Hi Tim,<div><br></div><div>Would it be possible to acquire as much of this high-res LiDAR data as possible? Does this data already exist in NED? We could use it to create simplified TopOSM maps for people in the field that don't have a high-speed net connection and just want to see a Google Maps-style map of their area.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Some more information about TopOSM (along with some screenshots) is available here:</div><div><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TopOSM">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TopOSM</a></div><div>
<br></div><div>-Ian</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Loesch, Tim N (DNR) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Tim.Loesch@state.mn.us">Tim.Loesch@state.mn.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Greetings all,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">As the project manager of the State LiDAR project I’m very
interested in this thread. I have contacted folks at the Open Topography portal
and at the time of the contact, they were not really ready to start ingesting
large quantities of data as it was still a ‘Pilot, proof of concept” type of
thing. Things may have changed – I have not been there in a while.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I was unable to get TopOSM to come up for me in IE so I have no
idea what it has to offer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">We (DNR) are currently working on a service (ArcGIS Based –
including WMS) for the existing High Res topo data in Minnesota. We’ll need
both the ability to provide image and data services, including downloads. This is
going to be deployed for the upcoming flood season. We’ll see how that goes. I’m
curious to see how the ArcGIS server stuff performs. I already know the
mapserver stuff worked well.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I would be happy to come to the next monthly meeting and give
you folks an update on the State Lidar project.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Bob B – we should talk soon as well about your query for LiDAR
in St. Paul. I’ve got some ideas…</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">tim</span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div>