CornusKousa t1_j5ks3cv wrote on January 23, 2023 at 6:37 PM

Reply to comment by there_i_seddit in Reassembling a 15th century ship: "The world's largest 3-D puzzle" by ArtOak

This is how they found countless undiscovered henges and iron age forts in England. They lidar scanned the landscape and gave the public access to the files. The power of hundreds of bored turned tenacious pensioners did the rest.

FalseWonder2630 t1_j5l5p2o wrote on January 23, 2023 at 8:02 PM

Does anyone in the UK have anymore info on this?.. I'd love have a look for myself. Got some spots in Yorkshire in mind...

CornusKousa t1_j5lkizc wrote on January 23, 2023 at 9:34 PM

I can't give you anymore details myself, as I only read about it happening. Here is an article about it: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-archaeologists-make-discoveries-during-lockdown-180974886/

phoebsmon t1_j5mnyw7 wrote on January 24, 2023 at 2:07 AM

If you've got a newer Pro model iPhone, a drone and some gaffa tape then you could always DIY it. I guess.

I-Make-Maps91 t1_j5udbbp wrote on January 25, 2023 at 5:08 PM

That's why I'm so excited about the improvements in AI. We have every increasing wide spectrum imagery and lidar for most of the planet, but trying to find a building in the Amazon is still a needle in a stack of needles. A pattern recognizing AI will be able to blitz through the mountains of data faster than any amount of human processing.