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Vegetation height model Lidar NFI
Countrywide vegetation height models (VHM) were generated for Switzerland based on LiDAR data acquired in the framework of the swissSURFACE3D campaign (swisstopo). To derive vegetation height, the classified point cloud got normalized by calculating height above ground for all points not belonging to the class ground (2). Vegetation point (class 3,4,5) got then rasterized to a grid size of 0.5 m using an interpolation distance of one grid cell. Raster cells not belonging to a vegetation class got set to 0 m above ground. These VHMs are produced in the framework of the Swiss National Forest Inventory (NFI). Each year about 1/6 of Switzerland surface is updated using swissSURFACE3D data in leaf-off state.
Simple
- Alternate title
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Vegetation height model Lidar NFI
- Date (Revision)
- 2026-03-05
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-10-31
- Identifier
- ch.bafu.landesforstinventar-vegetationshoehenmodell_lidar
Owner
Owner
Point of contact
Spatial resolution
Equivalent scale
- Denominator
- 25000
- Topic category
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- G Biota
Extent
Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
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- Maintenance and update frequency
- Annually
- Duration of Conservation
- 100
- Appraisal of Archival Value
- A
- Reason for Archiving Value
- Evidence of business practice
- geocat.ch
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opendata.swiss
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FISE (Forest Information System for Europe)
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Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation
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official geodata
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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- GEMET
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wood
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forest resource
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- geocat.ch
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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Resource constraints
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Opendata BY: Open use. Must provide the source.
Associated resource
- Title
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Vegetation height model NFI
- Association Type
- Reference to a master resource of which this one is a part
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character encoding
- 8859 Part 1
- Basic Geodata
- true
- Basic Geodata ID
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164.19
- Basic Geodata Legal Level
- Federal
- Distribution format
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GeoTIFF (GEOTIFF)
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Distributor
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.landesforstinventar-vegetationshoehenmodell_lidar
WMS-FSDI service, layer "Vegetation height model Lidar NFI"
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.landesforstinventar-vegetationshoehenmodell_lidar
WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Vegetation height model Lidar NFI"
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Vorschau map.geo.admin.ch
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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Vegetation Height Model LiDAR NFI
Link to description
Digital transfer options
- OnLine resource
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STAC Browser
Link for download
Digital transfer options
- Geometric object type
- Surface
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG:2056
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 2cabe809-dee5-4939-9d6d-e06e313efbc7
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Français
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Italiano
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Language
- Rumantsch
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/2cabe809-dee5-4939-9d6d-e06e313efbc7
- Date info (Creation)
- 2025-03-06T07:29:35.406Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-04-13T09:37:46.189547Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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eCH-0271
