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Discover Lidar Data Hosted by NCALM and USGS from OpenTopography

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The OpenTopography Find Data page is updated to display not only OpenTopography hosted-data, but also provides linkages to data hosted at the NCALM Data Distribution Center and USGS Center for Lidar Coordination and Knowledge (CLICK). The goal of this collaboration is to make it easier for lidar users to discover and link to online sources of data regardless of host.

Latest News

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for Data Citation and User Interface Updates

Posted: May 14, 2012
We are pleased to announce the release of version 3.7 of the OpenTopography system. This update includes improvements to the… [ more ]

Five Datasets Now Available Including Hawaii, California, Idaho, Florida and North Carolina

Posted: May 14, 2012
We are pleased to announce that five new point clouds datasets have been posted to OpenTopography. The datasets were collected… [ more ]

8 Airborne Lidar Datasets from Idaho and 4 Terrestrial Laser Scans of Fault Ruptures Available

Posted: May 08, 2012
Now available through OpenTopography are twelve new airborne and terrestrial lidar datasets. Eight airborne datasets cover areas of Idaho are… [ more ]

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Data Summary

Total Coverage: 42,424 km2
Total Number of Lidar Returns: 314,645,065,182

Latest Lidar Datasets:
- Island of Kauai, Hawaii
- Point Reyes, California
- Merritt Island, Florida
- Stanley, Idaho
- Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina

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Latest Blog Entries

OpenTopography-Sourced Data Featured in Recent Publications

Posted: April 02, 2012
A pair of recent publications related to paleoseismic research in California feature lidar topography data accessed and processed via OpenTopography.… [ more ]

The Balloon and the Lidar

Posted: March 28, 2012
Ben Brook's Ignite talk from last month's UNAVCO Science Workshop on building a balloon-based lidar system. [ more ]

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