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National Elevation Dataset (NED) Seamless 10- and 30-meter digital raster elevation data covers the conterminous U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. Features periodic updates to incorporate the best available source data (primarily USGS 10 and 30-meter DEMs).
Seamless Data Distribution System

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NED Index Map

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Seamless SRTM "Finished" 1 arc second (30 meter posting) digital raster elevation covers the United States and its territories and possesions. Seamless SRTM "Finished" 3 arc second (90 meter posting) digital raster elevation covers the globe between 60 degrees N and 56 degrees S latitude. SRTM "Finished" was supplied by NGA.

Seamless Data Distribution System

Pre-defined areas of 1 arc second (30 meter) SRTM "Finished" Data in SRTM format, on DVD, covers the United States and its territories and possesions. The SRTM format is created from the SRTM DTED® Level 2 "Finished" product supplied by NGA.

SRTM Format 1 arc second (30 meter) Index Map

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Pre-Defined areas of 3 arc second (90 meter) SRTM "Finished" data in SRTM Format, on DVD, covers the globe between 60 degrees N and 56 degrees S latitude. The SRTM Format is created from the SRTM DTED® Level 1 "Finished" product supplied by NGA.

SRTM Format 3 arc second (90 meter) Index Map

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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DTED®
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3 arc second (90 meter) SRTM DTED® Level 1 "Finished" data derived from SRTM IFSAR data.

SRTM DTED® Level 1 (3 arc second) Index Map
1 arc second (30 meter) SRTM DTED® Level 2 "Finished" data derived from SRTM IFSAR data. 1 arc second (30 meter) is only available for the United States and territorial islands.

SRTM DTED® Level 2 (1 arc second) Index Map

SRTM Water Body Dataset

SRTM Water Body Data files are a by-product of the data editing performed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to produce the finished SRTM Digital Terrain Elevation Data Level 2 (DTED® 2).

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Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) Digital raster elevation data based on USGS topographic quads.

USGS Geographic Data Download

Global 30 Arc-Second Elevation Dataset (GTOPO30) Global 1-km digital raster data derived from a variety of sources.
GTOPO30

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HYDRO1K A global hydrologic database derived from 1996 GTOPO30 data.
HYDRO1K

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