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Jan 8, 2025
New and updated Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) datasets are now available through OpenTopography. These datasets collectively add over 22,000 km2 of high resolution topographic data over New Zealand (see areas in red on map below). These datasets are available through an ongoing collaboration between OpenTopography and LINZ as part of the LINZ National Elevation Program.
Find the data here:
West Coast, New Zealand 2020-2022 (addendum)
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand 2023 - 2024
Bay of Plenty, New Zealand 2024
Northland, New Zealand 2024
Spatial coverage of additional regions of LINZ... more
Dec 6, 2024
OpenTopography is excited to introduce OpenTopography Elevate, a new program designed to provide U.S.-based researchers and educators with personalized, expert assistance in working with digital elevation model and point cloud topography data. This program aims to empower participants with the technical skills necessary to use topography data effectively. Examples of projects include completing graduate-level research, teaching students in-demand knowledge about lidar, or creating museum exhibits that educate the public about Earth’s natural and built landscapes. Below we outline additional... more
Dec 6, 2024
OpenTopography invites you to join us for a series of weekly, hour-long webinars in March 2025. During the webinars, we will teach the basics of high resolution topography, including lidar and structure from motion photogrammetry, and demonstrate how to use OpenTopography's growing set of on-demand processing tools. The webinars will feature lectures on background material and hands-on demonstrations. Participants will have the opportunity to use OpenTopography's tools to access, process and visualize topography data.
The target audience for these webinars is graduate students and faculty who... more
Dec 2, 2024
Connect with OpenTopography at the 2024 American Geophysical Union meeting in Washington, DC! OpenTopography will be in booth #1108 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.
Exhibit hall hours are: Monday, 9 December, 3:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M., Tuesday-Wednesday, 10-11 December, 10:00 A.M.–6:00 P.M. Thursday, 12 December, 10 A.M.–1:00 P.M.
We'll also be giving away the always popular I heart lidar stickers. Please... more
Nov 8, 2024
OpenTopography is happy to announce that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has renewed support for the Facility for another four years.
OpenTopography is a science gateway that provides online access to Earth science oriented high resolution topography data, processing tools, and educational resources to support advancing our understanding of the Earth’s surface, vegetation, and built environment.
OpenTopography is guided by three advisory committees (AC) that represent OpenTopography’s users and ensure that the facility’s activities are aligned with the needs and initiatives of the... more
Nov 7, 2024
Six new NCALM (National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping) datasets covering portions of California, Colorado, Louisiana, and Wyoming are now available from OpenTopography. NCALM is 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.
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Oct 1, 2024
We will be conducting scheduled maintenance on Tuesday Oct 1st from 2pm PDT to 6pm PDT. During this period the OpenTopography Portal and APIs may be temporarily unavailable. Thank you for your understanding.
Sep 3, 2024
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has renewed funding for OpenTopography, a science gateway that provides online access to Earth science oriented high resolution topography data and processing tools to advance understanding of the Earth’s surface, vegetation, and built environment. OpenTopography is a comprehensive platform for open access to high-resolution (1 meter pixel resolution or better) and global topographic data that is utilized by an international community of researchers, educators, government agencies, industry and hobbyists.
OpenTopography is a collaborative project... more
Aug 30, 2024
Updated Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) datasets covering portions of the South Island are now available through OpenTopography. The dataset, "Canterbury, New Zealand 2020-2023" and "Southland, New Zealand 2020-2024" have each had addendums added to their respective collections. These datasets are available through an ongoing collaboration between OpenTopography and LINZ as part of the LINZ National Elevation Program. These addendums collectively add over 12,000 km2 of high resolution topographic data over the South Island of New Zealand (see areas in red on map below).
Find the data here... more
Aug 15, 2024
The most recent version of the Copernicus Digital Surface Model (DSM) is now available via OpenTopography. As of July 23rd 2024, OpenTopography is supplying the DGED 2023_1 version of the European Space Agency (ESA) Copernicus GLO-30 and GLO-90 DSMs. The Copernicus datasets are derived from the WorldDEM which was generated from radar satellite data acquired during the TanDEM-X Mission. This dataset is a DSM, therefore elevation measurements represent the surface of the Earth including buildings, infrastructure and vegetation. The OpenTopography portal provides easy GUI-based access, as well... more
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