Bulk Data
Request free bulk high-resolution spatial data.
At City of Surrey, we have made our remote sensing data, covering the entire city, available. The data available comprises of LiDAR, hyperspectral imagery, and ortho photo imagery to support various City initiatives and responsibilities. These data sets were acquired for specific capital engineering projects, but there is extensive value in them for other purposes.
These and other large data sets are available in bulk to external firms and agencies upon request. Making these data sets readily available in bulk form results in efficiencies for firms working on capital or land development projects for the City, reduces overhead associated with traditional data requests, and reduces overhead costs associated with bandwidth charges that the City incurs when transferring data over the internet.
Data Transfer
Find a list of the data sets available in the Bulk Data Inventory Spreadsheet.
To obtain a copy of this data, complete the Bulk Data Request Form and supply the City with an external hard drive with a storage capacity of at least 1TB supporting USB 3.0.
The City doesn't cover shipping costs. You may arrange a courier to deliver and pick up your portable hard drive.
This service is provided free of charge. For this reason, limited resources are available to complete the transfers. A target turnaround of 1 week is anticipated. However, the time may be extended during peak periods.
Sample Data
See sample data of a small area within Surrey City Centre to get familiar with the data before requesting a copy of the entire offering.
Some of these samples have been zipped for convenience. All files will open in a new window.
LiDAR
- 2013 LiDAR 500x500 metre tile (LAS v1.2 file format)
- Metadata (xml)
- 2009 LiDAR 1000x1000 metre tile (LAS file format)
- Bare Earth Grid file (ESRI Grid)
- First Return Surface (ESRI Grid)
- LiDAR Intensity Return Image (Tiff image)
- Bare Earth Key Points File (ASCII text)
- Hillshade (Geotiff format)
- Metadata (World file)
Imagery
- Hyperspectral Imagery 1600x1600 metre map tile
- Metadata (Hdr)
- False colour image with spectral profile of forested area (Png image)
- Orthophoto Imagery 1600x1600 map tile (Geotiff format)
- As constructed images for a sample 1600x1600 map tile (Zip file of tiff images)
Email EngWebmail@surrey.ca or phone at 604-591-4146 with any questions on making a bulk data request.
The following images are examples of the City's Remote Sensing Data in use. We encourage you to share your images created from the City's GIS data.