LIDAR - Pits of Mystery
View Related Episode: Gresham Turtles, LIDAR/Pits of Mystery, White-Nose Syndrome
The most revolutionary mapping technology in a century reveals something odd: dozens of “pits of mystery” in the Willamette Valley. LIDAR laser mapping also uncovers hidden landslides, hazard zones and a previously undiscovered volcano near Portland.
First Broadcast: 2011
Producer: Vince Patton
Videographer/Editor: Nicholas Fisher
Videographer: Todd Sonflieth
Videographer: Michael Bendixen
Videos & Photos Courtesy: DOGAMI
Videos & Photos Courtesy: Jason Hinkle: Oregon Dept. of Forestry
Animation Courtesy of: Jim Sipes & University of Oklahoma
Appeared in episode: Gresham Turtles, LIDAR/Pits of Mystery, White-Nose Syndrome
For more information:
OR Dept. of Geology & Mineral Industries
- Online: OregonGeology.org
Seeing Landslides with LIDAR
Oregon LIDAR Interactive Map
USGS: Missoula Floods
Glacial Lake Missoula
- Online: HugeFloods.com/LakeMissoula
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