Revealing Lasar scans in Guatemala Jungle

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Revealing Lasar scans in Guatemala Jungle

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2stellarexplorer
Feb 3, 2018, 1:12 pm

Saw that. I love the way so much info is stored in the universe, available if only we access and decode it.

3Bookmarque
Feb 3, 2018, 1:56 pm

And if only we could protect it before looters get to it first.

4clamairy
Feb 3, 2018, 2:45 pm

That is just so very cool. (I might have to watch that show, too.)

5timspalding
Edited: Feb 3, 2018, 3:33 pm

"Lasers in the jungle somewhere" — Paul Simon

6clamairy
Feb 3, 2018, 5:08 pm

7pmackey
Feb 5, 2018, 5:52 am

I read the first part of the Washington Post article on this and it was interesting but I was disappointed that the Honduran expedition to the "White City" wasn't mentioned because, according The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston, the first use of LIDAR to detect possible archeological sites in the jungle happened in Honduras. Have I missed something?

Regardless, using LIDAR to help archeology seems to be fantastic tool.