Presenting a case study focused on agricultural midlands of England, the paper exemplifies the potential of lidar to enhance existing records of historic environment. Lidar elevation data at a 2-m spatial resolution were collected over a 25 km stretch of the River Dove valley on the Derbyshire/Staffordshire border. These data were compared with the existing site inventory for the study area and a selected sample of vertical aerial photography. While this assessment is based on a British example, we believe the results have wider implications for cultural resource management in general.
COBISS.SI-ID: 29015853
Laser scanning technology, as one of the most accurate three-dimensional spatial data acquisition methods that is gaining popularity in the studies of past landscapes, is described. Digital elevation model, produced with REIN for the area around Kobarid, disclosed an unseen view of remains of past human activities and natural processes in the area, from the earliest hill forts and First World War structures to the recent landscape modifications. Advanced visualization techniques have revealed details of known archaeological sites and indicated locations of unknown ones.
COBISS.SI-ID: 28641837