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New EarthScope LiDAR data products from California and Washington

Jan 13, 2010

OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of new EarthScope LiDAR topography data from southern California and Washington state. In southern California, this release includes data for faults in the Mojave (Lenwood, Helendale, Calico, Blackwater), eastern California (Panamint, Tin Mtn, Mud Hills, Hunter Mtn, Owens) and San Cayetano. In Washington, data are now available for the Yakima fold and thrust belt. The full data release announcement is below.

NSF Awards SDSC, Arizona State University $1.7 Million for National OpenTopography LiDAR Facility

Dec 11, 2009

OpenTopography is pleased to announce a new grant from the National Science Foundation to fund the operation of OpenTopography as a national lidar data facility.

OpenTopography at AGU

Dec 11, 2009

The annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting will kickoff on Monday in San Francisco. OpenTopography will be on display at the GEON booth in the Exhibit Hall (#315 in the Exhibit Hall, Moscone South). OpenTopography team members will be on-hand to discuss and demonstrate the latest updates to the site and to show off newly released data. Please stop by the booth and say hi.

SCEC Lidar Short Course Materials Available

Dec 9, 2009

We have updated the OpenTopography Short Courses page with the lectures, tutorials and sample data, and related documents from last weeks Southern California Earthquake Center sponsored Short Course: Using EarthScope and B4 LiDAR data to analyze Southern California’s active faults.

Alaska Denali-Totschunda EarthScope Data Release

Dec 2, 2009

OpenTopography is pleased to release another round of EarthScope LiDAR topography data. These data cover the Denali and Totschunda faults in Alaska and include a portion of the surface rupture of the 2002 M7.9 Denali Fault Earthquake. Full data release announcement is below.

Slopeshade image of Alaska Denali-Totschunda EarthScope data in Google Earth

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Materials from 2009 GSA Short Course now Available

Nov 25, 2009

Lectures, tutorials and sample data, and related documents from the 2009 Geological Society of America Short Course, Introduction to the acquisition, visualization, and interpretation of airborne lidar-derived digital elevation models, are now available via OpenTopography.

OpenTopography Processing Limits Increased and User Access Levels Simplified

Nov 7, 2009

This week OpenTopography rolled out increased LiDAR point could processing limits and a simplified scheme of user access levels. OpenTopography is a authenticated system whereby users have certain privileges for data access, processing limits, and system features. User level is defined for each user and applied when the user is logged into OpenTopography. The new scheme simplifies users into three levels:

Workshop: Using GeoEarthScope and B4 LiDAR data to analyze Southern California's active faults

Sep 30, 2009

New Southern California LiDAR Available: Elsinore Fault, Burro Flats San Andreas, and Owens Valley

Sep 15, 2009

Available GeoEarthScope LiDAR data in southern California has now grown to include the Elsinore fault, the Burro Flats segment of San Andreas fault, and the Crater Mountain portion of the Owens Valley. These data are a new addition to the GeoES SoCal coverage that includes the previously released Garlock fault data.

Wasatch Nephi North Data Now Available

Sep 11, 2009

OpenTopography is pleased to announce that the Nephi North portion of the Wasatch fault LiDAR data set, acquired during the GeoEarthScope Intermountain Seismic Belt (ISB) project is now available. The majority of the ISB data set was released via OpenTopography in May, but due to additional data processing challenges, the Nephi North segment of the data set was not distributed at that time.

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