Open-Earth-Monitor Global Workshop 2025

A framework of federal global ensemble digital terrain model
2025-09-17, 15:30–15:50 (UTC), Aula Magna

GEDTM30 (github.com/openlandmap/GEDTM30) is a open source global digital terrain model at 1 arc second. It is the first permissive license 1 arc-second terrain model of the world (under CC-BY license). Upon this model, we are presenting a framework to merge national, state-based or individual digital terrain model to improve GEDTM30 data quality locally. Due to permissive license, GEDTM30 can be used as a base layer to create derive products. By merging local lidar DTMs with GEDTM30, it opens the gate to federation of data, sharing the common goods but keeps the best interests for individuals. This framework will be tested by GEDTM30 with lidar data from several countries (e.g. Romania, Italy, the Netherlands, Brazil, etc), and the land surface variables are included to assess the merged GEDTM30 quality. In the end, the code and framework will be open to serve any stakeholders to improve DTM quality of their area of interest and have freedom to decide for contribution.


What is your current associations to EU Horizon projects (if any)?

Open-Earth-Monitor Cyberinfrastructure (Grant agreement ID: 101059548)

I am a research assistant / geoinformatician focusing on lidar processing, machine learning on terrain and vegetation height modeling. I am also working on cloud-native vector data format and functionality development.

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