[Aztlan] Airborne LIDAR surveying?

[Sid Hollander]

If you google "LIDAR surveys maya"  you will find many references.  Two of
them follow.

From
http://www.utexas.edu/opa/pubs/discovery/disc2001v16n1/disc_geology.html

...in addition to flood hazard mapping, BEG scientists made side trips to
Copan to conduct LIDAR and GPS surveys of the Maya ruins. Archeologists
(sic) are using these data to develop a GIS database, a crucial element in
the Hondurans' preservation strategy for its renowned archeological (sic)
treasure.


And this doc....

*FROM SPACE TO PLACE*

*II International Conference Remote Sensing Archaeology*

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*4 December*


  9.00 Registration


9.45 Welcome

Roberto De Mattei

*Vicepresidente CNR –  Vice-President of CNR*

Maria Mautone

*Direttore Dipartimento Patrimonio Culturale del CNR - Director of CNR
Cultural Heritage Dep.*

Salvatore Garraffo

*Direttore dell'Istituto per le Tecnologie Applicate ai Beni Culturali del
CNR Roma – Director of  CNR Institute for Technologies Applied to Cultural
Heritage -Rome*


10.00 Introduction

S.Campana, M.Forte


10.20
M. HERNANDEZ, UNESCO

*UNESCO partnership with space institutions to improve conservation **of
cultural heritage*

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*10.40     *
R. FRANCOVICH, University of Siena

*Mapping cultural heritage: the role of remote sensing in the perspective of
a more widely integrated approach to archaeological landscapes studies and
conservation*

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*11.00*

*W.SATURNO*, University of New Hampshire

Sensing a Future for the Past



COFFEE BREAK

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*11.30 Session 1 - Satellite Remote Sensing Archaeology*



11.30

Aurdal L., Eikvil L., Koren H., Loska A.

*Semi-automatic search for cultural heritage sites in satellite images*



11.50

Deroin J-P., Tereygeol F., Benoit P., Al-Thari M., Al-Ganad I., Heckes J.,
Peli A., Pillault S., Florsch N.

*Archaeological remote sensing in Yemen, the Jabali test site. From
large-scale survey to field investigation*



12.10

Lasaponara R., Masini N.

*Performance evaluation of data fusion and edge detection algorithms for the
detection of archaeological features by using satellite Quickbird data*



12.30
Masini N., Lasaponara R.

*Evaluation of the spectral capability of QuickBird imagery for the
detection of archaeological buried remains*



12.50

Nie Y., Dai J., Zhang X.

*The Use of DMC Small Satellite Data in the Investigation of Chinese Great
Wall*

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13.00-14.30 BREAK

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14.30

Parcak S.

*Satellite survey and coring in reconstructing ancient landscapes in the
Nile Floodplain and at Tell-el Amarna (Middle Egypt):  a multifaceted
approach*



14.50

Vining B.

*Reconstructing community structure at Cerro Baúl, Peru with spatial
distributions and remote sensing*



15.10

Weller E. T.

*Satellites, Survey, and Settlement: the Late Classic Maya Utilization of
Bajos (Seasonal Swamps) at Tikal and Yaxha, Guatemala*

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*15.30 Session 2 - **Aerial Archaeology: vertical and oblique photography *

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15.30

Musson C.
*The flying patchwork quilt: aerial responses across Europe*

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15.50

Caprasecca A.

*Air Photo interpretation and the study of Medieval settlements in Maremma
(central Italy)*



16.10 COFFEE BREAK



16.20

Cowley D.

*The emerging landscape of East Lothian, Scotland. Mapping, analysis and
presentation*



16.40

Musson C., Driver T., Pert T.

*Air photo applications in Wales, UK. Exploration, landscape analysis,
conservation and public presentation*

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17.00

Macleod K.H.J.

*Developments in aerial photographic rectification and mapping at RCAHMS*



17.20

Bewley R., Musson C.

*'European Landscapes – Past, Present And Future'. A Culture 2000 project:
realities, objectives and future prospects*



17.40

Sánchez Pardo J. C., Ortega I. F.

*Aerial archaeology in Spain: historiography and expectations*



18.00

Verhoeven G., Loenders J.

*A remote controlled infrared eye in the sky*



18.20

Vermeulen F.

*Integrating aerial photography for the study of Roman towns in Italy*


On 1/6/07, Steven Zoraster <szoraster at szoraster.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Is anyone doing airborne LIDAR surveys of Maya ruins?  A Google search
> located a web page on the use of ground-based LIDAR at Tikal, but nothing
> about airborne surveys.
>
> Steven Zoraster
>
> LIght Detection and Ranging -> LIDAR
>
>
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