In September 2015, the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning began to provide terrain data for the whole of Slovenia. The data required for this purpose has been obtained by collecting the high density terrain elevation data by using the LiDAR earth’s surface laser scanning technique (Light Detection and Ranging). The aim of the project is to provide high quality information on which hydraulic analysis of the water situation, production of flood hazard maps, simulation of flood areas, design of flood-protection measures and planning and spatial planning may mainly be based.A user can collect georeferenced 3D point cloud for any area in Slovenia and use it for further processing and analysis. LiDAR data are especially useful when large areas of terrain and overgrown grounds come in question.

Thanks to a better height precision and the ability to detect and measure objects under vegetation, the now available national LiDAR data are opening up new options of application: from planning, flood studies or studies on geomorphological and topographical changes, archaeology, cultural heritage, vegetation analyses for forestry, environmental protection and ecology, maintenance of electrical power and other purposes.

Please contact the Geavis engineers for more information or a detailed explanation on how to use the newly available data on Slovenian territory in your projects and to achieve your business goals.