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New Waikato, Canterbury, and Manawatu - Whanganui, New Zealand Lidar Data

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 platform for point cloud data collected as part of the LINZ National Elevation Program. These new datasets collectively add over 9,300 km² of high resolution topographic data (see areas in red in figure below).

Find the data here:

OpenTopography summer 2024 data science internship opportunity

Jan 3, 2024

OpenTopography is recruiting at least one Data Science intern this summer via the EarthScope Student Careers Internship Program. The intern(s) will work with the OpenTopography team to ingest and process data, and/or to develop workflows and services related to processing, analysis, and visualization of topographic data managed by OpenTopography (https://opentopography.org/).

Reduced OpenTopography support during the holidays

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 fully available and users may run jobs as normal. However responses to emails, system outages, and bug reports may be delayed. If you have questions or concerns please email info@opentopography.org and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

OpenTopography at the 2023 AGU Meeting

Dec 4, 2023

Connect with OpenTopography at the 2023 American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco, CA! OpenTopography will be in booth #214 in the "NSF Neighborhood" in the exhibit hall. Our booth is staffed by the OpenTopography team and is a great chance to ask questions, provide feedback, or to discuss lidar, high resolution topography, and cyberinfrastructure.

Stop by the booth to see the latest in OpenTopography:

New LINZ Datasets Now Available

Nov 16, 2023

Two 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 platform for point cloud data collected as part of the LINZ National Elevation Program. These datasets collectively add almost 4,800 km² of high resolution topographic data over the Central Otago Region of the South Island (see areas in red in figure below).

Recent New and Updated LINZ Datasets

Nov 9, 2023

Over the past several months, OpenTopography has been working hard to add new datasets, and append more data to previously published projects over New Zealand. These datasets are available through an ongoing collaboration between OpenTopography and LINZ that makes OpenTopography the primary distribution platform for point cloud data collected as part of the LINZ National Elevation Program.

On-Demand Vertical Differencing of USGS 3DEP and NOAA Lidar Topography

Oct 25, 2023

Access lidar via an OT+ subscription (for non-academic users).
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.

OpenTopography Awarded 2023 AGU Open Science Recognition Prize

Oct 3, 2023

OpenTopography, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded data facility operated collaboratively between the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at University of California San Diego, EarthScope Consortium, and Arizona State University (ASU), has been selected to receive the inaugural Open Science Recognition Prize from the Ameri

API access to USGS 3DEP rasters now available

Oct 2, 2023

Polar Geospatial Center’s ArcticDEM and REMA data now accessible via OpenTopography

Sep 11, 2023

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