OpenTopography

A Portal to High-Resolution Topography Data and Tools

Lidar point cloud data, White Sands National Monument, NM.

Hillshade image of Mauna Loa Crater, Hawaii.

Oblique view of Wallace Creek on the San Andreas fault in central California.

Owens Valley fault adjacent to the Fish Springs cinder cone in eastern California.

Hillshade of peninsula San Andreas fault LIDAR DEM overlain on 10 m USGS DEM data.

LiDAR point cloud data, Old Faithful area of Yellowstone National Park.

LiDAR data for the University of California, Berkeley fused with color aerial photography.

The sharp trace of the Garlock fault in southern California revealed in a LiDAR-derived image.

Trees and hillslopes depicted in detail by LiDAR point cloud data from northern California

Spotlight

NSF Renews Funding for OpenTopography

We are happy to announce that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has renewed funding for OpenTopography. The three-year renewal under the National Science Foundation�s Geoinformatics and Earth Sciences: Instrumentation and Facilities (EAR-IF) program follows an initial three-year award from EAR-IF and the Office of Cyberinfrastructure, announced in late 2009.

Latest News

California, Maine, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Utah Point Data Available

Posted: May 14, 2013
Eight datasets from six states were recently released by OpenTopography covering areas of California, Maine, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania… [ more ]

OpenTopography at 2013 European Geosciences Union Meeting

Posted: April 07, 2013
OpenTopography will be at the 2013 European Geosciences Union (EGU) Meeting this week in Vienna, Austria and presenting a talk… [ more ]

10 New Point Cloud Datasets from Brazil, Alaska, California, Montana, North Carolina & Oregon

Posted: April 01, 2013
OpenTopography has released ten datasets covering a small area in Brazil as well as the US states of Alaska, California,… [ more ]

OpenTopography Partner on New Grant to Develop Software Tools to Analyze LiDAR Data

Posted: March 04, 2013
OpenTopography is a partner on a recently awarded National Science Foundation grant to develop software tools to make it easier… [ more ]

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Data Summary

Total Coverage: 119,942 km²
Total Number of Lidar Returns: 588,473,350,479

Latest Lidar Datasets:
- Landron Peak, New Mexico Survey
- Utah Geological Survey LiDAR
- Southern Sierra Nevada Critical Zone Observatory: Snow On
- Southern Sierra Nevada Critical Zone Observatory: Snow Off

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Latest Blog Entries

NCALM Annual Kurt Frankel and Clint Slatton Lidar Awards

Posted: April 24, 2013
NCALM is pleased to announce two awards supported by Optech Inc., and Riegl USA Inc. - the Kurt Frankel and… [ more ]

UNAVCO Terrestrial Laser Scanning Internship

Posted: April 01, 2013
UNAVCO is offering a paid internship for summer 2013 to focus on the development of community support resources for the… [ more ]

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