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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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Jun 1, 2026
In May 2026 OpenTopography added new data in the US, Alaska, and Italy. A lidar survey over the San Juan Mountains in Colorado was added, as well as many 3DEP lidar datasets in Vermont, California, Oregon, and Alaska. A Community Dataspace dataset...
May 1, 2026
OpenTopography added new high resolution datasets in April 2026, including lidar surveys supporting vegetation and ecology research in fire-prone Southern California regions and slot canyon studies in Arizona. New USGS 3DEP datasets in Nevada, Ohio...
Mar 30, 2026
OpenTopography added new high-resolution datasets in March 2026, including lidar surveys from the Los Angeles region capturing post-fire landscape change from 2020–2022. New USGS 3DEP datasets in California and Nevada and NOAA Coastal lidar data...
Latest Blog Posts
Jan 23, 2026
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...
Nov 24, 2025
OpenTopography hosts hundreds of high-resolution point cloud datasets covering more than 500,000 km² globally. While our web-based data portal provides intuitive point-and-click access to these data, researchers increasingly need programmatic methods to build automated, reproducible workflows. We're excited to share a new...