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Dec 6, 2024
OpenTopography invites you to join us for a series of weekly, hour-long webinars in March 2025. During the webinars, we will teach the basics of high resolution topography, including lidar and structure from motion photogrammetry, and demonstrate...
Jan 15, 2025
The Yurok Tribe Fisheries Department Design and Technical Services Program, in conjunction with the United States Bureau of Reclamation Central Valley Project Improvement Act Habitat Restoration Program, conducted a system wide base-line data...
Jan 13, 2025
The ongoing Los Angeles wildfires, including the Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires, are scorching parts of the city and have destroyed thousands of homes and other buildings. On January 7, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of...

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Feb 10, 2025
By Cassandra Brigham, Chelsea Scott, Christopher Crosby On January 7th, 2025, the Palisades and Eaton fires ignited in Los Angeles County, causing destruction over a combined area of 60 square miles at the wildland-urban interface. The fires killed at least 29 people and destroyed over 16,000 homes and other buildings....
Feb 10, 2025
Primary support for OpenTopography comes from the Division of Earth Sciences at the U.S. National Science Foundation, and thus, our principal emphasis is on facilitating access to topographic data oriented towards Earth science research and education. In the context of academic research, publications are a crucial...