Uncovered using Lidar

Connected Sites: 11

Definition
Lidar or LiDAR is a surveying method that measures distance to a target by illuminating the target with pulsed laser light and measuring the reflected pulses with a sensor. It is also used "to create high-precision digital elevation models of the ground surface beneath the vegetation cover", for example of archaeological sites. The connection includes WHS where this technique has been applied.

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Connected Sites

  • Angkor
    Angkor
    Cambodia
    Inscribed: 1992
    4.72
    362
    30
  • Gedi
    Gedi
    Kenya
    Inscribed: 2024
    2.64
    17
    2
    By the Zamani project
    See www.zamaniproject.org
  • Mozu-Furuichi Kofun
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.12
    80
    5
    "The use of airborne LIDAR surveys to develop the relief maps of the kofun demonstrates a good application of this technology to the needs of heritage documentation and conservation management." (AB ev)
  • Stonehenge and Avebury
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.74
    429
    18
  • Viking Age Ring Fortresses
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.00
    105
    5

    "The landscape context has been documented using topographical and historical maps, LiDAR images and computer-based models." (AB Ev) – "Modern non-intrusive survey adds to our understanding at various scales, from high-definition LiDAR to constantly improving ground-based geophysical techniques." (Nomination file, p. 56) – "In 2014, as a result of landscape-scale LiDAR survey specifically targeted at Viking-Age Ring Fortresses, Borgring was identified as probably being a Viking-Age ring fortress." (Nomination file, p. 132)
  • Tikal National Park
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.46
    169
    6
  • Sambor Prei Kuk
    Inscribed: 2017
    3.14
    76
    9
    "Although work is ongoing at Sambor Prei Kuk, and recent LIDAR surveys have identified the key elements of the city" (AB ev)
  • Poverty Point
    Poverty Point
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.28
    65
    8
    "the site has been inventoried, described and documented. LIDAR images of the property (2009) provide a precise model of the earthworks and an excellent set of high-precision geospatial data for future management of the property" (AB ev)
  • Lower German Limes
    Lower German Limes
    Germany, Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2021
    1.84
    199
    8
    Kleve-Reichswald (21): "Traces of a 7 m-wide road embankment have been recorded by LiDAR." (Nomination file, p. 68) – "Through the systematic analysis of LiDAR data, many new temporary camps have been discovered in forest areas near Xanten and Bonn". (Nomination file, p. 91)
  • Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.68
    65
    6
    "Pit-mined waste of clay and other soft material, even if tipped, would be prone to rapid denudation and leave little trace in the topography today. They are, however, impressive when surveyed by LiDAR, especially when visually and technically stripped of forest cover and viewed in a large group." – "The form and scale of the mining fields is highly authentic, being proven by a variety of archaeological investigations, including advanced geophysics and Lidar." (Nomination file, p. 71, 180)
  • Copán
    Copán
    Honduras
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.87
    106
    7
    "taking lidar scans of Temple 16 at Copán"
    See news.unl.edu