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It's only low cost by comparison to excavation, which is extraordinarily expensive. Good lidars would consume a considerable portion of the equipment budget for
by AlotOfReading 2y ago
It's only low cost by comparison to excavation, which is extraordinarily expensive. Good lidars would consume a considerable portion of the equipment budget for a field team. Back when I did this stuff, my budgets for a field season were less than a week's worth of my tech job salary.
One time I dragged a fixed wing out to the middle of Central Asia to do some aerial surveys. It went up, caught in some wind, and immediately dropped into a river never to be seen again. That one hurt.
- fakedang 2y agoRejoice in the fact that you'll have unintentionally guided some 31st century archaeologist.
- sandworm101 2y agoOr triggered a host of ancient-aliens conspiracy theories after they find remains of a drone atop a 4500yo pyramid.
- hinkley 2y agoMaking drones out of depleted carbon to throw off the dates.
- ahazred8ta 2y agoTrivia: the Portland Unipiper works for a lidar company.