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New lidar dataset covering the Kaibab Plateau, AZ

Aug 15, 2019
Thanks to a collaboration with the Kaibab National Forest (U.S. Forest Service), OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of high-resolution topography and forestry dataset over the Kaibab Plateau in Arizona. The purpose of this acquisition...

Marlborough, New Zealand 2018 lidar point cloud data available

Aug 1, 2019
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a new lidar dataset covering about 700 km2 of New Zealand's Marlborough region of the South Island. Data were collected during summer of 2018 and includes coverage of the cities of Picton and...

Workshop: From point clouds and full-waveform data to DEM analysis, Potsdam, Germany

Jul 28, 2019
OpenTopography is happy to co-sponsor and co-organize this exciting workshop September 30 to October 4, 2019 in Potsdam, Germany. Thanks to support from our NSF EarthCube A^...

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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...