This is *really* fun. Thanks for pointing it out, Richard! I've put up a quick-and-dirty blog post on how to render these at http://www.generalist.org.uk/blog/2015/taking-pictures-with-flying-government-lasers/ - it's fairly easy, though a little fiddly.
(I don't have much previous experience with QGIS so may have skipped a step that makes it all simpler - please do correct me if so...) Demo images are all on Commons. Andrew. On 1 October 2015 at 15:44, Richard Symonds <richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > I've just knocked up the one at > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heightmap_of_Trencrom_Hill.png. I > haven't added it to any articles but it's there to use if you want! > > It's not much work, but the issue is that the heightmaps tend to not cover > Wales or Scotland, and they tend to cover flood zones, rather than hills. > This makes tracking down high-resolution data of castles/hills (which tend > to be high up) rather difficult. Most of England is covered with 1 metre > resolution though, with 25cm being the best. > > Richard Symonds > Wikimedia UK > 0207 065 0992 > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over > Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. > > > On 22 September 2015 at 11:20, Richard Nevell > <richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: >> >> I think it should be downloadable as jpegs as well as the underlying data >> files. This gives you a visualisation of the landscape, with or without >> trees if you want. Very useful for landscapes, and excellent for >> archaeological sites which only survive as earthworks. >> >> On 22 September 2015 at 11:11, Richard Symonds >> <richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: >>> >>> Forwarding to this list, perhaps someone has some ideas for how we can >>> make use of the newly released LIDAR data! >>> >>> Richard Symonds >>> Wikimedia UK >>> 0207 065 0992 >>> >>> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >>> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered >>> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. >>> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia >>> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who >>> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). >>> >>> Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control >>> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Tim Waters <chippy2...@gmail.com> >>> Date: 22 September 2015 at 10:34 >>> Subject: [Talk-GB] Environment Agency LIDAR datasets OGL licensed now >>> available >>> To: OSM - Talk GB <talk...@openstreetmap.org> >>> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> back in June we had a thread announcing that this LIDAR data was due >>> to be released. Well some of it has. >>> >>> >>> https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2015/09/18/laser-surveys-light-up-open-data/ >>> >>> http://environment.data.gov.uk/ds/survey#/ >>> >>> I think it's just for England, and appears to be 1m and 2m composite >>> DTM and 1m and 2m DSM They do intend to release a Tiled version next, >>> and I think 50cm and 25cm are coming also >>> >>> What can we do with it? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-GB mailing list >>> talk...@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Richard Nevell >> Project Coordinator >> Wikimedia UK >> +44 (0) 20 7065 0753 >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. 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