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EarthScope Yakima Standard DEM Data Now Available
As promised in last week's release of new southern California and Washington EarthScope LiDAR data, the standard digital elevation models for the Yakima fold and thrust belt in central Washington are now available via the OpenTopography Standard DEM page.
New EarthScope LiDAR data products from California and Washington
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of new EarthScope LiDAR topography data from southern California and Washington state. In southern California, this release includes data for faults in the Mojave (Lenwood, Helendale, Calico, Blackwater), eastern California (Panamint, Tin Mtn, Mud Hills, Hunter Mtn, Owens) and San Cayetano. In Washington, data are now available for the Yakima fold and thrust belt. The full data release announcement is below.
NSF Awards SDSC, Arizona State University $1.7 Million for National OpenTopography LiDAR Facility
OpenTopography is pleased to announce a new grant from the National Science Foundation to fund the operation of OpenTopography as a national lidar data facility.
OpenTopography at AGU
The annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting will kickoff on Monday in San Francisco. OpenTopography will be on display at the GEON booth in the Exhibit Hall (#315 in the Exhibit Hall, Moscone South). OpenTopography team members will be on-hand to discuss and demonstrate the latest updates to the site and to show off newly released data. Please stop by the booth and say hi.
SCEC Lidar Short Course Materials Available
We have updated the OpenTopography Short Courses page with the lectures, tutorials and sample data, and related documents from last weeks Southern California Earthquake Center sponsored Short Course: Using EarthScope and B4 LiDAR data to analyze Southern California’s active faults.
Alaska Denali-Totschunda EarthScope Data Release
OpenTopography is pleased to release another round of EarthScope LiDAR topography data. These data cover the Denali and Totschunda faults in Alaska and include a portion of the surface rupture of the 2002 M7.9 Denali Fault Earthquake. Full data release announcement is below.
Slopeshade image of Alaska Denali-Totschunda EarthScope data in Google Earth
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Materials from 2009 GSA Short Course now Available
Lectures, tutorials and sample data, and related documents from the 2009 Geological Society of America Short Course, Introduction to the acquisition, visualization, and interpretation of airborne lidar-derived digital elevation models, are now available via OpenTopography.
OpenTopography Processing Limits Increased and User Access Levels Simplified
This week OpenTopography rolled out increased LiDAR point could processing limits and a simplified scheme of user access levels. OpenTopography is a authenticated system whereby users have certain privileges for data access, processing limits, and system features. User level is defined for each user and applied when the user is logged into OpenTopography. The new scheme simplifies users into three levels:
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