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Archaeology

LiDAR offers superb vegetation penetration to visualize and analyze your archaeology site.

High resolution data to identify features

Inaccessible and densely vegetated are the hallmark features of archaeological sites.

Applications in the Archaeology sector include:

  • archaeology
  • forensic archaeology
  • cultural heritage
  • preservation of areas of natural or historic interest

High accuracy and high resolution data can be captured by flying your Routescene UAV LiDAR System on a drone at low altitude and at a slow flight speed. This combined with the superb vegetation penetration capabilities means you will capture rich data. Using our powerful data processing software you can create Digital Surface Models and Digital Terrain Models to identify artefacts and features in the terrain which were hidden under vegetation and not visible to the naked eye.

Why the Archaeology sector chooses Routescene products

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    High vegetation penetration system option to visualize the ground and analyze your site

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    Workflow, software, hardware, frimware, training and support

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    Data processing: easily consumable Digital Terrain Model to review your site for artefacts

Lidar archaeology - Routescene UAV Lidar System used at Sand Canyon

Case Study: LiDAR archaeology – identifying 750 year old structures

Culturally rich Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in Colorado, USA was mapped to create a high resolution terrain model of the ancestral Pueblo site. The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center were excited to discover previously undocumented structures. The impressive data accelerated understanding of the Pueblo area and has allowed the team to concentrate their future work on the newly found structures.

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Case Study: Potential mass grave discovered at WWII prison camp

Lead by a team from Staffordshire University, UK, the objective of this project was to locate and digitally recreate a German SS concentration camp from World War II. The survey site was on Alderney in the Channel Islands, UK. Using the LiDAR data a Digital Terrain Model was created which enabled artefacts and structures on the site to be clearly seen. The team identified new sites of interest and potentially a mass grave.

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Routescene products for the Archaeology sector

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UAV LiDAR Systems

The Routescene drone LiDAR mapping solution includes hardware, data processing software, QA software, extensive training and support packages.

Benefits

  • Configurations to meet diverse specifications and budgets
  • High calibre system design and manufacture
  • Full hardware and software suite
UAV LiDAR Systems
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Data processing software

3D LiDAR mapping software to visualize and process LiDAR data to deliver final outputs. Using LidarViewer Pro you can vastly reduce your LiDAR data processing time.

Benefits

  • 60+ pre-defined filters ready for use
  • Layers functionality to analyze different types of information
  • Georeference, clean, reduce, analyze and visualize your data in one software package.
Data processing software
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Ground Control Targets

Use for LiDAR and photogrammetry UAV surveys to improve accuracy and demonstrate the level of accuracy achieved.

Benefits

  • NEW in 2022! Photogrammetry decal added
  • Calibrate the equipment on every project
  • Simplify post-processing and avoid data alignment issues
Ground Control Targets