Coverage · HI

LiDAR Data in Hawaii — Availability & Accuracy

ToposNow indexes 6 USGS 3DEP lidar collections covering Hawaii, flown 2013–2023, with vertical accuracy from 5 cm. 5 of them meet the 10 cm RMSEz survey-grade tiers (QL1/QL2).

Collections

6

Flight years

2013–2023

Best accuracy

5 cm RMSEz

Survey-grade (≤10 cm)

5

From public lidar to project-ready files

The 313.6 billion lidar points published for Hawaii are free — but they arrive as raw tiles in national coordinate systems, weeks of GIS work from a design surface. ToposNow clips your exact site, reprojects to the coordinate system you work in, and delivers classified LAS/LAZ, Civil 3D-ready DXF surfaces, XYZ grids, GeoTIFF DEMs, or a print-ready contour map PDF — in minutes, priced per acre.

Every order starts with a free availability report: which collections cover your site, when they were flown, and their stated accuracy — before you pay anything.

Hawaii lidar — common questions

Is lidar data available for my site in Hawaii?

Hawaii has 6 published USGS 3DEP collections indexed by ToposNow, flown between 2013 and 2023. Coverage varies within the state — draw your exact site on the ToposNow map for a free availability report listing the collections, flight dates, and accuracy for your location.

How accurate is Hawaii lidar data?

The best collections covering Hawaii state 5 cm RMSEz vertical accuracy on open terrain; older collections state up to 20 cm. The free per-site report quotes the exact figure for every collection covering your site.

What formats can I download for a Hawaii site?

Classified LAS/LAZ point clouds, Civil 3D-ready DXF ground surfaces, XYZ grids, GeoTIFF DEMs, and print-ready PDF contour maps — reprojected to any EPSG coordinate system (for example your Hawaii State Plane zone) with vertical datum control. Delivery takes minutes after checkout.

Source: USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) WESM metadata, indexed 2026-07-10. Counts include every published collection whose footprint intersects Hawaii. ToposNow deliverables are derived from published USGS lidar and are not a land survey.