Keith Lynch05:00, Jun 07 2021
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Drone footage shows full extent of the damage to the Waiho Bridge, near Franz Josef on the West Coast, in March 2019.
New maps that show the precise makeup of the West Coast, warts and all, have been released. They can be used for everything from farming to engineering. KEITH LYNCH reports.
They are called LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) maps, and they can be used to create a picture of the “bare” earth.
In 2018, a Government initiative made millions of dollars available to better map regional New Zealand.
The first batch of maps, showing the West Coast, has now been released. More are expected to follow soon. This is what is going on.