Exeter 3D City Model

LiDAR digital twin base layer

Buildings with roof heights, individual tree crowns and the ground surface, all derived from Environment Agency 1 m LiDAR for 100 km² of Exeter, with no building or tree data as input, plus Census 2021 residents at their addresses. Click a building or a tree, or use the tools to count residents in an area or time a trip.

Building height (roof, 95th percentile)
3 m581220+ m
Tree height
4 m10152030+ m
Residents per 5 m cell (Census 2021)
12351020+
Roads (OS Open Roads)
Motorway A road B road Other
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Estimate on OS Open Roads: typical speeds with no traffic, one-way streets or turn bans; walking and cycling follow roads only (footpaths aren't in the data).

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Building scores are against Ordnance Survey's detailed building data, which isn't shown here because it can't be redistributed. Method and evaluation: repository.
Environment Agency information © Environment Agency and/or database right, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (LiDAR DSM and DTM). Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2022. OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (OS Open Roads, Zoomstack railways). Railways, viaducts and bridges © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Population: Census 2021 and ONS UPRN Directory, Office for National Statistics (OGL v3), placed on address points by GB Census Population Map; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.