Antiquity Vol 82:316, 2008 pp 470-479 - B.J. Devereux et al. - Visualisation of LiDAR terrain models for archaeological feature detection

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Volume: 82 Number: 316 Page: 470–479

Visualisation of LiDAR terrain models for archaeological feature detection

B.J. Devereux^¹, G.S. Amable^¹ and P. Crow^²

¹Unit for Landscape Modelling, University of Cambridge, Sir William Hardy Building, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QB, UK ²Environmental and Human Sciences Division, Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Wrecclesham, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 4LH, UK

LiDAR is developing into a formidable instrument of aerial survey. Here the author shows how the LiDAR picture can be enhanced so that features picked up by illumination from different directions can be combined in one comprehensive survey.

Keywords: airborne LiDAR, airborne laser scanning, feature detection, vegetation removal, hill-shading, principal components analysis, landscape visualisation