OT Blog
Information and discussion related to high-resolution lidar topography for the Earth sciences
Sep 14, 2012
Via the Geomorph-L listserv, an announcement about a session on "Methods in Geomorphology - S26-B Remote-sensing (including laser scanning, applications of radar, etc.)" at the 8th IAG International Conference of Geomorphology to be held in Paris (France) on 27-31 August 2013.
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Dear colleagues,
This is a call for papers at the 8th IAG International Conference of Geomorphology to be held in Paris (France) on 27-31 August 2013. (http://www.geomorphology-iag-paris2013.com/)
We would like to draw your attention to the Methods in Geomorphology session S26-B Remote-... more
Jul 3, 2012
Yet another AGU 2012 session on lidar, high-resolution topography, and change detection that could be of interest to the OpenTopography community:
EP023: Quantifying Hillslope and Fluvial Processes Through Change Detection Using High-Resolution, Multi-Temporal Topographic Data
Increasingly geomorphologists are using repeat topographic datasets to quantify rates of geomorphic processes. Repeat topographic surveys from aerial, ground, and boat-based platforms are making possible high-resolution change detection over large spatial extents thanks to technologies like LiDAR, Structure-from-... more
Jun 21, 2012
Representatives from NCALM, UNAVCO and OpenTopography are organizing the following session at the 2012 American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco, December 3-7, 2012. The abstract deadline is August 8th.
G015: LiDAR Topography and Geodetic Imaging: Emerging Techniques and Applications
Description:
Session will focus on geodetic imaging (GI) technologies, including InSAR, and LiDAR collected from aircraft, helicopters, UAVs, and terrestrial systems. Of particular interest will be presentations concerning the latest developments in instrumentation, processing of observations, and... more
Jun 21, 2012
It is 2012 American Geophysical Union (AGU) session announcement season. This is a session convened by several OpenTopography collaborators that will be of great interest to the OpenTopography community:
We invite you to join us at the 2012 AGU Fall Meeting for a session titled "4-D Lidar: changes to Earth's surface measured from differencing repeat dense topographic datasets."
The recent explosion in sub-meter resolution topography mapped in particular by airborne and terrestrial Lidar raises the possibility of mapping changes to Earth's surface in unprecedented detail, with the potential... more
Apr 2, 2012
A pair of recent publications related to paleoseismic research in California feature lidar topography data accessed and processed via OpenTopography. Both papers utilize B4 lidar data extensively, and OpenTopography played an integral role in providing access to both the point cloud and custom digital elevation models discussed in the publications.
The first publication - LaDiCaoz and LiDARimager--MATLAB GUIs for LiDAR data handling and lateral displacement measurement, Zielke and Arrowsmith, Geosphere, February 2012, v. 8, p. 206-221 - presents MATLAB-based software for calculating "... more
Mar 28, 2012
At last month's UNAVCO Science Workshop they introduced an evening of Ignite talks presented by members of the UNAVCO community. The event was well attended and quite fun. The full set of videos are now available here: http://igniteshow.com/events/2012-unavco-science-workshop
Of particular interest to the lidar community is Ben Brook's (UH Manoa) talk, "The Balloon and Lidar" about his work with Craig Glennie (University of Houston) to build a balloon (or backpack) based lidar system. The system has the potential to bridge the gap between terrestrial and airborne lidar, providing detailed... more
Mar 6, 2012
Back in December, ASU graduate student Gayatri Marliyani and OpenTopography co-PI Ramon Arrowsmith traveled to Indonesia for research. During the trip they made a visit to Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Yogyakarta, the oldest and largest university in Indonesia. While at UGM, Gayatri and Ramon led a one day lidar short course to promote the utilization of lidar technology for research in Indonesia. They used training materials from previous OpenTopography short courses to provide an introduction to lidar and the OpenTopography project for the students and academic staff at UGM.
Their... more
Feb 29, 2012
Barrett Salisbury, a graduate student at ASU and regular OpenTopography user, is conducting a research study - Remotely measuring tectonically offset geomorphic features using light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data - to explore the "repeatability, accuracy, and precision" of lateral fault offset measurements made on lidar topography data. Barrett is asking for participants with a geologic background to take part in his study:
Greetings!
I am a graduate student under the direction of Dr. Ramon Arrowsmith in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University.
For the... more
Feb 28, 2012
Nancy Glenn at the Boise Center Aerospace Lab (BCAL) wrote to encourage us to spread the word about a post-doc position she is currently advertising in remote sensing & visualization. Nancy is a member of the OpenTopography advisory committee and has led the development of the BCAL LiDAR Tools for ENVI. She is also a leader in the Idaho Lidar Consortium and involved in a range of interesting research related to lidar and remote sensing. A copy of the post-doc announcement is below. The web announcement can be found here: http://bcal.geology.isu.edu/975.shtml
Department of Geosciences;... more
Feb 9, 2012
Fabio Pacifici, the Chair of the Data Fusion Technical Committee of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) emailed the following announcement to encourage the OpenTopography community to participate in the 2012 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) Data Fusion Contest. More information:
2012 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest: This year the Contest is designed to investigate the potential of multi-modal/multi-temporal fusion of very high spatial resolution imagery. Three data sets of three different types (optical, SAR, and LIDAR) over downtown San Francisco are made... more