Open Digital Elevation Model (OpenDEM)
The Portal for sharing the 3rd Dimension

OpenDTM DE

12.11.2024

OpenDTM-DE

Unfortunately, there is a half-pixel offset (±) in the data from Rhineland-Palatinate. As a result, the GeoTIFF files are 40001 × 40001 pixels in size instead of 40000 × 40000 pixels. The data itself is fine and will be clipped in the coming weeks.

Thanks to Octave for reporting this.

openDEM Searcher

01.01.2026

State of the free DEMs of the world: OpenDemSearcher

For 46.5% of the worlds surface now free DEMs exists.

High resolution datasets are available for 25.2% of the world now.

Statistik free DEMs available 2025

World Coverage of available high resolution DEMs (in green).

World Coverage of available mid resolution DEMs (in orange).

Made with Natural Earth.

Map and statistics made with the equal area Gall-Peters Orthographic Projection.

Mind the digital gap!

One small ray of hope on the horizon is that data is now also available for the first country on the African continent (Rwanda).

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