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Three new NCALM datasets released from California, and Mexico
May 7, 2020
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of three new datasets covering areas of California, and Mexico. These datasets were collected by NCALM, an NSF-funded center that supports the use of airborne laser mapping technology (a.k.a. lidar) in the scientific community and is jointly operated by the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston and the Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley. OpenTopography is the primary distributor of NCALM data
Remote Exercise on Folds Near The San Andreas Fault
May 4, 2020
Given the necessity for online and remote learning on account of the coronavirus pandemic, we have designed an exercise for structural geology classes where students learn about the classical Painted Canyon site near the Southern San Andreas Fault, California, by analyzing a point cloud of a fold located near the fault. This activity is designed to serve as an alternative to typical field activities with a structural geology emphasis.
Ridgecrest earthquake sequence NCALM lidar datasets funded by USGS & NSF released
Mar 25, 2020
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of two new 2019 lidar datasets, collected by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) and funded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S.
Two new Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) datasets released
Feb 28, 2020
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of two new lidar datasets covering over 1100 km2. Both datasets were collected in 2018, and cover the Christchurch city area in the South Island, as well as the Palmerston North region in the North Island of New Zealand.
USGS 3DEP Data Now Available in OpenTopography Pilot
Feb 19, 2020
This subscription provides access to lidar topography covering most of the US mainland, Hawaii, and territories as well as satellite data over the Arctic and Antarctic. This includes access to the USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) and NOAA Coastal Lidar.
Lidar point cloud data available for Huntly, Waikato, New Zealand 2015-2019
Feb 10, 2020
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a new lidar dataset covering about 518 km2 of New Zealand's North Island. Data were collected between 2015 - 2019, and the survey area covers the Huntly and Port Waikato regions.
Registration now open for spring OpenTopography short courses in Montana and Utah
Jan 21, 2020
OpenTopography will be teaching high resolution topography (HRT) short courses this spring (April and May) in conjunction with meetings in Montana and Utah:
Lidar point cloud data available for Auckland South, New Zealand 2016
Jan 14, 2020
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a new lidar dataset covering about 2135 km2 of New Zealand's North Island. Data were collected in 2016, and the survey area covers the southern Auckland suburbs and regions.
New lidar datasets available: Kern Canyon and Lake Isabella, CA
Dec 9, 2019
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a new lidar dataset covering about 439 km2 along Kern Canyon, CA. The dataset was collected in 2008 for the Army Corps of Engineers and was used to identify late Quaternary deformation, and other seismogenic processes that are occurring in this region of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. These data were also used for analysis and mapping of floodplains along the Kern River.
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