TAG: lidar survey

A lidar map of the city of Kunguints in the Ecuadorian Amazon reveals ancient streets lined with houses. (Image: Antoine Dorison and Stephen Rostain)

Lidar reveals lost cities in the Amazon

January 22, 2024

Archeologists have discovered a vast and highly complex system of ancient cities dating back nearly 3,000 years in the Amazon rainforest. Complete with a complex network of farmland and roads, the discovery is the oldest and largest of its kind in the region.


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Leica lidar sensor improves deep water surveying

April 4, 2023

Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, has launched the Leica HawkEye-5, a new high-performance airborne bathymetric lidar solution for deep water surveying.


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OxTS Georeferencer. (Image: OxTS)

Simplifying the lidar survey requires unity of hardware and software

June 27, 2022

From OxTS  OxTS manufactures inertial navigation systems (INS) and proprietary software on which survey professionals have come to […]


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