Elevation products

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Elevation products — 20 published records
ID Product Surface Spacing Vertical reference Accuracy context Terms
E01 USGS 3DEP 1-metre DEM Bare earth 1 metre Usually NAVD88; regional exceptions require tile metadata QL2-or-better lidar source; no per-tile accuracy established US public domain (USGS-produced)
E02 Copernicus GLO-30 DGED DSM including buildings and vegetation 1 arc-second; nominal 30 metres EGM2008, EPSG:3855 Product specification: absolute vertical <4 m LE90; not local validation Copernicus DEM ESA–User Licence (instance-specific)
E03 ALOS AW3D30 DSM Nominal 1 arc-second; longitude angular spacing increases at high latitudes EGM96 orthometric Quality fields supplied; no uniform measured local accuracy established JAXA Terms of Use of Research Data
E04 ArcticDEM 2-metre strips DSM 2 metres WGS84 ellipsoid Strips unregistered to ground control/altimetry NextView / EOCL public DEM release exception
E05 GEBCO 2026 grid Land elevation and bathymetry 15 arc-seconds Assumed mean sea level; some source datums differ Grid spacing is not source-data resolution or accuracy Public domain (GEBCO terms of use)
E06 USGS 3DEP 1/3-arc-second DEM Bare-earth seamless terrain 1/3 arc-second; approximately 10 m north–south Usually NAVD88; local/NGVD29 exceptions outside CONUS Varies by source project; no uniform local value established US public domain (USGS-produced)
E07 USGS 3DEP 1-arc-second DEM Bare-earth seamless terrain 1 arc-second; approximately 30 m north–south Usually NAVD88; local/NGVD29 exceptions outside CONUS Varies by source project; no uniform local value established US public domain (USGS-produced)
E08 USGS Alaska 5-metre IfSAR DEM Bare-earth DTM 5 metres Tile metadata required; do not assume CONUS vertical datum Not established for selected tile US public domain (USGS-produced)
E09 USGS Alaska IfSAR DSM DSM; vegetation and structures included 5 metres Not established in inspected sources Not established for selected tile US public domain (USGS-produced)
E10 Copernicus GLO-90 DSM; buildings and vegetation retained 3 arc-seconds; nominal 90 m EGM2008 (EPSG:3855) Product specification <4 m absolute vertical LE90; not local validation Copernicus DEM ESA–User Licence (instance-specific)
E11 Copernicus EEA-10 DSM; buildings and vegetation retained DGED 0.4 arc-second; INSPIRE nominal 10 m EGM2008 (EPSG:3855) Product specification <4 m absolute vertical LE90; not local validation Copernicus DEM ESA–User Licence (instance-specific)
E12 ArcticDEM mosaic DSM mosaic 2 m primary; coarser mosaics also offered WGS84 ellipsoid Mosaic registration and source coverage vary; no local benchmark here NextView / EOCL public DEM release exception
E13 REMA strips DSM strips 2 metres WGS84 ellipsoid Strips not registered to altimetry; mosaic claim does not apply NextView / EOCL public DEM release exception
E14 REMA mosaic DSM mosaic 2 m; reduced resolutions 10/32 m and whole-domain grids WGS84 ellipsoid Provider reports <1 m absolute uncertainty over most registered area; not local validation NextView / EOCL public DEM release exception
E15 NASADEM HGT Radar-derived terrain/surface with merged fills; not universally bare earth 1 arc-second EGM96 geoid for merged HGT; SRTM-only float product differs Reprocessed product; no single local accuracy guarantee CC0 (unmarked NASA-led mission data; check exceptions)
E16 SRTM GL1 v3 Radar-derived elevation; vegetation/buildings may influence heights 1 arc-second EGM96 USGS describes mission accuracy; no local validation here CC0 (unmarked NASA-led mission data; check exceptions)
E17 CGIAR SRTM 90 m Void-filled SRTM-derived elevation 3 arc-seconds; nominal 90 m at equator Not established in inspected sources Page reports source vertical error <16 m; not independent CGIAR/local validation CIAT SRTM distribution terms
E18 MERIT DEM Error-reduced terrain estimate 3 arc-seconds; nominal 90 m at equator EGM96 geoid Provider reports 58% of land better than 2 m after correction; not uniform accuracy CC BY-NC 4.0 or ODbL 1.0 (choice; additional condition)
E19 FABDEM Terrain estimate with forest/building biases removed Uniform 1 arc-second; approximately 30 m at equator EGM2008 EPSG:3855 No single numerical local accuracy claim established here CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (commercial permission separate)
E20 ASTER GDEM v3 Optical-stereo surface elevation 1 arc-second; nominal 30 m at equator EGM96 Known inaccuracies/artifacts; no uniform accuracy guaranteed NASA/METI data-use conditions; no separate licence established