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Geodata Lathen
Lathen · Landkreis Emsland · Lower Saxony · Municipality key (AGS) 03454029
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Ready-made files from this server — one click, one download, uniform nationwide in EPSG:25832.
🗺️ ALKIS — Real-estate cadastre: parcels, building footprints and land use
| Package | Size |
|---|---|
| Complete package (3 layers) | on demand |
| Parcels only | on demand |
| Building footprints only | on demand |
| Land use only | on demand |
Source: © GeoBasis-DE/LGLN · Licence CC BY 4.0
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⛰️ DTM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
65 tiles of 1 km² each (188 MB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (65 tiles, JSON) | 188 MB |
🏙️ DSM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
65 tiles of 1 km² each (206 MB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (65 tiles, JSON) | 206 MB |
🌳 nDSM1 — Normalised surface model: object height above ground on a 1-metre grid
65 tiles of 1 km² (33 MB), 1 m resolution, metres above ground, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (65 tiles, JSON) | 33 MB |
Directly from the state
There is no copy of these datasets here: the tables link per tile to the server of the responsible state agency.
✈️ DOP — Digital orthophotos: current aerial imagery directly from the state agencies
23 tiles, period 2025-03-08–2025-03-08.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (23 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (5)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2014 (23 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2017 (23 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2020 (23 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2023 (23 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (23 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
📷 iDSM — Image-based surface model at native resolution — directly from the state agency
65 tiles, period 2025-03-08–2025-03-08.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (65 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (2)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2023 (65 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (65 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
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Land use in Lathen
What the land is used for — summed from the ALKIS land-use polygons, not taken from official statistics. Shares refer to the municipal area of 38 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 20 km² | 53.4 % |
| Forest | 7 km² | 17.1 % |
| Heath, bog & marsh | 297 ha | 7.8 % |
| Residential land | 184 ha | 4.8 % |
| Road transport | 125 ha | 3.3 % |
| Water bodies | 98 ha | 2.6 % |
| Industry & commerce | 89 ha | 2.4 % |
| Paths and tracks | 71 ha | 1.9 % |
| Woodland | 63 ha | 1.6 % |
| Wasteland & unvegetated land | 54 ha | 1.4 % |
| Mixed-use area | 48 ha | 1.3 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 40 ha | 1.0 % |
| Rail transport | 28 ha | 0.7 % |
| Other uses | 15 ha | 0.4 % |
| Squares | 2 ha | 0.1 % |
| Cemetery | 2 ha | 0.1 % |
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Terrain elevation in Lathen
Calculated from the digital terrain model (DTM1): minimum, maximum and a tile-area-weighted mean of the elevations above sea level (NHN).
| Metric | Elevation above sea level (NHN) |
|---|---|
| Minimum | 4.1 m |
| Mean | 15.3 m |
| Maximum | 42.4 m |
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Data as of: 2026-11-02.