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Aug 17, 2026
This month's release brings new coverage across Europe, Central America, and the US. High-resolution, country-wide digital elevation models covering Norway, Finland, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein were added, offering national bare-earth and surface...
Jul 13, 2026
New datasets were added in June 2026 spanning the US mainland, Alaska, and two continental to global-scale digital terrain models (DTMs). ANADEM is a machine learning-derived DTM covering all of South America, while GEDTM is a near-global-scale DTM...
Jul 2, 2026
OpenTopography is pleased to announce the availability of two new continental to global-scale digital terrain models (DTMs): ANADEM, covering South America, and the Global Ensemble Digital Terrain Model (GEDTM),...

Latest Blog Posts

Aug 17, 2026
OpenTopography is excited to announce the launch of a new Point Elevation API - a fast, lightweight service that returns the elevation for any location on Earth from our global and regional dataset collection with a single web request. What Is the Point Elevation API? OpenTopography has long offered an API...
Jan 23, 2026
Primary support for OpenTopography comes from the Division of Earth Sciences at the U.S. National Science Foundation, and thus, our principal emphasis is on facilitating access to topographic data oriented towards Earth science research and education. In the context of academic research, publications are a crucial...