Data Update Norway 🇳🇴: New National LiDAR Building Data

Need nationwide LiDAR-based 3D building heights in Norway? Cityweft now includes new national LiDAR building data for Norway, giving you accurate, consistent 3D city context for architecture, planning, and simulation—without relying on incomplete OSM height tags.

Export formats: SKP, OBJ, GLB, 3DM, DXF, GLTF, DAE, PLY, STL.

Oslo, Norway Compared to OSM-only 3D buildings, LiDAR-derived building heights provide more complete and consistent coverage across Norway—especially outside dense city centres.

We’re excited to announce that Cityweft now supports a new nationwide dataset of high-precision building heights across Norway.

Using authoritative LiDAR-derived elevation data, Cityweft generates accurate and consistent 3D building geometry for cities, towns, and rural areas across the entire country — bringing a new level of realism and reliability to Norwegian context models.

The updated dataset is live today across the Cityweft platform, plugins, and API, with no additional setup required.

Bergen, Norway

What’s new

🇳🇴 Nationwide building height coverage

Cityweft now provides Norway-wide building height coverage with consistent, export-ready 3D building geometry — available anywhere in the country.

📡 LiDAR-based accuracy

Building heights are derived from high-resolution LiDAR elevation data, improving massing realism, skyline accuracy, and terrain alignment compared to footprint-only height inference.

🔌 Available everywhere you work

The new Norway building height layer is supported across the Cityweft web platform, plugins, and API — so your workflow stays seamless from early concept to downstream modelling and analysis.

Trondheim, Norway

Why it matters

With this update, Cityweft provides a stronger nationwide baseline for Norwegian context modelling — making it faster to generate reliable 3D site context for architecture, planning, and environmental studies.

Oslo, Norway

Coverage: Norway (national LiDAR building heights)

• Nationwide coverage across Norway (urban + rural)

• Especially useful for projects in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Tromsø

Access the Norway dataset in Cityweft

You can use Norway’s LiDAR building height layer directly through:

• Cityweft Web Platform

• Plugins

• API

FAQ: Norway LiDAR building heights & 3D building data

• What is LiDAR building height data?

  • LiDAR measures elevation directly, enabling more accurate building heights than inferred or manually tagged sources.

• Does Cityweft cover all of Norway with LiDAR-derived building heights?

  • Yes — Cityweft provides nationwide LiDAR-derived building height coverage across Norway.

• Why is this better than OSM-only 3D building heights in Norway?

  • OSM can be a good baseline, but building height tags vary widely by region. LiDAR-derived heights provide more complete and consistent results.

• What can I use Norway 3D building heights for?

  • Architectural site context modelling, massing studies, shadow and solar analysis, visibility studies, planning workflows, and simulation.

• How do I access the Norway dataset in Cityweft?

  • It’s available through the Cityweft web platform, plugins, and API.

• What export formats does Cityweft support?

  • Cityweft supports SKP, OBJ, GLB, 3DM, DXF, GLTF, DAE, PLY, and STL exports.