

3D point cloud classification
3D point cloud colored by return classification of the Timberlea suburb in Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand (Brown=ground, green=vegetation, orange=buildings, blue=water).