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Topography Unveiled
Physics Today
Producing surface maps at submeter resolution, even over heavily forested terrain, GLS can reveal the fine structure of such features as faults, landslides, and drainage patterns.
Mapping the Lost Megalopolis
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – Stephen Ornes
Laser imaging reveals long-lost traces of ancient civilizations hidden beneath tropical forest canopies.
Laser Mapping Reveals New Details of Earth's Surface
Scientific American – Katherine Harmon
Scientists get a three-dimensional Google Earth on steroids, which can penetrate forest canopies, chart sand dune movement, and more, thanks to radarlike lasers.
Maya Exploration
University of Central Florida
A team of UCF scientists use a new lidar sensing system to see through the jungle to explore an ancient Maya city in Belize.
Terrestrial Laser Scanning and the Post Mortem Interval
LiDAR News Magazine – Sibyl R. Bucheli, Craig L. Glennie, and Aaron M. Lynne
Remote sensing technologies have recently emerged in forensics as a way to investigate clandestine graves and crimes scenes, as methods tend to be both nondestructive and noninvasive.