OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a lidar dataset covering about 2,400 km2 of New Zealand's Manawatu - Whanganui region of the North Island. Data were collected in 2015/2016 and were re-supplied by Aerial Surveys for Land Information New Zealand. Peripheral data not part of the original survey obtained by Horizons (Manawatu-Wanganui) Regional Council is included in this collection. This dataset is available through on ongoing collaboration between OpenTopography and Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), that makes OpenTopography the primary distribution platform for point cloud data collected as part of the LINZ national elevation program.
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Manawatu - Whanganui, New Zealand 2015
Hillshade DSM of Ohura, NZ from the Manawatu - Whanganui, New Zealand 2015 dataset.
Point cloud visualization of a portion of the Manawatu River and surrounding mountains from Manawatu - Whanganui, New Zealand 2015 dataset. Dataset is colored by elevation.