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+ "# OpenTopography API \n",
+ "\n",
+ "This notebook will highlight searching for data in the NOAA Coastal LiDAR and NCALM / OpenTopo User-Submitted datasets via the [OpenTopo /otCatalog API](https://portal.opentopography.org/apidocs/)\n",
+ "\n",
+ "This is just a search for LiDAR flight extents and minimal associated metadata, similar to the [USGS 3dep Search Example](https://coincident.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples/quickstart.html), not point cloud analysis."
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "code",
+ "execution_count": null,
+ "metadata": {},
+ "outputs": [],
+ "source": [
+ "import coincident\n",
+ "import geopandas as gpd"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "markdown",
+ "metadata": {},
+ "source": [
+ "## Identify a dataset of interest\n",
+ "\n",
+ "`opentopo` datasets in `coincident` currently support the search of the [NOAA Coastal LiDAR Catalog](https://coast.noaa.gov/htdata/lidar1_z/) and [NCALM Aerial LiDAR Catalog](https://calm.geo.berkeley.edu/ncalm/dtc.html). \n",
+ "\n",
+ "```{note}\n",
+ "The NCALM Aerial LiDAR Catalog also includes user-submitted flights\n",
+ "```"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "code",
+ "execution_count": 9,
+ "metadata": {},
+ "outputs": [
+ {
+ "data": {
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+ "
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+ ""
+ ]
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+ "output_type": "execute_result"
+ }
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+ "source": [
+ "# first, we'll search for NOAA Coastal LiDAR missions in Oregon\n",
+ "# we'll inspect 2020 arbitrarily\n",
+ "aoi = gpd.read_file(\n",
+ " \"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/unitedstates/districts/refs/heads/gh-pages/states/OR/shape.geojson\"\n",
+ ")\n",
+ "aoi.explore()"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "code",
+ "execution_count": 10,
+ "metadata": {},
+ "outputs": [],
+ "source": [
+ "gf_noaa = coincident.search.search(\n",
+ " dataset=\"noaa\",\n",
+ " intersects=aoi,\n",
+ " datetime=[\"2020\"]\n",
+ ")"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
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+ "execution_count": 11,
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+ "gf_noaa"
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+ "cell_type": "code",
+ "execution_count": 20,
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+ "outputs": [
+ {
+ "data": {
+ "text/html": [
+ "Make this Notebook Trusted to load map: File -> Trust Notebook
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+ "source": [
+ "gf_noaa.explore(column=\"title\", cmap=\"Set1\")"
+ ]
+ },
+ {
+ "cell_type": "code",
+ "execution_count": 13,
+ "metadata": {},
+ "outputs": [],
+ "source": [
+ "# now, let's see if there were any NCALM missions from the same year\n",
+ "gf_ncalm = coincident.search.search(\n",
+ " dataset=\"ncalm\",\n",
+ " intersects=aoi,\n",
+ " datetime=[\"2020\"]\n",
+ ")"
+ ]
+ },
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+ "gf_ncalm"
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+ "source": [
+ "m = gf_noaa.explore(color='black')\n",
+ "gf_ncalm.explore(m=m, color='deeppink')"
+ ]
+ }
+ ],
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