Images

Bar graph showing total estimated program cost and funding gap to complete nationwide 3D Elevation Program data acquisition by 2023

A satellite image of a hurricane centered over the Florida Keys, with a USGS logo displayed on the image.

Graphic copy of a USGS-generated Brazos River inundation map. 

This is a geiger mode lidar image colored by elevation over Cook County, Illinois

Lidar point cloud image of USGS headquarters building in Reston, VA, shaded by RGB values from orthophotos

Lidar point cloud image of USGS headquarters building in Reston, VA, shaded by elevation

Dark Hollow Falls - Shenandoah National Park, VA

Figure 3: Zooming in and rotating scene in 3D from figure 2. Points coloer by laser intensity (blue = low intensity, red = high intensity).

Figure 2: Zooming in to red rectangle A from figure 1. Points colored by laser intensity (blue = low intensity, red = high intensity).

Rainbow over a canyon in the Grand Canyon, AZ

An oblique perspective of Alaska's Denali Mountain visualized by 3D Elevation Program lidar data. 

This image shows a lidar flight done in July 2018 of the Kīlauea volcano after the collapse of the caldera 

This is a group shot of the North American National Mapping Meeting more information can be found at the website on the meeting

This is a wide panarama shot of the North American National Mapping Meeting more information can be found at the website on the meeting

This is a group shot of the North American National Mapping Meeting more information can be found at the website on the meeting

Two NGP staff members working together

A 3D Elevation Program lidar point cloud colored by RGB color from imagery from the National Agriculture Imagery Program and showing simulated flooding (in blue) of an area in Denver, Colorado.

Lidar point cloud over Dulles Airport

An example of a lidar point cloud showing structures

Lidar point cloud of Rio Grande River- El Paso, TX

3D view of USGS_LPC_WY_GrandTetonElkRefuge_2014 data