Identification of Maya ruins covered by jungle using Sentinel-1

Abstract Archaeologists commonly use airborne LIDAR technology to produce 3D models of structures, even when obscured by a forest canopy. However, this technology has a high cost, both from the plane itself and from the processing of the LIDAR point cloud. Furthermore, this technique can only be use...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Florent Michenot, Israel Hinostroza, Regis Guinvarc’h, Laetitia Thirion-Lefevre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53068-2