Resources

This section of OpenTopography provides links to various resources related to high-resolution topography data. We hope this section of the site will grow into a useful knowledge base. If you can't find what you are looking for here, please use our discussion forum to ask questions of other users.

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Tools

The OpenTopography Tool Registry provides a community populated list of software oriented towards the visualization, processing, and management of high-resolution (lidar) topographic data.

OTforge - OpenTopography Open Source Software: Information on open source software developed by the OpenTopography team. At this time includes links to information and source code for the Points2Grid local gridding algorithm for DEM generation from lidar point cloud data.

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Education & Training

Classroom Resources: Information for teachers on using LiDAR topography and the OpenTopography Portal in the classroom.

Documents: Information prepared or compiled by the OpenTopography team and/or the LiDAR user community on technical aspects of LiDAR data and applications of these data.

Links: Select links to other sites related to topographic data and applications. Includes list of online sources of data, discussion forums and listservs, and organizations.

Short Courses: Slides, exercise handouts, sample data, and documents compiled for short courses and workshops we have taught.

Tutorials & Videos: Tutorials on the OpenTopography system, tools, and LiDAR technology.

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Metadata & Files

Metadata, associated files, and other supporting information for the data sets hosted by OpenTopography.