3DEP lidar partner acquisition
State of MontanaMontana- Detected
- Oct 8, 2026
- 30 days ago
- Sector
- Environmental Services
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From the meeting
At the October 8, 2026 meeting, Montana State Library said it was serving in a coordination role finding partners to acquire lidar through the USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP). The presentation said the effort kicked off in 2019 and that lidar data support bare-earth digital elevation models, digital surface models, canopy height models, hillshade, and intensity images. It also said the state was seeking partners and that accuracy is moving from meters to centimeters in the future.
The item was a funding-partner update and the work remained open.
- Meeting date
- October 8, 2026
- Agency
- State of Montana
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