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🌟LiDAR in Archaeology and Construction! 🌟 LiDAR technology is very helpful in both archaeology and construction industries. 🔍 Archaeology: LiDAR allows archaeologists to see micro topography which is helpful to unveiling hidden landscapes, ancient ruins, and lost civilizations with unprecedented detail. 🏗️ Construction: In the world of construction, LiDAR offers unparalleled precision in site mapping, topography analysis, and project planning. From initial surveys to ongoing monitoring, LiDAR streamlines the construction process and ensures accuracy every step of the way. 📏✨ ✨But the key advantage of LiDAR? It's all about speed and accuracy. By capturing vast amounts of data quickly and efficiently, LiDAR empowers archaeologists and builders alike to work smarter, not harder. 💡🏰 Video credit: Geospatial World #LiDAR #Archaeology #Construction #Innovation #Technology #UnlockThePast #BuildTheFuture 🌟

🌟LiDAR in Archaeology and Construction! 🌟 LiDAR technology is very helpful in both archaeology and construction industries. 🔍 Archaeology: LiDAR allows archaeologists to see micro topography which is helpful to unveiling hidden landscapes, ancient ruins, and lost civilizations with unprecedented detail. 🏗️ Construction: In the world of construction, LiDAR offers unparalleled precision in site mapping, topography analysis, and project planning. From initial surveys to ongoing monitoring, LiDAR streamlines the construction process and ensures accuracy every step of the way. 📏✨ ✨But the key advantage of LiDAR? It's all about speed and accuracy. By capturing vast amounts of data quickly and efficiently, LiDAR empowers archaeologists and builders alike to work smarter, not harder. 💡🏰 Video credit: Geospatial World #LiDAR #Archaeology #Construction #Innovation #Technology #UnlockThePast #BuildTheFuture 🌟

This short video post illustrates how Corey and others at BGC are finding and measuring landslide and other ground changes across county to multi-state regions with aerial lidar data. What Corey is doing in this video was not possible at this speed and precision just a few years ago and was merely a "what if" scenario a decade ago. Now, it's changing the practice. Corey brings a unique blend of passion in technology and geology to the earth sciences, and this is worth a view when you have a few minutes to spare.

Salomon et al. present the first use of drone lidar in tectonic geomorphology, surveying active faults in Western Canada; and offering a practical guide for others interested in this technology. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e5Ew23m5 Lidar is a powerful remote sensing technique that can be used to produce high-resolution topographic maps. Notably, it can penetrate through dense vegetation, revealing subtle landforms on the ground surface that would otherwise be hidden by forests. Traditionally, lidar surveying is conducted from an airplane; Salomon et al. describe one of the first applications of a drone-based lidar system used to study landforms generated by active faults and showcase its capabilities using surveys of a variety of faulted landscapes with different forest cover types across western Canada. The drone offers a cost-effective way of obtaining otherwise expensive airborne lidar data, and compares favorably against established methods of topographic mapping, allowing landscapes to be surveyed in finer detail than was previously possible. #LIDAR #drone #Canada #remotesensing #Seismology #EarthquakeScience #peerreviewed #DiamondOpenAccess #Earthquake #OpenAccess #OpenScience

Mapping landslides on high resolution lidar - I find this an incredibly cathartic and enjoyable task. This intersection of art and science takes experience, interpretation, and a bit of arm waving. If you want a very clear and definitive answer in your work, I do not suggest you try mapping landslides 👨🎨 😂 . But hey, the feeling you get when you map one? e.g., "am I the first person in the world to know about this landslide?" I mean COME.ON. 🥰 Now imagine you have *clean* and *beautiful* lidar change detection data between two datasets? Noise is still present here and there, but by far, most of what you see is real change that occurred on the ground (...soothing sounds heard in the distance, your chest falls with a deep sigh of relief...). Not only can you find the landslide, but you can quickly tell if it has moved recently? 🤤 One step closer to unlocking the secrets of how this big rock called Earth evolves and responds. So cool. Here's a video I made Friday of how I am using some beautiful data that Cambio Earth processed for us to map landslides that moved between 2017-2023 as part of a study to learn more about the July 2022 landslide event in Eastern Kentucky. To say I am enjoying this process is an understatement. So enlightening. Can't wait to share these results further. Let me know if you like this video and we can make some more. #landslides #lidar #lidarchangedetection #dataisbeautiful #lidart #geomorphology

We’re revisiting the past on day 15 of our #NewForestChristmasCountdown to look back at the more than 3,000 archaeological sites identified in the National Park by archaeologists and volunteers. LiDAR is just one of the tools used by teams to lead them to discoveries on the ground, including Bronze Age burial mounds, an Iron Age fort, and a medieval field system. The New Forest was the first national park in the country to have its landscape fully surveyed using the technology, which can penetrate tree cover and incorporates high-tech imagery using lasers beamed back from aircraft. You can explore the map yourself here: https://lnkd.in/eyJzb_F4 LiDAR image shows an Iron Age hill fort. Credit: Forest Research, Cambridge University Technical Service and New Forest National Park Authority

In this week's look at stories from around the lidar and geospatial industries, we have articles diving into how lidar was used to help discover a lost Mayan city, the effects solar storms can have on GPS, and the technological evolution of land surveying. Read more: https://lnkd.in/es5xTYfn #lidar #geospatial #archeology #solarstorms #surveying

"Evidences of the Roman Road Cascantum Turiaso" This book demonstrates how completely different disciplines can combine to produce extraordinary results. It is an exhaustive study that analyzes a segment of the Roman road between Cascantum and Turiaso (Cascante Tarazona in Spain). Using modern technologies such as satellite images, LiDAR, and archaeological methods, the author identifies and describes this ancient infrastructure. Through the analysis of images and historical studies, a 3,400-meter route between Cascante and Tulebras (Navarra, Spain) has been precisely determined, highlighting Roman construction characteristics. https://lnkd.in/gqvMsaKF #Tarazona #Cascante #Turiaso #Cascantum #ViaRomana

🛰️Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB)🛰️ Understanding the #depth and shape of the #seafloor in shallow waters is crucial for the safety of #navigation, #marine #conservation 🪸, and the #BlueEconomy 🏖️. SDB uses #satellite sensors to calculate shallow water depths, allowing for #remote data collection. While SDB won’t replace traditional acoustic or lidar surveys, it is a valuable tool for the #hydrographic community when its limitations are understood and managed. It also offers a cost-effective way to obtain hydrographic data, especially in areas that are difficult to access or require frequent updates. The SDB Best Practice Guide (B-13), produced by the IHO’s SDB Project Team, provides technical best practices and guidance, as well as a framework for collecting, processing, analysing, interpreting, and sharing data. This initiative aims to enhance our ability to map and monitor #coastal zones effectively. Curious for more? Keep following the IHO #adventcalendar📅 and visit: https://lnkd.in/gruhB9q4 EOMAP #satellite #space #remotesensing #datacollection #data #ocean #research #coastalresearch #sea #beach #marine #maritime #marineenvironment #IHO #hydrography #oceanscience

A new machine learning system can create height maps of urban environments from a single synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image, potentially accelerating disaster planning and response. #geography #geographyteacher #map https://lnkd.in/erRb2Sx6