andyf
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Post by andyf on Mar 21, 2019 6:51:00 GMT -5
I've pulled together a map from the EA website showing the extent of the point cloud data coverage for England.
Be aware that this includes data all the way back to 2005 and therefore this might be the only elevation stuff available for a particular course or area.
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Post by linkslover on Mar 21, 2019 8:03:38 GMT -5
Just England then and some of it is patchy at best.
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andyf
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Post by andyf on Mar 21, 2019 8:14:13 GMT -5
If you think that England is bad... take a look at the Scottish data!! The responsibility for the LIDAR lies with the appropriate environmental agencies and they don't do complete coverage in point cloud format. They concentrate that work on issues mainly surrounding flood plains and rivers so they can carry out modeling work as to what happens in extreme weather events etc.  |
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andyf
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Post by andyf on Mar 21, 2019 8:15:59 GMT -5
You can get the data for the entire country in DSM (digital surface model) or DTM (digital terrain model) format at a resolution of 25cm however at the moment Chad's tool only works off the point cloud information
Andy
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Post by Trusevich on Mar 22, 2019 11:32:21 GMT -5
Don't forget the far north too! 
Annoyingly, and predictably, my local course is covered by that wee smudge on the north coast, I've found the LiDAR data and viewed it in some free viewer program and eventually found the area the course is located in. The first image shows the newly planted trees. The second image shows how it looks on google maps. It's difficult to even find where fairways start and end, and in many cases where the tee boxes are. I think the google data is much older than the LiDAR data too, so may not even match now. The OSM map is basically blank.
I'm on PS4 and it would cost an arm and a leg to upgrade my PC to a suitable standard, even if I were confident of tying all the data together. To be honest, I think it's impossible anyway.
Anyway, I'm digressing from the topic, apologies. There is data out there for Scotland, just not bloody much.
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