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LIDAR Vegetation Object Model (VOM)
The LIDAR derived Vegetation Object Model (VOM) is a raster product produced as part of the Environment Agency’s “Keeping Rivers Cool” project. It is an attempt to identify riparian tree cover and the opportunities for tree planting to increase future shading of streams & rivers. The dataset has been produced by complex GIS modelling of the Environment Agency national LIDAR programme 1m elevation data into discrete objects, with spatial proximity queries against features in Ordnance Survey mappi
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Evidence quality: 43.6
Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
Evidence
- https://environment.data.gov.uk/DefraDataDownload/?Mode=survey
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/227ab487-e8f2-4cbb-b26a-9e6d3b662265/lidar-vegetation-object-model-vom
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