shrug-l: Mayan Ruins Uncovered with Lidar

[Tony Cooper]

Reminds me of a conversation I had one time with this old man at Burger King about how lidar was used to uncover Incan ruins in Peru. https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/lidar-images-reveal-mayan-civilization/?adumkts=industry_solutions&aduse=national_government&aduin=mapping_statistics&aduc=email&adum=drip&utm_Source=email&aduca=cra_natl_mapping_community&adut=1469213-nmsla-newsletter-february2021&adulb=multiple&adusn=multiple&aduat=article&adupt=community&sf_id=701f2000000iGy4AAE&aducp=newsletter_second_body_headline
[https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mayan_Ruins.jpg]<https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/lidar-images-reveal-mayan-civilization/?adumkts=industry_solutions&aduse=national_government&aduin=mapping_statistics&aduc=email&adum=drip&utm_Source=email&aduca=cra_natl_mapping_community&adut=1469213-nmsla-newsletter-february2021&adulb=multiple&adusn=multiple&aduat=article&adupt=community&sf_id=701f2000000iGy4AAE&aducp=newsletter_second_body_headline>
Lidar Images Show Mayan Civilization in a New Light<https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/lidar-images-reveal-mayan-civilization/?adumkts=industry_solutions&aduse=national_government&aduin=mapping_statistics&aduc=email&adum=drip&utm_Source=email&aduca=cra_natl_mapping_community&adut=1469213-nmsla-newsletter-february2021&adulb=multiple&adusn=multiple&aduat=article&adupt=community&sf_id=701f2000000iGy4AAE&aducp=newsletter_second_body_headline>
The dense jungles of Guatemala have yielded Mayan sites for decades, but it took lidar to unlock the scale and sophistication of settlements.
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Happy Florida Emancipation Day (May 20th)

Tony


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