What is it about?
Airborne LiDAR, also known as Aerial Laser Scanning (ALS), has been used in archaeology for two decades. However, data processing is often taken for granted and dismissed by archaeologists as a task for some specialised technicians. As a result, there is a danger that the data processing steps of the workflow are accepted as a black box process and its results as "hard data". This article explains how important the do's and don'ts of data processing are to the final archaeological interpretation, and lays the groundwork for getting it right.
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Why is it important?
This article is important for any archaeologist working with airborne LiDAR data who wants to publish the results in a scientific paper. It includes step-by-step instructions and templates for properly documenting the data so you can focus on what matters most, archaeological interpretation.
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I hope this publication helps archaeologists publish their airborne LiDAR data in a subjective and scientific way, without wasting too much time trying to figure out, for example, what laser pulse density and aircraft speed have to do with the prehistoric field system they are studying.
Assoc. Prof. Benjamin Štular
Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti
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This page is a summary of: Documentation of Archaeology-Specific Workflow for Airborne LiDAR Data Processing, Geosciences, January 2021, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/geosciences11010026.
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