This resource provides bulk downloads of point cloud data from datasets hosted by OpenTopography. It is designed for advanced users seeking to download large amounts of data quickly and who have the bandwidth, expertise, and software necessary to manage the gigabytes of data available. We expect that users accessing bulk data have the ability to automate downloads using AWS Command Line Interface or other compatible GUI clients.
- Bulk Download using AWS Command Line Interface [AWS CLI version 2 installation instructions]
List all files example:
aws s3 ls s3://pc-bulk/ECSZ/ --recursive --endpoint-url https://opentopography.s3.sdsc.edu --no-sign-request
Download files example:
aws s3 cp s3://pc-bulk/ECSZ/ . --recursive --endpoint-url https://opentopography.s3.sdsc.edu --no-sign-request
- Bulk Download using CyberDuck
Once Cyberduck is installed, use S3 (HTTPS) connection protocol with the following information:
Server: opentopography.s3.sdsc.edu
Port: 443
Access Key ID: pc-bulk
Secret Access Key: pc-bulk-3LoTa4
Path: /pc-bulk/ECSZ
By accessing data via OpenTopography you agree to acknowledge OpenTopography and the dataset source as specified in the dataset metadata and on
OpenTopography's data acknowledgement page in publications, presentations, and other materials produced using these data.
Please
contact us if you have questions.
These data were acquired by the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping on behalf of Dr. Mike Oskin (UC Davis) and Dr. Lesley Perg (University of Minnesota) as part of their National Science Foundation funded-project (No. EAR-0337263): Testing tectonic geodesy from fault slip rates across the eastern California shear zone. They have kindly agreed to make these data available to the research community through OpenTopography.