ccrosby
Joined: 30/09/2008 11:58:56
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Location: San Diego, CA
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I got this question recently:
"I keep noticing the image at the top of the OpenTopography Portal page - what chunk of lidar is that image from?"
For others who may have the same question, here's the answer:
The image in the banner is from data on the Garlock fault (which, IMO, has spectacular strike-slip geomorph that rivals or exceeds the Carrizo SAF). The attached Google Earth place mark will show you where to find the data. Garlock is only available in 0.5 m DEM tiles, not point cloud yet (the full SoCal GeoES dataset hasn't been delivered yet, just Garlock DEMs). Assuming you've got access to Google Earth, and since you've got the place mark, your best bet to grab the data is to go to http://www.opentopography.org/kml and download the Southern & Eastern California GeoEarthScope LiDAR Hillshades kmz file as well as the Southern & Eastern California GeoEarthScope LiDAR DEM tiles KMZ further down the page. The first file will allow you to browse hillshades of the data and choose what you want, the second file shows the outlines of the 1 km^2 DEM tiles and has direct links to download the DEMs. You can also grab the tiles via the SoCal Google Map interface here: http://opentopography.org/dems
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OpenTopo_banner_loc.kmz |
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GE place mark showing location of OpenTopo banner image |
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