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We are excited to include highly detailed 3m elevation data for Netherlands derived from <a title=\"AHN2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ahn.nl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">AHN2<\/a> LiDAR point cloud into the Esri <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2014\/07\/11\/introducing-esris-world-elevation-services\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Elevation Layers<\/a>. The LiDAR data came from Rijkswaterstaat, Provincies en de Waterschappen and consists of 1374 LAZ files of approximately 0.5 terabytes. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esri.nl\/\">Esri Netherlands<\/a> processed the data after fixing the anomalies and quality issues and contributed the DTM&#8217;s of the entire Netherlands to the Living Atlas of the World. With this update, Netherlands has a whopping <em>30 times<\/em> more detail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Nationaal-Park-Zuid-Kennemerland-Overveen-Noord-Holland-Nederland.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-45829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Nationaal-Park-Zuid-Kennemerland-Overveen-Noord-Holland-Nederland.jpg\" alt=\"Nationaal Park Zuid-Kennemerland, Overveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland\" width=\"1293\" height=\"874\" \/><\/a><\/em><em>Zuid-Kennemerland National Park, Noord-Holland, Netherlands<em>\u2014<\/em>sand dunes along North Sea coastline<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/02\/KootwijkGelderland_Netherlands.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45831 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/02\/KootwijkGelderland_Netherlands.jpg\" alt=\"KootwijkGelderland_Netherlands\" width=\"1293\" height=\"874\" \/><\/a><\/em><em>Kootwijkerzand, Gelderland, Netherlands<em>\u2014<\/em>the largest sand dunes area in Europe<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Steengroeve-Winterswijk.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-45832 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Steengroeve-Winterswijk.jpg\" alt=\"Steengroeve Winterswijk\" width=\"1293\" height=\"874\" \/><\/a><\/em><em>Steengroeve, Winterswijk, Netherlands<em>\u2014<\/em>an open-cast mine where mainly limestone is extracted<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BourtangeGroningen_Netherlands.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-45833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BourtangeGroningen_Netherlands.jpg\" alt=\"BourtangeGroningen_Netherlands\" width=\"1293\" height=\"1034\" \/><\/a>Fort Bourtange, Groningen, Netherlands<em>\u2014<\/em>a star shaped fort built in 1593 during the Dutch Revolt in the village of Bourtange<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CircuitParkZandvoort.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-45834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CircuitParkZandvoort.jpg\" alt=\"CircuitParkZandvoort\" width=\"1293\" height=\"874\" \/><\/a>Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands<em>\u2014<\/em>a motorsport race track located in the dunes north of Zandvoort, near the North Sea coastline<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a title=\"AHN2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ahn.nl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">AHN2<\/a> dataset greatly enhances the world elevation layers and its derivatives. We will continue to improve these layers with the best authoritative data available from public sources and community contributors. For more information on becoming a Community Maps for Elevation contributor, click\u00a0<a title=\"Community Maps\" href=\"http:\/\/resources.arcgis.com\/en\/communities\/community-maps\/01w600000004000000.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>by Rajinder Nagi, Lead Community Elevation<\/em><\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":4501,"user_firstname":"Rajinder","user_lastname":"Nagi","nickname":"Rajinder Nagi","user_nicename":"rajnagi","display_name":"Rajinder Nagi","user_email":"rnagi@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:16:05","user_description":"Rajinder has more than 20 years of experience in GIS and Remote Sensing. In his current role, he leads the community elevation program at Esri and has wide experience in cartographic visualization, image processing, databases and geo-processing. 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