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USGS 3DEP Lidar Digital Surface Model

This collection is derived from the [USGS 3DEP COPC collection](https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/dataset/3dep-lidar-copc). It creates a Digital Surface Model (DSM) using [`pdal.filters.range`](https://pdal.io/stages/filters.range.html#filters-range) to output a collection of Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs, removing all points that have been classified as noise.

Source details

Licence: proprietary

Evidence quality: 22

Listed in planetary-computer public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z

Evidence

• https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/api/stac/v1/collections/3dep-lidar-dsm
• https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/dataset/3dep-lidar-dsm

Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.