Change Detection Following the Palisades Fire, CA 2025
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5069/G96T0JWB
OT Collection ID: OT.102026.6340.2
OT Collection Name: Change Detection Following the Palisades Fire, CA 2025
Short Name: CA25_West
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar
OT Collection ID: OT.102026.6340.2
OT Collection Name: Change Detection Following the Palisades Fire, CA 2025
Short Name: CA25_West
Collection Platform: Airborne Lidar
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| Point Cloud Data | Bulk Download | opentopoID: OTLAS.102026.6340.2 | |
| Raster Data | Bulk Download | opentopoID: OTSDEM.102026.6340.2 |
Collection Overview:
Publications associated with this dataset can be found at NCALM's Data Tracking Center
Dataset Acknowledgement: Lidar data acquisition and processing completed by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). NCALM funding provided by NSF's Division of Earth Sciences, Instrumentation and Facilities Program. EAR-2324629
Dataset Citation: West, A.J. (2026). Change Detection Following the Palisades Fire, CA 2025. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G96T0JWB. Accessed 2026-10-10 Copied to Clipboard
Use License: CC BY 4.0
Dataset Keywords: lidar, fire, geomorphology, california, change detection
Survey Date: 02/20/2025 - 02/21/2025
Publication Date: 10/09/2026
This lidar dataset was collected by NCALM as part of the NCALM NOW project for Joshua West at the University of Southern California. Collection of this dataset will help assess change detection and test models for post-wildfire erosion following the Palisades Fire in the Santa Monica Mountains, California.
Publications associated with this dataset can be found at NCALM's Data Tracking Center
Dataset Acknowledgement: Lidar data acquisition and processing completed by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). NCALM funding provided by NSF's Division of Earth Sciences, Instrumentation and Facilities Program. EAR-2324629
Dataset Citation: West, A.J. (2026). Change Detection Following the Palisades Fire, CA 2025. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G96T0JWB. Accessed 2026-10-10 Copied to Clipboard
Use License: CC BY 4.0
Dataset Keywords: lidar, fire, geomorphology, california, change detection
Survey Date: 02/20/2025 - 02/21/2025
Publication Date: 10/09/2026
Data Provider and Roles:
Funder Collector Principal Investigator
Funder Collector Principal Investigator
- A. Joshua West - University of Southern California
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6909-1471
Total Number of Points:
2,388,583,116 pts
Area: 137.89 km2
Point Density: 17.32 pts/m2
Classifications:
Raster Resolution: 0.5 meter
Coordinate System:
Horizontal: NAD83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010) / UTM Zone 11N Meters [EPSG: 6340]
Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 18) [EPSG: 5703]
Units: meter
Survey Report: Reports
LAS Validation Data Report: Reports
Area: 137.89 km2
Point Density: 17.32 pts/m2
Classifications:
| Class 1 - Unclassified | 868,550,332 |
| Class 2 - Ground | 1,185,729,125 |
| Class 4 - Medium Vegetation | 119,149,669 |
| Class 7 - Low Point (low noise) | 1,204,290 |
| Class 8 - Model Key/Reserved | 213,939,606 |
| Class 18 - High Noise | 10,094 |
Raster Resolution: 0.5 meter
Coordinate System:
Horizontal: NAD83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010) / UTM Zone 11N Meters [EPSG: 6340]
Vertical: NAVD88 (GEOID 18) [EPSG: 5703]
Units: meter
Survey Report: Reports
LAS Validation Data Report: Reports
Tile Index in Shapefile Format:
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Dataset Boundary in GeoJSON Format:
Point Cloud: CA25_West.geojson
Raster: CA25_West.geojson
Dataset Extent (Bounding Box): North: 34.150814° South: 34.012196° East: -118.484059° West: -118.65842°
Dataset Boundary in GeoJSON Format:
Point Cloud: CA25_West.geojson
Raster: CA25_West.geojson
Dataset Extent (Bounding Box): North: 34.150814° South: 34.012196° East: -118.484059° West: -118.65842°