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"It is just 15 minutes hike from a major road near Xpujil where mostly Maya people now live." And nobody sent a drone yet? The BBC has a jungle drone team.[1]

"It is just 15 minutes hike from a major road near Xpujil where mostly Maya people now live." And nobody sent a drone yet? The BBC has a jungle drone team.[1] [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3P6MX7bbl0Y5SSnvJWPM4PP/drones-in-the-jungle https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3P6MX7bbl0Y5SSnvJW...

muststopmyths 2y ago
It won't be visible to the naked eye. Maya ruins like these are covered by centuries of overgrowth. Lidar scans can spot shapes buried under this overgrowth, but from the air it'll at best look like random hills of dirt. Maybe if there are structures comparable to Calakmul (which is close to Xpujil), you'll see some rocks on a tall hill.
- Animats 2y ago
  We can look forward to the Instagram video, "With machete and weed-whacker".
- EasyMark 2y ago
  I mean if you have the coordinates? And it’s 15 minutes away, why would you need Lidar or drones? You could probably send in some inquisitive geeky nerds from the local schools to scout it out.