Tag: LiDAR

October 14, 2020

Celebrate Earth Science Week! October 11 – 17, 2020

Governor Sisolak has declared October 11–17 as “Earth Science Week” in Nevada:https://gov.nv.gov/News/Proclamations/Proclamationshttps://gov.nv.gov/News/Proclamations/2020/Earth_Science_Week_in_Nevada Earth Science Week Focus Days:Monday, October 12 is Mineral Day!“Join us in raising...

June 4, 2019

Lidar Shines in Northern Nevada

by Jay Johnson (ArcUser, Spring 2019, pages 54–57) A message from Rich Koehler, NBMG: The lidar data set NBMG was instrumental in acquiring through the...

January 8, 2019

KNPR Audio Interview with Seth Dee

UNR Uncovers New Earthquake Faults in Nevada KNPR, 1-2-19, by Kristy Totten https://knpr.org/knpr/2019-01/unr-uncovers-new-earthquake-faults-nevada The complete article is copied below. A new kind of mapping technology...

January 8, 2019

Below the Neon: Reno’s Bare Earth Recent Reno–Sparks–Carson City Lidar Acquisition Project

Story maps provide an excellent means for NBMG staff to share information about programs and activities throughout Nevada with the public. NBMG Cartography and GIS...

March 31, 2015

USGS Nevada 3DEP Factsheet

This message was forwarded from Carol Ostergren: From: Carol Ostergren Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 10:12 AM Subject: [SMAC] USGS Nevada 3DEP factsheet Online Publication...

May 31, 2012

USGS News Release — LiDAR Technology Reveals Faults Near Lake Tahoe

CARNELIAN BAY, Calif. — Results of a new U.S. Geological Survey study conclude that faults west of Lake Tahoe, Calif., referred to as the Tahoe-Sierra frontal fault zone, pose a substantial increase in the seismic hazard assessment for the Lake Ta…

September 6, 2011

Graham Kent speaks at NPS-Thursday, September 8, 2011

Who: Dr. Graham Kent; Director, Nevada Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada, RenoWhat: Nevada Petroleum Society meetingTitle: M7 in the Tahoe basin: An exploration of recent seismic CHIRP and airborne LiDAR imageryWhen: Thursday, Septemb…

April 28, 2011

Lake Tahoe Basin LiDAR data released

http://www.opentopography.org/index.php/news/detail/lake_tahoe_basin_lidar_data_released“I’m pleased to announce that you can now download the 2010 Tahoe LiDAR data from http://www.opentopography.org/ at your convenience. Access to the data from t…