dataset · Global
CopDEM COG (30 m)
This Collection provides Copernicus DEM COG products, which represent the surface of the Earth including buildings, infrastructure and vegetation, in resolution of 30 meters.
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Licence: other
Evidence quality: 42.9
Listed in cdse-stac 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
- surface elevation model (includes buildings, infrastructure and vegetation)
- Coverage docs-verified
- Global · 2010-12-12 to 2015-01-16
- Resolution docs-verified
- 30 m
- Formats docs-verified
- GeoTIFF (cloud-optimized) · STAC JSON
- Access docs-verified
- Copernicus DEM licence ('other'; see linked legal notice). Data is read via S3 and needs credentials from the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (CDSE).
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Catchment-scale slope and flow-path screening for FRA and drainage inputs · Preliminary overland-flow and contributing-area analysis for drainage strategy · Coarse site-level earthworks and cut-fill screening where high-resolution LiDAR is unavailable
- Audience llm-inferred
- flood consultants · drainage engineers · hydrologists · GIS analysts · civils engineers
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Surface model includes buildings and vegetation, so it is not bare-earth terrain · 30 m resolution is too coarse for detailed site-scale design · Licence is 'other'; check the Copernicus legal notice before commercial reuse · S3 access needs CDSE credentials; the CREODIAS endpoint is requester-pays · Temporal extent metadata (2010-2015) may not reflect current data currency
Evidence
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.