TAG: Puerto Rico

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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Hexagon updates Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands aerial imagery and elevation mapping data

August 24, 2023

Hexagon’s Geosystems division has released aerial data covering the entire Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands as part of the HxGN Content Program. 


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Dewberry to update lidar for Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands after hurricane

June 6, 2018

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has selected Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, to collect and process […]


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