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Raster data now available for areas in California, Colorado, New Hampshire, and Washington

Oct 8, 2015

OpenTopography is happy to announce the release of seven new raster datasets. These datasets are derived from previously released point cloud data, and allow users to quickly and easily access high resolution digital elevation models. Six of these datasets were collected by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). NCALM is a NSF-funded center that supports the use of airborne laser mapping technology (a.k.a.

New point cloud and raster data from Mayapan, Mexico archaeological site

Jul 29, 2015

08/31/15 UPDATE: Due to concerns from the Principle Investigator of this project, NCALM has asked OpenTopography to take this dataset down. In accordance with this request, we’ve made the Mayapan dataset private until further notice.

New Review Pubs: Lidar for Mass and Energy Transfer Through Landscapes; Critical Zone Science

Jul 22, 2015

Two new review papers, co-authored by OpenTopography staff, have been published recently that focus on the use lidar and high resolution topography for understanding mass and energy transfer through landscapes and the critical zone respectively.

New Point Cloud Data Available in Eastern California

Jun 11, 2015

OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of two new datasets in eastern California: the Poleta Folds and Surprise Valley. The Poleta Folds airborne lidar data were collected by Chris Larson of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. This dataset is particularly exciting because the area is a beautiful example of classic structural geology, where many universities teach undergraduate mapping courses.

2014 Post South Napa Earthquake data now available

Mar 25, 2015

OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of high resolution point cloud data collected after the 2014 South Napa Earthquake. The August 24, 2014, South Napa earthquake (M6.0) produced significant damage resulting from shaking, fault rupture, fault afterslip, and ground deformation.

OpenTopography Short Courses in Mexico

Mar 23, 2015

Over the next 2.5 weeks, OpenTopography will be participating in two short courses in Mexico - one at National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico, and the other at CICESE (Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada), Ensenada, Baja.

New airborne lidar covering two volcanic fields (AZ, NV) and a river confluence (CO)

Feb 27, 2015

OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of three new datasets covering two volcanic fields in Northern Arizona and Nevada as well as a river confluence in Colorado. The Sunset Crater Volcanic National Monument data were funded by the National Parks Service and the Nevada and Colorado datasets were funded by the National Science Foundation and collected by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM).

Wasatch Front, Utah Point Cloud Data Now Available

Feb 2, 2015

OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of new point cloud data covering 3,684 km² of most of the Salt Lake and Utah Valleys as well as the Wasatch and West Valley Fault Zones. These data are the result of a multi-organization effort to support flood mapping, geologic fault mapping, transportation, infrastructure, solar energy, and vegetation management projects.

New Release of Vegetation Raster Data for Sonoma County, CA

Jan 22, 2015

In October 2014, OpenTopography released lidar point cloud data and limited raster layers (bare earth, highest hit, intensity) for Sonoma County, CA. This week, new raster layers were added to the Sonoma County raster data in the OpenTopography portal.

OpenTopography at 2014 AGU Meeting

Dec 15, 2014

Connect with OpenTopography at the 2014 American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco:

Visit our booth! OpenTopography will be in booth #2516 on "NSF Street" in the exhibit hall. The booth is shared with the National Center for Laser Mapping (NCALM). Our booth is staffed by OpenTopography staff and community members and is a great chance to ask questions, provide feedback, or discuss other topics.

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