… You could feel the significance of what we were celebrating [Dec. 11]: the functional completion of statewide LiDAR data acquisition for California. … We now hold high-resolution, three-dimensional information for the entire state—a dataset capable of revealing everything from the heights of individual trees to the traces of active earthquake faults. … Across the state, agencies and partners are now turning raw LiDAR data into actionable information products at statewide and local scales. A few examples: WERK Initiative: Advancing watershed-scale remote sensing products calibrated for forest and landscape stewardship. Department of Water Resources: Leading California’s contribution to the national elevation-derived hydrography dataset—essential for modeling water flow, flood behavior, and watershed resilience.

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