Vanuatu LiDAR data acquisition 3D flythrough video

This flythrough video was developed to illustrate the nature of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) elevation data products acquired and derived for coastal regions in Vanuatu, both onshore (topographic) and offshore (bathymetric).

The video focusses on a small portion of the survey area at Vila Bay on the island of Efate near Vanuatu's Parliament House. The data view transitions through a number of different 3D renders from the ground surface LiDAR point cloud to a bare earth Digital Elevation Model (DEM), a fully classified LiDAR point cloud, a fully featured Digital Surface Model (DSM) including buildings and vegetation, and finally to high resolution imagery of the area.

The LiDAR acquisition was managed by Geoscience Australia on behalf of the Department of Environment as part of the Pacific-Australia Climate Change Science and Adaptation Planning Program.