dataset · Global
Terrain Tiles
A global dataset providing bare-earth terrain heights, tiled for easy usage and provided on S3.
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Licence: https://github.com/tilezen/joerd/blob/master/docs/attribution.md
Evidence quality: 40.1
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
- bare-earth terrain heights · gridded elevation tiles
- Coverage docs-verified
- Global
- Update frequency docs-verified
- Irregular; new data added based on community feedback
- Formats docs-verified
- GeoTIFF (produced via GDAL, per tutorial)
- Access docs-verified
- Open; anonymous S3 access without an AWS account; licence per attribution page (licence type not stated in docs)
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Bare-earth DEM input for FRA flood modelling where no local LiDAR is available · Catchment delineation and drainage flow-path analysis from global elevation tiles · Preliminary earthworks cut-fill and gradient screening for civils options appraisal
- Audience llm-inferred
- flood consultants · drainage engineers · hydrologists · civils engineers · GIS analysts
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Native spatial resolution not stated in docs · Update cadence is irregular and driven by community feedback · No UK-specific accuracy or vertical-datum information in docs · Attribution required under the linked licence page · Managed by Mapzen, a Linux Foundation project; long-term maintenance not guaranteed by docs
Evidence
- arn:aws:s3:::elevation-tiles-prod, arn:aws:s3:::elevation-tiles-prod-eu
- https://registry.opendata.aws/terrain-tiles/
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.