Archaeological and cultural heritage (ACH), one of the core carriers of cultural diversity on
our planet, has a direct bearing on the sustainable development of mankind. Documenting …

HDSM, high-density survey and measurement, is the collective term for a range of new
technologies that give us the ability to measure, record, and analyze the spatial, locational …

Archaeological applications using Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS) are increasing in number.
Since the production of ALS-derived digital terrain models (DTM) involves a considerable …

Abstract High resolution airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) has become a
commonly used resource on a global scale to study landscapes and associated cultural …

Digital investigations of the real world through point clouds and derivatives are changing
how curators, cultural heritage researchers and archaeologists work and collaborate. To …

The monitoring of shrublands plays a fundamental role, from an ecological and climatic point
of view, in biodiversity conservation, carbon stock estimates, and climate-change impact …

Discrete spatial datasets known as point clouds often lay the groundwork for decision-
making applications. Eg, we can use such data as a reference for autonomous cars and …

The use of topographic airborne LiDAR data has become an essential part of archaeological
prospection, particularly as a tool for detecting archaeological features in the landscape …

Airborne lidar (light detection and ranging), which produces three-dimensional models of
ground surfaces under the forest canopy, has become an important tool in archaeological …

LiDAR and its derived elevation models have revolutionized archaeological research in
forested areas around the globe. Almost a third of Switzerland is covered in forests. The …