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OpenTopography

  1. OpenTopography portal is currently unavailable due to a power outage at UCSD main campus. Campus operations are working to fix the problem. 2:06 PM May 26th via web
  2. #LiDAR Technology Reveals Faults Near Lake Tahoe: on.doi.gov/JfVCSB View Tahoe lidar in #GoogleEarth: bit.ly/JfVWkg 1:10 PM May 24th via TweetDeck
  3. @geoparadigm prototyping drone #lidar on balloons: opentopography.org/index.php/blog… 11:21 PM May 16th via Twitter for iPad in reply to geoparadigm
  4. Terabytes and terabytes actually :) “@mappingmashups: Gigs and gigs of free #LiDAR data: opentopography.org #GSDI” 8:52 AM May 15th via Twitter for iPad
  5. All #lidar datasets in OT now have DOIs to facilitate data citation & persistent access: opentopography.org/index.php/news… Thx @ezidCDL #datacuration 12:00 AM May 15th via Twitter for Mac
  6. New NCALM #lidar data frm Kauai, HI, Merritt Island FL, Stanley ID, Point Reyes CA, & Nantahala National Forest NC: opentopography.org/index.php/news… 11:47 PM May 14th via Twitter for Mac
  7. New #Idaho #lidar data plus terrestrial laser scanning data from Dixie Valley NV and El Mayor-Cucapah #earthquakes: opentopography.org/index.php/news… 12:25 PM May 8th via Twitter for Mac
  8. Thanks! RT @lottegis: Sweet. OpenTopography is NSF's work to provide access to US highres topo data. opentopography.org 10:59 PM May 6th via TweetDeck
  9. @tsherryUSA np - gotten any feedback yet? You may want to email Taylor directly. 10:20 PM May 1st via TweetDeck in reply to tsherryUSA
  10. Access to USGS Center for #LIDAR Information Coordination & Knowledge (CLICK) Bulletin Board to be suspended: bit.ly/Ioyy9B 11:57 AM Apr 30th via TweetDeck
  11. @MarinoffGroup Thanks for the tweet. 9:40 AM Apr 28th via TweetDeck in reply to MarinoffGroup
  12. Recurring theme in the Pacific Northwest - #lidar reveals previously unidentified active faults: bit.ly/IhCRl8 #earthquakes 1:05 PM Apr 27th via TweetDeck
  13. New Willamette Valley and Malheur Nat Forest #Oregon & Black Hills, South Dakota #lidar available: bit.ly/I2pi6e #dems #gis 5:35 PM Apr 25th via TweetDeck
  14. opentopography.org outage should be resolved by 10 PDT. Thanks for your patience. 9:08 PM Apr 17th via TweetDeck
  15. Looks like opentopography.org server is down at the moment. Should be back soon. Data are still accessible here: bit.ly/IkBArm 9:07 PM Apr 17th via TweetDeck
  16. At UCSD Research #Cyberinfrastructure Initiative workshop. OT is a campus pilot for data curation & citation rci.ucsd.edu/pilots/index.h… #lidar 11:38 AM Apr 13th via web
  17. Indeed RT @downtownfarm: @OpenTopography: "now serving bulk data exclusively in lossless LASZip format" bit.ly/I161Ts #LiDAR #LAZ 12:24 AM Apr 11th via TweetDeck
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  • Bio NSF OpenTopography Facility: Community access to high-resolution, Earth science-oriented, topography data, and related tools & resources. Tweeting: Chris Crosby
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