TopoDesignerTerrain intelligence

Data source attributions

Know which external sources inform each terrain view.

Source review: June 2, 2026

TopoDesigner computes derived terrain layers locally in your browser after source bytes arrive. External imagery, terrain and lookup sources retain their own notices and terms.

Esri World Imagery

The satellite-only online background is Powered by Esri. Source: Esri, Vantor, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community.

USGS 3DEP

3DEP data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.

NSW Spatial Services bundled showcase

© Department of Customer Service 2026-06-02. © State of New South Wales (Spatial Services, a business unit of the Department of Customer Service NSW). For current information go to spatial.nsw.gov.au. Adapted farm-scale crop from Lismore-DEM-AHD_56_5m.zip; source archive extracted 2026-06-02.

Mapzen Terrain Tiles composite

The global Terrarium visual context and fallback analysis surface use the Mapzen Terrain Tiles AWS dataset. Its provider notices are:

  • ArcticDEM terrain data DEM(s) were created from DigitalGlobe, Inc., imagery and funded under National Science Foundation awards 1043681, 1559691, and 1542736.
  • Australia terrain data © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2017.
  • Austria terrain data © offene Daten Österreichs - Digitales Geländemodell (DGM) Österreich.
  • Canada terrain data contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  • Europe terrain data produced using Copernicus data and information funded by the European Union - EU-DEM layers.
  • Global ETOPO1 terrain data U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  • Mexico terrain data source: INEGI, Continental relief, 2016.
  • New Zealand terrain data Copyright 2011 Crown copyright (c) Land Information New Zealand and the New Zealand Government (All rights reserved).
  • Norway terrain data © Kartverket.
  • United Kingdom terrain data © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.
  • United States 3DEP (formerly NED) and global GMTED2010 and SRTM terrain data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Copernicus DEM

Adapted from Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Point preview via Open-Meteo.

Location search

Search data © OpenStreetMap contributors. The low-volume setup default uses the public Nominatim service only on explicit search submission.