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New NCALM Lidar Dataset in Southeastern Sierra Nevada and Inyo Mountains

A new lidar dataset covering approximately 133 km2 north of Ridgecrest, California, in the southeastern Sierra Nevada and Inyo Mountains, is now available on OpenTopography. This lidar…
DTM colored by elevation of a section north of Ridgecrest, California.  (Credit: OpenTopography)
Radar Tech From CEE's Milillo Records Antarctic Glaciers Losing Ice Faster Than Ever Documented Before

By: Sally Strong In a new University of Houston study using an advanced remote imaging system known as synthetic aperture radar interferometry, three glaciers at the South Pole are…
Pietro Milillo, assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of Houston, is joined in the project by University of California Irvine researchers and scientists from NASA, the German Aerospace Center and the Italian Space Agency.
New NCALM Dataset of Eastern Cascade Mountains, Washington Now Available

A new lidar dataset covering approximately 63 sq km of the Eastern Cascade Mountains in Washington State is now available on OpenTopography. The study area is located northwest of…
3D point cloud colored by elevation of the Eastern Cascade Mountains. (Credit: OpenTopography)
New NCALM Dataset Along Coast of Lake Michigan, Wisconsin

A new lidar dataset covering 84 sq km along the coast of Lake Michigan east of Milwaukee, Wisconsin is now available on OpenTopography. This lidar dataset was collected as part of a…
3D point cloud colored by elevation of the Lake Michigan coast east of Milwaukee, WI. (Credit: OpenTopography)
Geosensing Systems Engineering Seeks Faculty for Assistant Professor

Geosensing Systems Engineering & Sciences Faculty Position The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Houston invites applications for one full-…
University of Houston Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Airborne Mapping Identifies Nearly 500 Sites and Patterns, Re-conceptualizing Early Mesoamerica

Through the analysis of airborne laser mapping (lidar), an international team of researchers – including several from the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston –…
Airborne mapping
New NCALM Dataset in Tahoe National Forest Available

A new lidar dataset covering approximately 62 sq km within Tahoe National Forest near Truckee, California is now available on OpenTopography. This lidar dataset was collected as part of a…
3D point cloud colored by elevation of area within Tahoe National Forest. (Credit: OpenTopography)
NCALM Invites Graduate Students to Submit 2021 Seed Proposals

2021 Seed Proposal Period: September 27, 2021–January 7, 2022 The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping invites proposals from graduate student PIs seeking airborne lidar data for use…
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping
Three New NCALM Datasets from California and Oregon Available on OpenTopography

Three new lidar datasets collected by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping in California and Oregon are now available on OpenTopography. A repeat lidar dataset of Antelope Valley…
3D point cloud colored by elevation of the University of California Sedgwick Reserve. (Credit: OpenTopography)
New NCALM Dataset in North Carolina

OpenTopography is pleased to announce the release of a new lidar dataset covering approximately 78 sq km near Hendersonville, North Carolina. This dataset was collected as part of an NCALM…
Section of Green River Gorge from figure above plotted as a 3D point cloud colored by elevation. (Credit: OpenTopography)