IPERION HSIntegrating Platforms for the European Research Infrastructure ON Heritage Science
Technique: UAV-LiDAR

UAV-LiDAR sensors

0 mm survey-grade accuracy scan speed: up to 200 scans / second measurement rate: up to 500,000 meas./sec (@ 550 kHz PRR & 330° FOV) operating flight altitude: more than 1,000 ft field of view: up to 330° for practically unrestricted data acquisition regular point pattern, perfectly parallel scan lines cutting edge RIEGL technology providing: - echo signal digitization - online waveform processing - multiple-time-around processing multiple target capability: practically unlimited number of targets echoes NEW Smart Waveform Data Output optional.

Potential Results

The ability to filter the vegetation makes the LiDAR an excellent tool (the only one) to identify and map archaeological sites and structures in wooded areas. In non-wooded surfaces the high detail of digital models along with the use of visualization techniques (such as Hill Shading, Sky View factor, Local relief model) allows to identify those microtopographic elements of possible archaeological interest related to buried structures, roads, canals and ditches. LiDAR could be also used for the creation of 3D models of landscape contexts which together with historical and archaeological ancillary data allow virtual reconstructions to be carried out.