G-LiHT Digital Terrain Model KML V001
Goddard’s LiDAR, Hyperspectral, and Thermal Imager ([G-LiHT](https://gliht.gsfc.nasa.gov/)) mission utilizes a portable, airborne imaging system that aims to simultaneously map the composition, structure, and function of terrestrial ecosystems. G-LiHT primarily focuses on a broad diversity of forest communities and ecoregions in North America, mapping aerial swaths over the Conterminous United States (CONUS), Alaska, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.
The purpose of G-LiHT’s Digital Terrain Model Keyhole Markup Language (KML) data product (GLDTMK) is to provide LiDAR-derived bare earth elevation, aspect and slope on the EGM96 Geopotential Model. Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center began collecting data over locally-defined areas in 2011 and the collection will continue to grow as aerial campaigns are flown and processed.
GLDTMK data are processed as a Google Earth overlay KML file at a nominal 1 meter spatial resolution over locally-defined areas. A low resolution browse is also provided showing the digital terrain with a color map applied in JPEG format.
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| description | Goddard’s LiDAR, Hyperspectral, and Thermal Imager ([G-LiHT](https://gliht.gsfc.nasa.gov/)) mission utilizes a portable, airborne imaging system that aims to simultaneously map the composition, structure, and function of terrestrial ecosystems. G-LiHT primarily focuses on a broad diversity of forest communities and ecoregions in North America, mapping aerial swaths over the Conterminous United States (CONUS), Alaska, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. The purpose of G-LiHT’s Digital Terrain Model Keyhole Markup Language (KML) data product (GLDTMK) is to provide LiDAR-derived bare earth elevation, aspect and slope on the EGM96 Geopotential Model. Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center began collecting data over locally-defined areas in 2011 and the collection will continue to grow as aerial campaigns are flown and processed. GLDTMK data are processed as a Google Earth overlay KML file at a nominal 1 meter spatial resolution over locally-defined areas. A low resolution browse is also provided showing the digital terrain with a color map applied in JPEG format. |
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| identifier | 10.5067/Community/GLIHT/GLDTMK.001 |
| keyword |
[ "earth-science-topography-land-surface", "earth-science-topography-land-surface-terrain-elevation" ] |
| license | https://www.usa.gov/government-works |
| modified | 2026-06-22 |
| programCode |
[ "026:000" ] |
| publisher |
{ "name": "LP DAAC;NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| spatial |
"["GEODETIC", [{"NorthBoundingCoordinate": 73, "WestBoundingCoordinate": -170, "EastBoundingCoordinate": -50, "SouthBoundingCoordinate": 10}]]"
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| temporal | 2011-06-30/2026-06-15 |
| theme |
[ "Earth Science" ] |
| title | G-LiHT Digital Terrain Model KML V001 |
