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LIDAR could be used more in places throughout the world

By Hicbd
Mon Nov 14 2022 4:31 pm

"In 2012, Lidar revealed that the Purépecha settlement of Angamuco in Michoacán, Mexico had about as many buildings as today's Manhattan; while in 2016, its use in mapping ancient Maya causeways in northern Guatemala, revealed 17 elevated roads linking the ancient city of El Mirador to other sites. In 2018, archaeologists using lidar discovered more than 60,000 man-made structures in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, a "major breakthrough" that showed the Maya civilization was much larger than previously thought."

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar#Archaeology
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/lasers-lidar-driving-revolution-archaeology
https://www.theverge.com/2013/6/20/4445568/lasers-lidar-archaeology-detailed-topographical-maps

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