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Hidden Kingdoms of the Ancient Maya Revealed in a 3-D Laser Map The New York Times – Nicholas St. Fleur Hidden pyramids and massive fortresses in the jungle. Farms and canals scattered across swamplands. Highways traversing thickets of rain forest. These are among more than 61,000 ancient... |
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This UH Research Center Is Revolutionizing Archaeology Houstonia – Dianna Wray The year was 2012; the place, the Honduran rainforest. A small plane flew overhead, dangling an expensive pulsing laser over the dense, leafy canopy. Within just a few hours, Ramesh... |
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Maya Population Estimate Increase Too Hasty, UH Anthropologist Says The Daily Cougar – C. McRae Peavy Deep in the verdant tropical jungles of Guatemala, a joint research team, including a UH-based organization, used advanced technology to pierce the thick canopy and find ancient Mayan... |
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VIDEO: Maya Civilization University of Houston Researchers at the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping, or NCALM, say the discovery of tens of thousands Maya structures (temples and houses), sophisticated agricultural systems and... |
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Lasers Reveal a Maya Civilization So Dense It Blew Experts’ Minds The New York Times – Jacey Fortin The project was started by Pacunam, a Guatemalan nonprofit organization, and carried out with help from the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping, which is based at the University of... |
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Why Experts Believe Cheaper, Better Lidar is Right Around the Corner Ars Technica – Timothy B. Lee Lidar used to cost $75,000. Experts expect this to fall to less than $100. |
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VIDEO: Search for a Lost City CBS News It's been called the White City, or the City of the Monkey God – a lost ancient city that has fascinated adventure-seekers searching the jungles of Honduras for centuries. Most recently, a... |
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VIDEO: The Geosensing Systems Engineering and Sciences Program UH Cullen College of Engineering GSES introduction and overview. |
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VIDEO: The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping UH Cullen College of Engineering NCALM introduction, overview, recent work, and graduate program. |
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Archäologie aus der Luft Spektrum Der Wissenschaft – William E. Carter, Ramesh L. Shrestha, and Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz Ein LiDAR-Gerät sendet Hunderttausende von Laserpulsen in der Sekunde aus, um von einem Flugzeug aus ein hoch aufgelöstes Profil des Bodens zu gewinnen. Das hilft Archäologen bei der Suche... |
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