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Visualisation of LiDAR terrain models for archaeological feature detection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

B.J. Devereux ,
G.S. Amable  and
P. Crow
B.J. Devereux
Affiliation:
Unit for Landscape Modelling, University of Cambridge, Sir William Hardy Building, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QB, UK
G.S. Amable
Affiliation:
Unit for Landscape Modelling, University of Cambridge, Sir William Hardy Building, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QB, UK
P. Crow
Affiliation:
Environmental and Human Sciences Division, Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Wrecclesham, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 4LH, UK
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Extract

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.

Keywords

airborne LiDARairborne laser scanningfeature detectionvegetation removalhill-shadingprincipal components analysislandscape visualisation
Type
Research article
Information
Antiquity , Volume 82 , Issue 316 , June 2008 , pp. 470 - 479
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2008

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