Tag: LiDAR
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Why the Earth Must Be Mapped
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Read More: Why the Earth Must Be MappedAs appearing in SAPIENS | 12.11.19 Why the Earth Must Be Mapped There is an urgent need to digitally capture the planet’s surface, providing a record for future ecologists, archaeologists, and historians. The Earth Archive project plans to do just that. VIEWPOINT Chris Fisher Professor, Department of Anthropology and Geography,…
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Chris Fisher: City of the Jaguar
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Read More: Chris Fisher: City of the JaguarAs appearing on Chautauqua | Fall 2016 Date: Thursday, February 16, 2017 Time: 7:00 PM Location: Chautauqua Community House Over the past year, the excavation of an ancient city in Honduras has yielded a trove of remarkable stone artifacts from a mysterious, unnamed Pre-Columbian civilization. A joint American-Honduran team of archaeologists led…
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An area long-rumored to contain the ‘mythical White City’ being explored
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Read More: An area long-rumored to contain the ‘mythical White City’ being exploredSome of the most inhospitable land in the world is found in Nicaragua. Home of the most poisonous snakes on the planet, deadliest spiders and angry, stinging plants. It also happens to be home to an ancient city, known to many as la Ciudad Blanca, or the White City.…