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.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) is an ambitious effort to complete acquisition of nationwide lidar (IfSAR in AK) by 2023 to provide the first-ever national baseline of consistent high-resolution elevation data – both bare earth and 3D point clouds – collected in a timeframe of less than a decade. Since 2015, USGS and federal, state, local and non-government partners have collected over 2 million square miles of high resolution topography data, covering nearly 67% of the United States.
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.
OpenTopography will be teaching high resolution topography (HRT) short courses this spring (April and May) in conjunction with meetings in Montana and Utah:
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.
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.
Connect with OpenTopography at the 2019 American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco, CA! OpenTopography will be in booth #311 on "NSF Street" in the exhibit hall. The booth is shared with the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Our booth is staffed by the OpenTopography team and community members, and is a great chance to ask questions, provide feedback, or to discuss lidar, high resolution topography, and cyberinfrastructure.
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a new lidar dataset covering about 65 km2 within New Zealand's North Island. Data were collected in November 2016, and the survey area includes the northern coastline of Whangarei Harbour.
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a new lidar dataset covering about 145 km2 within New Zealand's North Island. Data were collected between February 2017 and April 2019, and the survey area includes the Thames Township and the surrounding area.
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a new lidar dataset covering about 485 km2 within New Zealand's North Island. Data were collected in April 2019, and the survey area includes Reporoa Township and the surrounding area as well as the Upper Piako River catchment.
