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LIR - Strongbad - the lecture last night was on the use of Lidar to identify Mayan ruins under the forest canopy in Guatemala and Belize. It was

Posted by Meg (aka Mojave) Jan 13 '17, 08:59

remarkable effective when the results were compared to already identified structures - and quicker and less strenuous than slogging through the forest on ground surveys :)

Due to its 3D format it's not as effective for ground features such as roads but these can be identified during ground-truthing.

The new age of archaeology :-)

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Interesting! - Strongbad Jan 13, 10:27
There was a segment on this on Sunday Morning last weekend. Fascinating - znufrii Jan 13, 09:02
didn't some Canadian kid use something similar to ID a previously unknown city? -- nm - Beaker Jan 13, 09:00 2
- He used satellite data and predictive analysis (with a lot of 'Mayan cities are located based on alignment with constellations') - Roger More Jan 13, 09:07 1
  - Right. This was done with a helicopter and there was discussion that this was more effective than fixed-wing flight because it was - Meg Jan 13, 09:10

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LIR - Strongbad - the lecture last night was on the use of Lidar to identify Mayan ruins under the forest canopy in Guatemala and Belize. It was

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