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13,000 sq km of new lidar data available throughout Utah.

May 6, 2019
OpenTopography is happy to announce the release of approximately 13,000 km2 of lidar throughout Utah, and parts of Idaho & Colorado. These data were collected between 2015 and 2017 and were funded collaboratively by the...

New lidar dataset over the Guadalupe Mountains, NM/TX

Apr 26, 2019
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a new lidar dataset covering approximately 63 square km of the Guadalupe Mountains and the McKittrick Canyon Wilderness Study Area in New Mexico and Texas. The data were collected through an NCALM...

Canterbury, New Zealand 2016 lidar point cloud datasets available

Apr 10, 2019
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a lidar dataset covering about 2,200 km2 of New Zealand's Canterbury region. The data were collected in 2016 and 2017 by Aerial Surveys for the Environment Canterbury Regional Council (...

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LINZ tutorial: Creating point cloud visualizations with OpenTopography

Oct 16, 2018
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.  Today, LINZ published a very...