OpenTopography Tool Registry

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The OpenTopography Tool Registry provides a community populated clearinghouse of software, utilities, and tools oriented towards high-resolution topography data (e.g. collected with lidar technology) handling, processing, and analysis. Tools registered below range from source code to full-featured software applications. We welcome contributions to the registry via the Contribute a Tool page.

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Tool Name Date   Tool Type Rating
1   GeoNet 4 Sep 2014 DEM Analysis
Keywords: channel heads, channel networks, nonlinear filtering, geodesic curves, curvature analysis
License: GNU General Public License

Description: Computational tool for the automatic extraction of channel networks and channel heads from high resolution topography

2   LP360 for ArcGIS, LP360 for Windows 9 Apr 2013 Visualization, Point Cloud Analysis, DEM generation, DEM Analysis, Software Suite
Keywords: LIDAR, Classification, Breaklines, Visualization, Automatic Extraction, Volumetric Analysis
License: Commercial License

Description: LP360 for ArcGIS is an extension to ArcMap that allows visualizing and processing of very large point clouds (LIDAR and dense image matching) in a familiar GIS desktop environment. Available in three levels of capability, LP360 provides tools from rapid visualization and derived product generation through advanced features such as automatic ground classification and building footprint extraction.

LP360 adds to the native viewing capabilities of ArcGIS 10.1 by providing the capability to work with very large projects such as county-wide aerial LIDAR data sets. From Quality Check to advanced feature extractions, LP360 is the tool of choice for LIDAR professionals throughout the world.