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Tikal, Guatemala
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…
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.
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…
Geosensing Systems Engineering and Sciences Program
UH Cullen College of Engineering
GSES introduction and overview.
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping
UH Cullen College of Engineering
NCALM introduction, overview, recent work, and graduate program.
Archaeology from the Air
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…
Multispectral LiDAR: Deserts, Rivers, Forests & More
GeoDataPoint – Linda Duffy
"Originally, LiDAR was seen as a means of obtaining elevation data, but there is a growing interest among researchers in accurately mapping water/land interfaces and identifying species by…
Tikal, Guatemala
Scienceline – Ellie Kincaid
High-resolution maps of Earth’s surface reveal archaeological secrets.
Archaeology from the Air
American Scientist – William E. Carter, Ramesh Shrestha, and Juan C. Fernandez-Diaz
In aircraft flying "low and slow," instruments sending out hundreds of thousands of laser pulses per second can gather enough data to reveal archaeological sites hidden under dense forest…
Lure of the Lost City
National Geographic – Douglas Preston (Dave Yoder, Photographs)
El Dorado. Atlantis. The Lost City of Z. Legends of such fabled places have enticed generations of explorers into the most remote locations on Earth. Usually they return empty-handed, if…