An iterative 3D GIS analysis of the role of visibility in ancient Maya landscapes: A case study from Copan, Honduras.
For several decades, Geographic Information Systems (GISs) have held center stage in archaeological studies of ancient landscapes. Recently, three-dimensional (3D) technologies such as airborne LiDAR and aerial photogrammetry are allowing us to acquire inordinate amounts of georeferenced 3D data to...
| Publicado en: | Digital Scholarship in the Humanities Vol. 32; pp. 195 - 213 |
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