ELF-Base and ELF-Hazards (wherein “ELF” signifies “Extract LiDAR Features” and “LiDAR” signifies “light detection and ranging”) are developmental software modules for processing remotesensing LiDAR data to identify past natural hazards (principally, landslides) and predict future ones. ELF-Base processes raw LiDAR data, including LiDAR intensity data that are often ignored in other software, to create digital terrain models (DTMs) and digital feature models (DFMs) with sub-meter accuracy.