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Lidar in the service of Archaeology

Authors: Murielle GEORGES-LEROY, Laure NUNINGER, Rachel OPITZ

Publication date: August 10, 2014, Review date: August 30, 2021

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AUTHORS

  • Murielle GEORGES-LEROY: Regional Curator of Archaeology, Lorraine - UMR 6249 Chrono-Environnement, LEA ModeLTER – MSHE Ledoux, France

  • Laure NUNINGER: CNRS Research Associate - UMR 6249 Chrono-Environnement, LEA ModeLTER – MSHE Ledoux, France

  • Rachel OPITZ: Researcher - CAST – University of Arkansas, LEA ModeLTER – MSHE Ledoux, France

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Key points

Field: Altimetry data processing, archaeological prospecting, topographic and microtopographic analysis

Degree of technology diffusion: Emergence | Growth | Maturity

Technologies involved : Lidar, airborne laser

Areas of application: archaeology, environment, geography, landscape studies

Main French players :

Competitive clusters: Optitec, Route des Lasers, Aerospace Valley

Competence centers: GeoSud, ISA network

Manufacturers: Optech, Riegl, Leica

Other players worldwide: VISTA (University of Birmingham, UK), LBI ArchPro (Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft, Vienna, Austria), CAST (University of Arkansas, USA)

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