LINZ Data Service

📢 Checkout: 2025 LiDAR (1m DEM) and matching aerial imagery now live on LDS and Basemaps. Captured concurrently for seamless integration. 📊 Visualisations created using AerialOD. 🔗 data.linz.govt.nz/layer/122952 🗺️ Imagery: basemaps.linz.govt.nz/@-41.2220720,1… #OpenData #LiDAR

📸 Bay of Plenty 0.1 m urban imagery (2025) is live Now available on the LINZ Data Service, captured over the 2025–26 summer. Image shows Te Kaha. Thanks to BOPLASS Ltd. 👉 data.linz.govt.nz/layer/123991 🗺️ basemaps.linz.govt.nz/v1/link/bay-of… #OpenData #AerialImagery #LDS #LINZ

🚨South Wairarapa (2025) LiDAR now on LDS. 🔗 DEM data.linz.govt.nz/layer/123962 🔗 DSM data.linz.govt.nz/layer/123963 🔗Point Cloud data.linz.govt.nz/layer/d3Xhm6qc… #LiDAR #OpenData Image: REM of the Ruamāhanga River. See experience.arcgis.com/experience/452… #OpenData #LiDAR #LDS

Fresh 0.05 m urban aerial imagery for Gisborne has landed ✨ Captured for Gisborne District Council and BOPLASS by Woolpert. Explore it on the LINZ Data Service here: data.linz.govt.nz/layer/123765 Basemaps: basemaps.linz.govt.nz/@-38.6672839,1… Image (Riverpoint Road) #LDS #Imagery #opendata

🌤️ New imagery release! Our 0.25m rural aerial photos (2025) for Waimakariri are now live. Image: where Newton Stream meets the Esk River. Thanks to @waimakariridc Explore on LDS and Basemaps: 🔗 data.linz.govt.nz/layer/123650 🗺️ basemaps.linz.govt.nz/@-43.2131833,1… #OpenData #AerialImagery #LDS

🚀 New release! We’ve published 7.5cm urban aerial imagery captured by Porirua City Council — thanks @porirua_city 👏 Explore it now on LDS and Basemaps: 🔗 data.linz.govt.nz/layer/123693 🗺️ basemaps.linz.govt.nz/@-41.8899962,1… #LDS #OpenData #AerialImagery

Canterbury’s latest LiDAR is up now, covering Christchurch city and Lyttelton Harbour. Download the DEM, DSM and Point Cloud from the LINZ Data Service: data.linz.govt.nz/layer/123194🛰️🌿Thanks @ECan

✈️Want to learn more about aerial imagery available via LINZ publishing channels and planned imagery surveys in your region, visit the new imageryaotearoa.govt.nz #esri #opendata

🚨 New Christchurch 2025 aerial imagery now live! 🖼️ 7.5cm & 5cm resolution of CBD & Lyttelton Harbour 🔗 LDS: data.linz.govt.nz/layer/123118 & data.linz.govt.nz/layer/123119 🗺️ Basemaps: basemaps.linz.govt.nz/@-43.5286380,1… & basemaps.linz.govt.nz/@-43.5239922,1… Thanks to @ECan #Opendata #LDS #AerialImagery

We've refreshed NZ Building Outlines for rural Waikato —around 223,000 buildings updated. This follows updates for Hamilton, Gisborne, Marlborough, Taranaki & Manawatū-Whanganui. Check it out on LDS: data.linz.govt.nz/layer/101290 📷Image: Waikato #OpenData

📢 New Data Release The Selwyn 0.2m Rural Aerial Photos are now available via the LINZ Data Service & Basemaps. 🔗 data.linz.govt.nz/layer/123152 🗺️ basemaps.linz.govt.nz/v1/link/selwyn… Thanks to @ECan (Image: Rolleston) #OpenData #AerialImagery #LINZ

🚁 Fresh 2025 aerial imagery of Hamilton now live on LDS & Basemaps! 📏 Captured at 5cm resolution for crisp urban detail. 🔗 data.linz.govt.nz/layer/123014 🗺️basemaps.linz.govt.nz/@-37.7707151,1… 🙏 Thanks @CouncilHamilton! #LDS #AerialImagery #OpenData

🆕 New urban aerial imagery for Waimate (2025) is now available on LDS and Basemaps. Captured by @ECan, this update replaces the 2022 dataset. 🔗 LDS: data.linz.govt.nz/layer/122975 🗺️ Basemaps: basemaps.linz.govt.nz/v1/link/waimat… 📍 Image: St. Andrews #LINZData #AerialImagery #OpenData

📢 A new aerial imagery dataset captured by @ECan is now live on LDS and LINZ Basemaps: 🔗 LDS: data.linz.govt.nz/layer/122974 🗺️ View in Basemaps: basemaps.linz.govt.nz/v1/link/banks-… 📍Image: Little River #OpenData #aerialimagery

Canterbury’s 25cm rural aerial imagery 📸, captured by @ECan, now includes stunning coverage of Hurunui and Kaikōura districts. 🗺🗺️Check it out on LINZ Data Service and LINZ Basemaps: data.linz.govt.nz/layer/122717 & basemaps.linz.govt.nz/@-42.8840147,1… #OpenData (Image: Cheviot)

@ryanbigwillly Thanks for your query! For more detailed information, please email our hydro team at hydro@linz.govt.nz — they’ll be happy to assist you.

Hi @LINZLDS, whilst admiring your 2025 West Coast Lidar, my colleagues and I have detected some perplexing bathymetric concavities. We’re suspicious about these underwater features, are they natural formations, data glitches, or something more sinister? Please shed some light!

📸Fresh aerial views over Banks Peninsula is now live on LDS! This new 25cm rural imagery, captured by @ECan, features stunning detail over Akaroa. ⛵️🌄 Check it out here👉data.linz.govt.nz/layer/122717-c… 👀More imagery coming soon 📍Images: Akaroa #OpenData #Canterbury #AerialImagery

📢New this week: New NZ Property Boundaries dataset now on LDS and ArcGIS REST - our best representation of property boundaries in NZ 🏠🗺️ Start using it on LDS: data.linz.govt.nz/layer/122657 ArcGIS Online: arcgis.com/home/item.html…

🚁New urban aerial imagery is now live for the West Coast! Explore detailed 7.5cm photos from: ▶️Grey data.linz.govt.nz/layer/122667-g… ▶️Westland data.linz.govt.nz/layer/122670-w… ▶️Buller data.linz.govt.nz/layer/122596-b… More imagery coming this summer. 📍Image: Runanga (Grey dataset) #OpenData #WestCoast