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Report from the Workshop on Studying Earth Surface Processes with High-Resolution Topographic Data

The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) has released the report from the workshop organized by their steering committee last summer (June 15-18, 2008) in Boulder, CO on Studying Earth Surface Processes with High-Resolution Topographic Data. The workshop, attended by 50 researchers, provided an opportunity for discussion of current research activities utilizing LiDAR as well as to identify emerging research opportunities, community challenges, and technological and education needs.

Global Shaded Relief for Google Earth

The SRTM KML Project has released a very nice network-linked KML which displays shaded relief images derived from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) digital elevation models in Google Earth. Their website reports:

Lidar Session at 2009 Portland GSA meeting

Abstract submission is now open for the 2009 GSA Annual Meeting in Portland, OR. Ian Madin of DOGAMI is convening a session on LiDAR applications to geologic, geomorphic and geohazard mapping.

LiDAR Textbook Available

A new textbook, Topographic Laser Ranging and Scanning, co-edited by Jie Shan and Charles K Toth is now available. It is apparently the first textbook to tackle the topic of topographic LiDAR technology and processing. Book summary:

USGS Topo Maps for Google Earth

The Google Earth Library has announced that they are in the process of importing all 50,000+ USGS topographic maps into KML format for use in Google Earth. From the website:

NCALM Data Distribution Center wins Google KML in Research Contest

OpenTopography Hardware

AGU Joint Assembly and Silvilaser 2009

A few recent announcements about upcoming meetings that may be of interest to the OpenTopography community:

"Application of Laser Scanning to Geophysical Studies" at the AGU Joint Assembly 24-27 May 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada:

G04: Application of Laser Scanning to Geophysical Studies

High resolution terrain session at MODSIM09

Another email announcement about an upcoming meeting with a session devoted to high resolution topography data. This session looks quite interesting as the MODSIM09 conference has the stated goal of "Interfacing Modeling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences". The abstract deadline is December 31st. Email initially distributed via the ASU LiDAR listserv.

Dear lidar listserv members

Close range morphological measurement for the earth sciences

Here is an announcement related to terrestrial laser scanning that should be of interest to the OpenTopography community. The announcement came through on the GEOMOD-LIDAR-L listserv this morning:

Dear Colleagues,

ISPRS V/6: Close range morphological measurement for the earth sciences.

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