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Relative elevation model of the White River, Indiana -
Profile through Auckland, NZ lidar point cloud data. Sky Tower at center left. -
1 meter hillshade image of Yaquina Head, Oregon lidar -
D8 flow direction map from 30m SRTM data, Mt. Hood, Oregon -
3D visualization of lidar point cloud data of the Flatirons, Boulder, Colorado -
Black Rock Desert Wilderness, Nevada
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Nov 9, 2026
Our October 2026 data release features five USGS 3DEP lidar datasets, a Community Dataspace contribution from Morocco, and two NCALM surveys, one in Southern California and one in Louisiana
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Oct 17, 2026
A new Community Dataspace time series tracks sediment mobilization after the Eaton Fire, with repeat UAV lidar surveys of 20 debris basins along the San Gabriel Mountains front in Los Angeles County. Seven surveys between October 2025 and February...
Sep 15, 2026
New lidar coverage was added this month in California, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, including a NOAA bathymetry dataset spanning the Appalachian rivers of West Virginia and Pennsylvania that captures depth data along these major waterways. Two large...
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Sep 21, 2026
OpenTopography has deployed a SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) catalog for our raster digital elevation model (DEMs) datasets. This allows users to programmatically search, browse, and access our full library of open digital elevation model (DEM) datasets, including global products (e.g., Copernicus DEM) and high-...
Aug 17, 2026
OpenTopography is excited to announce the launch of a new Point Elevation API - a fast, lightweight service that returns the elevation for any location on Earth from our global and regional dataset collection with a single web request.
What Is the Point Elevation API?
OpenTopography has long offered an API...