Six new NCALM datasets released from California, Idaho, Washington, and Mexico

Sep 18, 2019

OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of six new datasets covering areas of California, Idaho, Washington, and Mexico. Four of the six datasets were collected as part of NCALM's seed grant program. 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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  • Bare Earth Hillshade over Antelope Valley Ranch, CA.  Image Draped over Google Earth Imagery
  • Elevation Point Cloud of Marina on Bouldin Island, CA.
  • Elevation Point Cloud of Forested Slope Near Mammoth Lakes, CA
  • Elevation Point Cloud of Forested Slope in the Idaho Batholith
  • Goat Rocks, WA with Mt Ranier in the distance