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3DEP Uses in the News

3DEP provides expanded benefits to a range of Federal, State, local, and private industry applications. 

Learn about 3DEP's high-resolution topographic data applications throughout the stakeholder community with these geonarratives, news articles, and press releases.

 

A New Paradigm: The Nature Conservancy

A New Paradigm: The Nature Conservancy

California Lidar: Critical Investment

California Lidar: Critical Investment

Mendocino Complex Burned Area Emergency Response

Mendocino Complex Burned Area Emergency Response

Montana State Lidar

Montana State Lidar

Geology of Aggregates

Geology of Aggregates

Florida Statewide Lidar

Florida Statewide Lidar

Indiana Indiana Geographic Information Council

Indiana Indiana Geographic Information Council

Investing in the Forest Service

Investing in the Forest Service

Reno Below the Neon

Reno Below the Neon

The Bare Earth

The Bare Earth

Advanced Water Mapping and Analytics

Advanced Water Mapping and Analytics

Indiana Statewide Lidar Planning & Status

Indiana Statewide Lidar Planning & Status

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Image: Lidar data provide 3D information about the forest canopy and vegetation structure. 
Lidar data provide 3D information about the forest canopy and vegetation structure. xyHt Magazine 4/17/20 
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Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
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3DEP Map Viewer
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Aerial graphic of Oso landslide
LiDAR News
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A comparison of an air photo and a lidar image of an area along Secondary Road and Camp Creek, 12 miles north of John Day, OR.
GIM International
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Oblique aerial photographs of Ocean Bay Park, Fire Island, New York.
CITYLAB
2013

 

Press releases 

2020
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The USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative and USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP), Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Office, Natural Resources Conservation Services, and Bureau of Land Management have partnered to conduct airborne geophysical and 3DEP lidar surveys over parts of Nevada and California to collect information on undiscovered geothermal, critical mineral, and groundwater resources in the western Great Basin and the Walker Lane region. Learn more at www.usgs.gov/earthmri
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