Visualisation of LiDAR terrain models for archaeological feature detection

LiDAR is developing into a formidable instrument of aerial survey. Here the author shows how the LiDAR picture can be enhanced so that features picked up by illumination from different directions can be combined in one comprehensive survey.

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Published in:Antiquity 2008-06, Vol.82 (316), p.470-479
Main Authors: Devereux, B.J., Amable, G.S., Crow, P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerial mapping
Aerial photography
airborne laser scanning
airborne LiDAR
Analysis
Archaeological sites
Archaeology
England
Excavation and methods
feature detection
Field method
hill-shading
Land
Landscape
landscape visualisation
Mapping
Methodology and general studies
Optical radar
Polls & surveys
Prehistory and protohistory
Principal components analysis
Remote sensing
Research article
Research methodology
Survey
Territory
United Kingdom
Variables
vegetation removal
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Summary:LiDAR is developing into a formidable instrument of aerial survey. Here the author shows how the LiDAR picture can be enhanced so that features picked up by illumination from different directions can be combined in one comprehensive survey.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.1017/S0003598X00096952