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Digital Surface Model

Created 10/01/2026

Updated 10/01/2026

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A terrain surface dataset that represents the height value of all natural and built features of the surface of the city. Each pixel within the image contains an elevation value in accordance with the Australian Height Datum (AHD).

The data has been captured in May 2018 as GeoTiff files, and covers the entire municipality.

A KML tile index file can be found in the attachments to indicate the location of each tile, along with a sample image.

Capture Information:

Capture Pixel Resolution: 0.1 metres

Limitations:

Whilst every effort is made to provide the data as accurate as possible, the content may not be free from errors, omissions or defects.

Preview:

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A zip file containing all relevant files representing the Digital Surface Model

Download Digital Surface Model data (12.0GB)

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Digital Surface Model
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/d508bcf2-8612-43b6-a280-31c05ecac010
Remote Last Updated 19/11/2019
Contact Point
City of Melbourne Open Data
opendata@melbourne.vic.gov.au
Reference Period 19/11/2019
Geospatial Coverage Melbourne
Data Portal Melbourne Data

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Melbourne Data "Digital Surface Model". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.melbourne.vic.gov.au/explore/dataset/digital-surface-model/