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Course Outline

• Lecture Session 1: What is lidar and how is it collected?
• Tutorial 1: Simple viewing of point cloud data using Fusion
• Lecture Session 2: Acquiring a useful lidar-derived DEM
• Tutorial 2: Visualizing lidar-DEMs using ESRI ArcMap and 3D Analyst
• Field Exercise: Comparing lidar with reality
• Tutorial 3: Fault zone geomorphology
• Tutorial 4: Quantitative Geomorphic analysis and hydrology

Course Materials

The following links point to zipped file bundles that you must download and uncompress before viewing/using.

• Introduction (29 MB)
• Tutorial 1 (261 MB; includes las files)
• Tutorial 2 (326 MB)
• Wallace Creek Tutorial (25 MB)
• Haugerud (26 MB)
• Other Materials (18 MB)

Ian Madin
Chief Scientist
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
800 NE Oregon St. #28 Suite 965
Portland, OR 97232
(971) 673-1542
Ian.Madin@dogami.state.or.us