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Jan 3, 2024
OpenTopography is recruiting at least one Data Science intern this summer via the EarthScope...
Jan 8, 2024
Three new Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) datasets are now available through OpenTopography. These datasets are available through an ongoing collaboration between OpenTopography and LINZ that makes OpenTopography the primary distribution...
Dec 22, 2023
On account of the winter holiday break and the San Diego Supercomputer Center at University of California, San Diego closure, OpenTopography will be operating with reduced support between December 23rd and January 2nd. OpenTopography systems will be...

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Jan 16, 2024
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 16, 2023
by Cole Speed, 2023 The U.S. Geological Survey 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) is systematically acquiring and facilitating public access to high-quality light detection and ranging (lidar) data spanning the conterminous United States, Hawaii, and US territories over an 8-year period (2015-2023). Upon completion, 3DEP lidar...