The Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development elevation and LiDAR products are listed below.
Free Accessfree LiDAR data is published in the - visit Geoscience Australia ELVIS portal.
You can purchase other LiDAR products see fees here.
Email opendata@resources.qld.gov.au for general enquiries
Email SIProductDelivery@resources.qld.gov.au to purchase data.Connect to view free LiDAR as a service - data older than 3 years
Purchase latest LiDAR products - complete the Purchase Imagery and LiDAR form.
For general enquiries - submit a General request form.
LiDAR Type | Format | Links | Custodian |
Raw Products | |||
Point Cloud | LAS file - AHD | ||
More than 3 years old | Free in |
ELVIS | Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development |
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Less than 3 years old | see fees |
DEM (Digital Elevation Model)
tiff
Free in Elvis
Bathymetry | |||
Point Cloud | LAS file - AHD | Free in ELVIS | Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development |
Derived Products | |||
DTM (Digital Terrain Model) | GeoTIFF More than 3 years old | Free in ELVIS | Geoscience Australia |
DTM (Digital Terrain Model) |
Less than 3 years old | see fees | Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development |
DEM SRTM-derived 1 second | Web services - WCS & WMS | Free in |
ELVIS | Geoscience Australia |
DEM 5m derived from LiDAR |
TIFF | Free in |
ELVIS | Geoscience Australia |
DTM (Digital Terrain Model)
COG Geotif
Free in Elvis
DOR
(Ascii format) xyz
see fees
DOR
(Ascii format) zgrid
see fees
DOR
DSM (Digital Surface Model) | COG |
GeoTIFF | see fees |
Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development |
DSM SRTM-derived 1 second |
TIFF | Free in |
ELVIS | Geoscience Australia |
DHM (Digital Height Model) |
COG GeoTIFF | see fees |
Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development |
CHM (Canopy Height Model) |
COG GeoTIFF | see fees |
DOR
Contour Data
25cm Contours (Cartographic contours only - not suitable for measurement) |
< 3 years old
.shp |
see fees |
1m, 5m, |
10m Contours (Cartographic contours only - not suitable for measurement) | .shp, tab, kmz, and gdb | Free via QSpatial |
DOR
Bathymetry
Free in Elvis
Bathymetry | |||
DEM - 1m and 3m | TIFF | Free in ELVIS | Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development |
DEM SRTM-derived 1 second | Web services - WCS & WMS | Free in ELVIS | Geoscience Australia |
DEM 5m derived from LiDAR | TIFF | Free in ELVIS | |
DEM 10m derived from LiDAR |
| Free in ELVIS | Digital Earth Australia |
DSM SRTM-derived 1 second | TIFF | Free in ELVIS | Geoscience Australia |
Obtaining LiDAR
Free LiDAR older than 3 years
LiDAR data older than 3 years is free to download from the ELVIS Portal (Geoscience Australia).
Digital elevation models (DEM) elevation heights (PDF, 3.1MB)
LiDAR capture project extents (LiDAR) projects (PDF, 2.4MB).
In ELVIS to view the footprint of DEM and Point Cloud data, click on the Layers button in the top menu and check the boxes. Adjust the opacity of the layers to view the base imagery in the keymap.
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You can zoom to your area of interest or use the ‘Location Search’.
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To discover DEM/DSM or Point Cloud data for an area of interest, click ‘Order Data’ (1).
Select one of the draw tools (2) and click the ‘Draw’ button (3).
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Draw the area in the keymap (4) and click ‘Search’ (5).
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The search results will display to the right of the keymap and will be sorted by the data provider.
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Expand the search results you are interested in downloading. Move your mouse over each of the zip files to refine the area of the data in the keymap.
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Check the box to select each data file to be downloaded, select your industry and enter your email address.
Note: Select ‘Other’ if you wish to keep your industry anonymous.
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Click the ‘Order X Dataset (approx.. X.XX MB)’. You will receive an email with the selected dataset/s.
Free LiDAR as a a service - data older than 3 years
You can consume LiDAR data as a web service using a GIS application. The following services are available and contain:
1 metre LiDAR DEM
1 second (30 metre resolution) hydrologically corrected SRTM Digital DEM
30, 100, 250 metre resolution bathymetric data
Queensland DEM: Time Series
Imagery Layer endpoint - https://spatial-img.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/services/Elevation/DEM_TimeSeries_AllUsers/ImageServer
WMS endpoint https://spatial-img.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/services/Elevation/DEM_TimeSeries_AllUsers/ImageServer/WMSServer
Detailed metadata record can be viewed in QSpatial Catalogue: here
Queensland DEM: Latest Cache
Imagery Layer endpoint https://spatial-img.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/services/Elevation/QldDem/ImageServer
WMS endpoint https://spatial-img.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/services/Elevation/QldDem/ImageServer/WMSServer
Detailed metadata record can be viewed in QSpatial Catalogue: here
For assistance or support connecting to services refer to the Topics in the Imagery and Elevation Knowledge Base.