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

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

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 ...

Both Tashbulak and Tugunbulak feature multiple permanent structures and sophisticated urban designs, seemingly crafted to make the most of the mountainous terrain. The high-resolution lidar images ...

Using drone-based lidar, researchers mapped two medieval cities, Tashbulak and Tugunbulak, in Uzbekistan, revealing detailed urban structures significant to the Silk Road's history. The first use of d ...

Tulane doctoral candidate Luke Auld-Thomas used LiDAR laser mapping to uncover an ancient Maya city hidden by the forest in ...

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

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 ...

Tugunbulak could have housed as many as 5,000 residents with the only source of food being pastured animals or what could be ...

A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the October 2024 issue of GPS World magazine.

Archaeologists have long known about ancient urban sites in the Maya Lowlands of southern Mexico. But this discovery was somewhat unexpected. Luke Auld-Thomas, an archaeologist at Tulane University, ...

The Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) received funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation ...