Major LiDAR projects

Since 2006, the Coordinated Imagery Program (CIP) has acquired over 100,000 km² of LiDAR data across more than 130 projects through public sector partner investment. This LiDAR data has been used to support flood planning, generate elevation models, monitor coastal and forest environments, enhance geological data and support traditional owner cultural heritage use cases.

The data collected through these projects contributes to the Vicmap Elevation LiDAR DEMs and Vicmap Elevation LiDAR Point Cloud products. These products are available to license through Vicmap’s Value Added Reseller (VAR) and Data Service Provider (DSP) network for the private sector and via coordinated.imagery@delwp.vic.gov.au for government entities.

Discover further details about some of our more significant LiDAR projects through short descriptions of their technical specifications, extents and availability, as well as data samples to download or visualise online.

Explore major LiDAR projects in Victoria

East Gippsland and Central Highland RFA LiDAR 2020-21

The state's largest ever acquisition of LiDAR for the purposes of mapping of forest values.

Digital Twin Victoria LiDAR 2021-24

Starting in 2021 and conducted over three years, the DTV LiDAR project is the largest LiDAR survey undertaken in the state’s history.

Axedale-Moe and Golden Plains LiDAR 2020-21

A LiDAR survey designed to support Geological Survey Victoria operational requirements to improve prospecting for extractive materials.

A horizontal LiDAR cross section of Budj Bim showing green points for tree growth, orange and brown points for the terrain, and a black background.

Budj Bim LiDAR 2019-20

High-resolution mapping, including high-density LiDAR, of the UNESCO World Heritage listed Budj Bim region.

A colourised LiDAR point-cloud image of a section of the great ocean road. The angle tilts diagonally down towards the ground, showing a section of a main road with a roundabout. Details to either side of the road are muted and just light street outlines are visible. Along the main road, and with a buffer of a few metres either side, colour indicates the height of each point, and the details are much more precise. Dark shades of blue represent the deepest points, fading through to shades of green and teal for higher points. A white line indicates the middle of the road, and lime green lines indicate the edges of the road.

Great Ocean Road LiDAR 2019-20

The entire Great Ocean Road was mapped using both aerial and mobile LiDAR as well as high-resolution aerial imagery.

An image split into two halves with a vertical line sloping slightly diagonally from top right to bottom left. The right hand is an image of a regional town, and the left hand image shows the 3D equivalent, with structures shaded in grey with dark lines along the edges of buildings.

3D regional towns LiDAR 2018-19

This project covers 18 Victorian regional townships to investigate the feasibility of extending the state's Vicmap data sets into 3D and 4D.

A LiDAR image over a section of Melbourne showing roads in grey, trees, grass and shrubs in green, and manmade structures in red over a suburban area..

Greater Melbourne LiDAR 2017-18

The largest contiguous LiDAR collection undertaken over Melbourne covering both urban and peri-urban regions.

LiDAR aerial imagery over a section of river near Latrobe. Colour represents height, with the deeper points such as river bends and flood plains shaded in blues, the fields shaded in teals, greens and yelows, and higher points suggesting hills in the bottom right corner shaded in oranges and reds.

Victorian rivers LiDAR 2009-10

A flagship project to create baseline river condition data for ongoing river monitoring and accurate DEM surface representations.

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