Archaeologists have revealed an ancient lost Mayan city using advanced laser mapping technology, unearthing monumental ...

São Sebastião, a municipality on the coast of São Paulo state in Brazil that was partially cut off from the rest of the ...

Moreover, the mountain terrain ... the study. A LiDAR sensor tracks the amount of time each laser pulse takes to return and uses that information to create a three-dimensional map of the ...

A major Mayan city, named Valeriana, has been uncovered beneath the dense jungles of Mexico, thanks to Lidar technology. The ...

Discover how adaptive-computing technology is extending the capabilities of LiDAR sensors to deliver higher depth resolution ...

However, the U.S. military views lidar scans as critical in some situations, largely for preparing humans with accurate maps and equipment for a mission’s terrain. Lidar creates 3D mappings of ...

The depression in the landscape, which McCauley says is clearly visible using LiDAR, “seems to conform reasonably well to the 1897 USGS map. We knew that was about where it had been, but to me ...

It also plays a key role in water resource management, where terrain modeling can predict flood-prone areas and guide flood mitigation efforts. In defense, the 3D maps generated by LiDAR scanners ...

A PhD student discovers a public dataset on 'page 16 of a Google search' that helps uncover a major urban center once home to 50,000 people in 800 AD.

LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, is a  remote sensing technology that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to ...

The two cities are located in rugged terrain 2,000 to 2,200 meters ... independent culture and political economy." Lidar technology is commonly used to map archaeological landscapes blocked ...