AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
14min chapter
For All Eternity
TED Radio Hour
Discovering Ancient Cities with LiDAR Technology
This chapter explores how LiDAR technology has been used to discover and map ancient cities like Angamuco in central Mexico and the City of the Jaguar in Honduras. It discusses the importance of LiDAR scans as a record of these cities before they are lost, as well as the Earth Archive project, which aims to create a high-resolution dataset of the entire planet using LiDAR scanning. The chapter also highlights the role of LiDAR in protecting cultural and ecological treasures, such as the burial grounds and ancient village sites in Southeast Alaska.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode