Journal
REMOTE SENSING
Volume 6, Issue 10, Pages 9951-10001Publisher
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/rs6109951
Keywords
mapping LiDAR; airborne laser scanning; archaeology; point clouds; digital elevation models; visualization; prospection; Mesoamerica
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- Uxbenka, Belize project, UTL Productions
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Earth Sciences [1339015] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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In this paper we provide a description of airborne mapping LiDAR, also known as airborne laser scanning (ALS), technology and its workflow from mission planning to final data product generation, with a specific emphasis on archaeological research. ALS observations are highly customizable, and can be tailored to meet specific research needs. Thus it is important for an archaeologist to fully understand the options available during planning, collection and data product generation before commissioning an ALS survey, to ensure the intended research questions can be answered with the resultant data products. Also this knowledge is of great use for the researcher trying to understand the quality and limitations of existing datasets collected for other purposes. Throughout the paper we use examples from archeological ALS projects to illustrate the key concepts of importance for the archaeology researcher.
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