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Digital Surface Model of Ridgecrest, CA: Pre-July 2019 Earthquakes

Jul 9, 2019
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of digital surface model (DSM) that is a mosaic of 2 meter resolution stereogrammetric DSMs acquired prior to the July 2019 Ridgecrest, California earthquake sequence. This dataset covers over 10,...

New lidar dataset covering the Kern River Canyon, California

Jun 25, 2019
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a lidar dataset covering 252 km2 covering the Kern River Canyon, California. Data were collected in October of 2016 by NCALM for Dr. William Krugh at California State University, Bakersfield as...

Manawatu - Whanganui, New Zealand 2015 lidar point cloud datasets available

Jun 13, 2019
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a lidar dataset covering about 2,400 km2 of New Zealand's Manawatu - Whanganui region of the North Island. Data were collected in 2015/2016 and were re-supplied by Aerial Surveys for Land...

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LINZ tutorial: From points to pixels — creating digital elevation models from OpenTopography point clouds

Jun 17, 2019
OpenTopography is collaborating with Land Information New Zealand to make 3D point cloud lidar data in New Zealand available for download, processing, and visualization. LIdar-derived DEM and DSM raster products are available for download via the LINZ Data Service.  LINZ recently published another...

Topographic Differencing Showcase

May 28, 2019
OpenTopography recently released on-demand vertical differencing. Here, we showcase a range of anthropogenic, geomorphic, and tectonic processes imaged using topographic differencing on OpenTopography’s portal. In each image, erosion or downward change of the Earth’s surface is colored in red, while deposition or upward...