dataset · Europe
Collection of open nation-scale LiDAR datasets
The goal of this project is to collect all publicly available large scale LiDAR datasets and archive them in an uniform fashion for easy access and use. Initial efforts to collect the datasets are concentrated on Europe and will be in future expanded to USA and other regions, striving for global coverage. Every dataset includes files in original data format and translated to COPC format. For faster browsing, we include an overview file that includes a small subset of data points from every datas
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Licence: The exact version of the licence depends on LiDAR dataset and is not the same for all datasets. Look for license.pdf file in the used dataset.
Evidence quality: 34.1
Listed in aws-odr public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- LiDAR point cloud datasets (nation-scale, publicly available) · Overview COPC file (subset of points from every dataset)
- Coverage docs-verified
- Europe (initial focus; USA and other regions planned, striving for global coverage)
- Update frequency docs-verified
- When new open dataset is published (no fixed schedule)
- Formats docs-verified
- Original data format (varies by dataset) · COPC
- Access docs-verified
- Free open data via public S3 bucket (s3://open-lidar-data); no AWS account needed; licence varies per dataset, check license.pdf in each dataset
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Ground-model and terrain input for topographic surveys of European sites where no local LiDAR is commissioned · Drainage and flood modelling terrain baseline using nation-scale LiDAR tiles · Desk-based site reconnaissance by browsing the overview COPC before downloading full tiles
- Audience llm-inferred
- GIS analysts · drainage engineers · flood consultants · hydrologists · civils/BIM engineers
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Coverage concentrated on Europe; USA and other regions are planned, not available · Licence differs per dataset; check each dataset's license.pdf before reuse · Updates depend on new open datasets being published; no fixed schedule · Original data publisher must be cited · Overview COPC file holds only a small subset of points
Evidence
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.