A UAV-Lidar system to map Amazonian rainforest and its ancient landscape transformations
Khan, S; Aragao, L; Iriarte, J
Date: 28 February 2017
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International Journal of Remote Sensing
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Taylor & Francis for Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society
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Abstract
In this paper a robust unmanned aerial remote sensing system, equipped with a survey-grade Lidar scanner and a multispectral camera system, assembled to study pre-Columbian Amazonian archaeology is presented. The data collected from this sys- tem will be utilised in a novel inter-disciplinary way by combining these data with in- situ ...
In this paper a robust unmanned aerial remote sensing system, equipped with a survey-grade Lidar scanner and a multispectral camera system, assembled to study pre-Columbian Amazonian archaeology is presented. The data collected from this sys- tem will be utilised in a novel inter-disciplinary way by combining these data with in- situ data collected by archaeologists, archaebotanists, paleoecologists, soil scientists, and landscape ecologists to study the nature and scale of the impact of pre-Columbian humans in transforming the landscapes of Amazonian rainforest. The outputs of this research will also inform future policy on the conservation, sustainability, and ecological state of the forest.
Archaeology and History
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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