USGS 3DEP
USGS program collecting nationwide airborne lidar and derived elevation products for the United States.
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
|---|---|
| Coverage | United States
Bounding box (EPSG:4326): -179.2, 17.8, -64.5, 71.4 |
| Licence | LicenseRef-Public-Domain
Publisher's wording: Public domain |
| Themes | lidar-data-sources, point-clouds-lidar-3d, open-data-sources |
| Update cadence | Not stated |
| Formats | Not stated |
| Status | active |
| Last verified | 2026-11-05 |
| Notes | Primary US lidar source. |
| Recipe | Not stated |
| Related | Not stated |
Access endpoints
| Type | URL | Layer or index | Auth | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
http | https://www.usgs.gov/3d-elevation-program | Not stated | none | Not stated |
arcgis-rest | https://elevation.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/3DEPElevation/ImageServer | Not stated | none | Bare-earth DEM from multi-resolution 3DEP sources; hillshade, slope, aspect and contour functions; WMS and WCS enabled. Tested 2026-11-05. |
arcgis-rest | https://index.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/3DEPElevationIndex/MapServer | Not stated | none | Index of 3DEP projects and products. |