While combing through detailed three-dimensional LiDAR maps of areas covered in dense vegetation, an archeologist uncovered a ...

Archaeologists have revealed an ancient lost Mayan city using advanced laser mapping technology, unearthing monumental structures such as pyramids and plazas. Named Valeriana, the city is believed to ...

What began as a routine search on the internet led to one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in recent ...

The city of Tugunbulak, which stretched beyond the ... But it’s going to take a long time before we know anything for sure. Lidar drone mapping saved Frachetti’s team roughly a decade ...

The settlement was particularly dense, more so than any ancient city in Belize or Guatemala. The study lists 6,764 structures in the area. Airborne LiDAR surveys have "emerged as a powerful tool ...

The synergy of LIDAR and satellite data in construction delivers unparalleled accuracy, optimizing project planning and ...

A huge Maya city has been discovered centuries after it disappeared under jungle canopy in Mexico. Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in the ...

Three sites around the size of the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, were discovered 'by accident' - after one archaeologist ...

Archaeologist Luke Auld-Thomas used LiDAR data related to carbon monitoring to discover a lost Maya city. Auld-Thomas’ work helped locate an estimated 6,600 buildings only 15 minutes from a current ...

The data, originally collected by a research group studying land-use patterns, was captured using UAV mapping technology and lidar. Auld-Thomas applied archaeological analysis methods to the survey ...

A map shows details of the Valeriana site's core in Campeche state, Mexico. The Maya city is among numerous archaeological features revealed by an analysis of data from LiDAR, which involves laser ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — To bolster road safety, the Taichung City Construction Bureau has implemented Light Detection and ...