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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

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Discover Lidar Data Hosted by NCALM and USGS from OpenTopography

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

10,000 Sq. Kilometers of Coastal Oregon Lidar Data Released

Posted: February 02, 2012
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the availability of more than 10,000 km^2 of lidar point cloud data from coastal Oregon. … [ more ]

Updates Enhance Data Discovery, Increase Processing Speed, Add LAZ Support and More

Posted: December 20, 2011
It has been a busy fall at OpenTopography, with seemingly non-stop meetings, workshops and conferences to keep us busy. But… [ more ]

NCALM and Critical Zone Observatories Data Available

Posted: December 20, 2011
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of twelve new datasets covering a range of landscapes and geologic features. These… [ more ]

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Data Summary

Total Coverage: 28,149 km²
Total number of Lidar returns: 200,873,138,221

Latest Lidar Datasets:
South and North coast of Oregon (DOGAMI)
Ten 2009 & 2010 NCALM Graduate Student Seed Grant datasets
Christina River Basin Critical Zone Observatory:
April 2010 Survey | July 2010 Survey

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Latest Blog Entries

Remote Sensing of Volcanoes: AOGS-AGU 2012 joint assembly session

Posted: January 31, 2012
Dear Colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to an exciting Remote Sensing of Volcanoes session in the upcoming… [ more ]

Charting the Future of Terrestrial Laser Scanning Workshop Report Available

Posted: January 07, 2012
Before the holidays, UNAVCO announced the release of the preliminary report from the Community Workshop: Charting the Future of Terrestrial… [ more ]

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