Kansas’s data clearinghouse has released updated elevation data for several counties. What a benefit to those who need it for contouring, viewsheds, hillshades, slope maps, aspect maps, least cost paths, or whatever.
It’s also fun just to look at it.
Legends Area and the Kansas Speedway
Argentine, Kansas River, and the Railroad
The 2012 LIDAR data spotlighted in this post originated from a joint project that included the following agencies\organizations:
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Kansas Department of Agriculture/Division of Water Resources
- U.S. Department of Agriculture/Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Kansas Department of Transportation
- Wyandotte County
- Bourbon County
- Crawford County
- US Army Corps of Engineer



