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Lidar Publications
Also see DOGAMI Publications page.

Online Lidar Data Viewer
With the DOGAMI Lidar Viewer you can view lidar-derived shaded-relief imagery for Oregon at zoom scales to 1:9,028.
 
Use the "Lidar Quad Search/Purchase" tool on the map to locate and order Lidar Data Quadrangle (LDQ) publications.* Locate LDQs by
  • Ohio Grid Code
  • USGS topographic quadrangle name
 
 *Lidar Data Quadrangles (LDQs) can be purchased through Nature of the Northwest Information Center. The lidar viewer quadrangle links will take you directly there.

Lidar Data Quadrangles Available for Viewing/Purchase
  Published Regions:
Calapooia index map | readme
Camp Creek index map | readme
new 8-1-2011 Deschutes index map | readme 
Malheur Basin index map | readme 
McKenzie River index map | readme
Mount Hood index map | readme
North Coast index map | readme
North Santiam index map | readme
Northern Coast Range index map | readme
Ontario index map | readme
Portland Metro index map | readme
Rogue Valley index map | readme
South Coast index map | readme
Willamette Central index map | readme
Willamette South index map | readme 
 
Index map PDF 
Find publications using the DOGAMI Lidar Viewer.
 

Featured on Oregon Field Guide: Lidar - Pits of Mystery
"The most revolutionary mapping technology in a century reveals something odd: dozens of 'pits of mystery' in the Willamette Valley. Lidar laser mapping also uncovers hidden landslides, hazard zones and a previously undiscovered volcano near Portland."
 
Watch the segment.
 

Recent Lidar-Based Map Publications
Special Paper 43, Simulating tsunami inundation at Bandon, Coos County, Oregon, using hypothetical Cascadia and Alaska earthquake scenarios, by R. C. Witter, Y. Zhang, K. Wang, G. R. Priest, C. Goldfinger, L. L. Stimely, J. T. English, and P. A. Ferro. DVD, $30. | preview plate 
 
 Open-File Report O-11-11, Geologic database and generalized geologic map of Bear Creek Valley, Jackson County, Oregon, by T. J. Wiley, J. D. McClaughry, and J. A. D'Allura. CD-ROM, $30. | preview plate 
 
Open-File Report O-11-10, Downtown Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, by T. Pollock. CD-ROM, $15; plotted map, $30; laminated plotted map, $50. | preview plate  
 
Open-File Report O-11-09, Channel migration hazard maps, Coos County, Oregon, by John T. English and Daniel E. Coe. DVD, $25. | preview plate
 
Open-File Report O-11-08, Eugene City Center/University of Oregon, Lane County, Oregon, by T. Pollock. CD-ROM, $15; plotted map, $30; laminated plotted map, $50. | preview plate
 
Open-File Report O-11-07, Corvallis City Center/Oregon State University, Benton County, Oregon, by T. Pollock. CD-ROM, $15; plotted map, $30; laminated plotted map, $50. | preview plate
 
Open-File Report O-11-06, Stream channels of the Tualatin Valley and Lower Willamette River, Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington, and Yamhill counties, Oregon, by D. Coe. CD-ROM, $15; plotted map, $45; laminated plotted map, $75. | preview plate
 
Open-File Report O-11-05, Stream channels of the northern Willamette Valley, Clackamas, Marion, Polk, Washington, and Yamhill counties, Oregon, by D. Coe. CD-ROM, $15; plotted map, $60; laminated plotted map, $90. | preview plate
 
Open-File Report O-11-04, Physiographic map of Lava Butte, Deschutes County, Oregon, by R. Lyles. CD-ROM, $15; plotted map, $40; laminated plotted map, $60. | preview plate
 
Open-File Report O-11-02, Salem City Center, Marion County, Oregon, by T. Pollock. CD-ROM, $15; plotted map, $30; laminated plotted map, $50. | preview plate

Lidar Landscapes
sample lidar landscapes imagery 
 
Lidar-based imagery provides unprecedented detail of the land surface and the built environment. To showcase the detail available from lidar, DOGAMI has started a series of Oregon scenes.

Kinds of publications and pricing:
Find publications using the DOGAMI DOGAMI Lidar Viewer.
  • LDQ (Lidar Data Quadrangle): data only; generally contain a standard set of data files: a bare earth digital elevation model (DEM), a highest hit DEM, and intensity tiff images, all in ESRI grid format. Grid data must be viewed using specialty GIS software (e.g., ESRI ArcGIS; Microstation TerraSolid; VLS LIDAR Analyst; IDL/ENVI; ERDAS IMAGINE; Intergraph GeoMedia). Metadata, readme, shapefiles, extents, and 7.5 and 1/100th quad index files are also included. All grid data have been tiled to USGS 7.-minute quadrangles and referenced to Ohio Code (e.g., 45122D5 = Gladstone quadrangle). Intensity TIFFs have been tiled to 1/100th 7.5-minute quads and referenced to Ohio Code (e.g., 45122D5418). Typical DVD file size for an entire quadrangle is 2-4 GB. Learn more
  • LIS (Lidar Imagery Series): bare-earth and highest-hit imagery produced from lidar data. Consists of NW, NE, SW, and SE quarters of the 7.5-minute quadrangle. Each quarter quad is a PDF of height 36 inches, width 60 inches. Learn more | sample preview
  • Pricing: LDQ (including bundles): $200; LIS: $30. Add $4 for shipping and handling. Order publications from Nature of the Northwest Information Center.
 
Looking for point cloud data? Lidar ASCII point data are available in LAS format via the NOAA Digital Coast Data Access Viewer website.

Related Information
 
DOGAMI Lidar Data Distribution Policy (PDF)
Oregon Lidar Consortium (OLC)
OLC Lidar Projects Status Map 
 

Page updated: December 01, 2011