Using lidar in archaeology

Lidar in the service of Archaeology

Figure 1 - Principle of airborne lidar (from ...

Figure 2 - Comparison of multi-echo and full-wave feedback recordings

Figure 3 - Main flight parameters

Figure 4 - City of Besançon: image obtained a) from MNS and b) from MNT (lidar data LIEPPEC 2009 – MSHE Ledoux/UFC, financed by the Franche-Comté region)

Figure 5 - Example of a classification error (LIEPPEC 2009 lidar data – MSHE Ledoux/UFC, financed by the Franche-Comté region)

Figure 6 - Example of two classifications on a quarry (LIEPPEC 2009 lidar data – MSHE Ledoux/UFC, financed by the Franche-Comté region).

Figure 7 - Variable distribution of ground point density (Haye 2007 lidar data – DRAC/INRA/ONF)

Figure 8 - Percentage of illumination for different spot densities and as a function of the diameter of the light spot on the ground [24].

Figure 9 - Poor laser penetration in a coniferous area (Haye 2007 lidar data – DRAC/INRA/ONF)

Figure 11 - Cambered fields preserved under meadows in Lorraine (SVF-ZRC SAZU)

Figure 12 - Various tracks in the Haye forest (az.315°/el.10° shading – Haye 2007 lidar data – DRAC/INRA/ONF)

Figure 13 - Camp d&#039;Affrique fortified hilltop site at Messein (MDOW – lidar data Haye 2007 – DRAC/INRA/ONF)

Figure 14 - Forêt de Verdun: 1914 artillery installation and shell holes (shading – data lidar Verdun – 55 – Forêt d&#039;exception – DRAC/ONF 2013)

Figure 17 - Iron ore mines probably dating from the Middle Ages (SVF-ZRC SAZU - Haye 2007 lidar data – DRAC/INRA/ONF)

Figure 19 - Fénétrange forest: mardelles and old undated plots (combined shading and colored DTM) (RFF 2008 lidar data)

Figure 21 - Haye Forest &#34;Champ la chèvre

Figure 22 - Mapping the agrarian and parcel structures of the Haye forest from the lidar survey