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Re:Airborne laser scan reveals Arran's ancient sites by kjaftaedi on Monday October 14, 2019 @10:40AM (#21248775)
It's just LiDAR.

They manipulate the data on a computer to explore the landscape (digitally removing tree canopies and things like that)

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Re:Airborne laser scan reveals Arran's ancient sites by vanderZwan on Monday October 14, 2019 @11:00AM (#21248974)
While you're technically correct, I think calling it "just" LiDAR is kind of underselling how amazing that technology really is!
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