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USGS 3DEP lidar covering areas impacted by Hurricane Ian now available from OpenTopography

Sep 30, 2022

In response to Hurricane Ian, OpenTopography is temporarily removing our academic user restriction on access to USGS 3D Elevation Project (3DEP) lidar datasets for impacted areas in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. We hope that OpenTopography's easy to use interface for accessing, processing, and visualizing high resolution USGS 3DEP lidar datasets in these affected regions will help to support hurricane emergency response, recovery and rebuilding, assessment of environmental impacts, and research.

New NCALM dataset in Nevada now available

Sep 28, 2022

A new lidar dataset covering 53 km² over the McLeod Springs Wash in Nevada is now available on OpenTopography. This lidar dataset was collected by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) as part of the Seed grant program for Michael Hasson at Stanford University. This dataset was collected to help analyze morphodynamics of an unvegetated meandering river.

New NCALM dataset over the South Padre Island, TX available

Sep 1, 2022

A new lidar dataset covering 61 km² over Padre Island, TX is now available on OpenTopography. This lidar dataset was collected by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) as part of the Seed grant program for Kenton Fisher at Texas A&M University. This dataset was collected to help analyze changes in the sand budget, elevation, and geomorphic facies of Padre Island.

Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) West Coast dataset expanded along west coast of South Island, NZ

Aug 31, 2022

OpenTopography has updated the LINZ dataset over Westport, New Zealand with new data that now covers over 6000 km² along the west coast of the South Island. This collection is part of the South Island, West Coast regional lidar survey, and is the first dataset that was collected as part of the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF)-LiDAR project.

OpenTopography at the 2022 AGIC Education and Training Symposium

Aug 29, 2022

OpenTopography will be at the Arizona Geographic Information Council (AGIC) Education and Training Symposium in Prescott, AZ this week. Be sure to stop by the OpenTopography booth to say hello and learn more about about the topography data access and services that OpenTopography provides!

New NCALM dataset over the Wax Lake Delta, LA available

Aug 10, 2022

New LINZ dataset along the Otago, New Zealand coast now available

Jul 28, 2022

New LINZ Christchurch, Canterbury 2020-2021 dataset now available

Jul 25, 2022

New LINZ dataset of Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand released

Jun 22, 2022

Four new NCALM datasets available on OpenTopography

Jun 6, 2022

Four new lidar datasets collected by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) are now available on OpenTopography. These include a dataset covering 73 km² of the Marble, Middle and East Forks of the Kaweah River in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. This dataset was collected in 2021 as part of an NCALM Seed Grant for Sophie Rothman at the University of Nevada, Reno to assess how self-generation and retreat of bedrock steps and waterfalls can alter river profiles.

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