3D Elevation Program

Navigate the 3DEP BAA

The 3DEP Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) facilitates partnering with the USGS and other Federal agencies to acquire high-quality 3D elevation data for the nation. Follow these guidelines to apply.

1. Find partnerships: Check SeaSketch for Federal agency priorities. Engage Federal, State, Tribal, local, academic, and private partners

This document is a copy of the Lidar Base Specification 2021 revision A online content. The primary source of the Lidar Base Specification is at https://www.usgs.gov/3DEP/lidarspec . 

Agenda:

• 00:05 Accessing 3DEP Lidar and DEMs: Presenters - Rob Dollison & Jason Stoker
• 16:21 WBD Improvements for White Mountains National Forest, New Hampshire: Presenter- Brittany Gold: USGS Utah Water Science Center

Links:

• USGS National

FY20 status of 3DEP quality data - as of September 30, 2020

This map of the United States and its territories shows the areal extent and quality level of planned, in-progress and existing publicly available lidar (IfSAR in Alaska) data identified by the United States Interagency Elevation Inventory (USIEI) that meet 3DEP base level specification planned to be

3DEP BAA KML and Shapefile Instructions

5 meter DEM - Recent Updates (Alaska only)

5 meter DEM - Availability (Alaska only)

1 meter DEM - Availability (CONUS only)

Seamless DEMs - Production Method

Seamless DEMs - Currency by Year Acquired

Seamless DEMs - Recent Updates