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Posts from May 2009

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Taking a look at the new Intermountain Seismic Belt GeoEarthScope LiDAR

Posted on Thu, May 07, 2009 by C. Crosby in Data • Google Earth

Officially released earlier today, the Intermountain Seismic Belt (ISB) GeoEarthScope LiDAR dataset, covering parts of the Wasatch fault in Utah, and Yellowstone and Tetons National Parks in Wyoming, is quite spectacular.  I’ve been browsing the data via the Google Earth KMZ hillshade file that I produced and thought I’d post some screen captures to encourage you to download the file and explore the data too.  The DEM data that was used to generate these hillshades can be downloaded from the OpenTopography Standard DEM page.  The full ISB point cloud will be available via OpenTopography soon.

Fault scarp cutting glacial moraines at the base of Tetons (south of Jenny Lake):

Scarp on the southern part of the Nephi strand of the Wasatch fault:

Unfiltered surface for the Old Faithful area - shows buildings (Historic Old Fatihful Inn at left), vegetation, and cars in the parking lot:

Spectacular faults at the east end of the Elephant Plateau dataset - with vegetation:

Filtered to remove vegetation:

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Canaan Valley Institute offers LiDAR acquisition and processing at cost to academic researchers

Posted on Fri, May 01, 2009 by C. Crosby in Data • News • Resources

I received this message from Paul Kinder at the Canaan Valley Institute (CVI) regarding their ability to provide LiDAR and digital imagery data acquisition and processing at cost to academic researchers and institutions.  More information about CVI’s LiDAR program can be found at http://www.canaanvi.org/canaanvi_web...Lidar&id=576:

Canaan Valley Institute (CVI) http://www.canaanvi.org , a non-profit, non-advocacy, organization established in WV in 1995 is pleased to announce the availability of airborne LiDAR and digital imagery data acquisition and processing at cost to academic researchers and institutions.  In 2005, CVI obtained and modified a Piper Navajo twin engine aircraft to accommodate an Optech Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper (ALTM) with an integrated Applanix DSS 4k by 4k digital camera.  Over the past four years CVI has surveyed over 2 million acres producing bare earth DEM (15 cm vertical accuracy), all points terrain models, 1 – 2 ft contours, floodplain mapping, wetland mapping, forest mapping, etc.  CVI utilizes these systems and equipment in support of research, education, and technology transfer primarily relating to Appalachian water quality, stream restoration, and landscape ecology.  In an effort to maintain these systems for future use and promote the overall sustainability of the program, CVI is reaching out to academic partners to make these resources available virtually at cost, which is significantly below the cost in the private market.  Finally, consistent with its mission CVI envisions the use of these resources and data to promotion economic and environmental sustainability in our nation’s watershed. 

Contact:  Paul Kinder, Director of Science and Technology, Canaan Valley Institute
304-678-7200 mobile, 304-291-5320 Morgantown, WV Office,
Paul.kinder@canaanvi.org

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