Texas Road Elevation Model

Statewide Road Elevation Data per TxDOT District

Information

Texas 3-meter Terrain The Road Elevation Model (REM) Digital Surface Model (DSM) provides elevation data for public roadways across Texas. Derived from the statewide TxGIO lidar collections, the DSM captures surface elevations along the driven path, including bridge crossings and culverts. Limits are is derived from buffered OpenStreetMap road linework. Each TxDOT District's REM is provided as Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs (COG) and then combined them into a statewide virtual raster (VRT) for seamless access.

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Links and Resources
Resource Action
Road Elevation VRT (for GIS software) Download VRT
District Road Elevation Index (GeoJSON) Download Index

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Road Elevation Index (by TxDOT District)