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It’s a collaboration¹ between Vanderbilt University archaeologist Steven Wernke and engineering professor Julie Adams. Adams tricked out a vehicle from Aurora² Flight Sciences to include cameras and algorithms that allow the drone to achieve optimal³ flight patterns. The resulting detailed⁴ 3-D map will be much more precise than high-resolution satellite images.

 

Here’s Steven Wernke: “By our calculations this vehicle will be able to take imagery of an area in about 10-15 minutes that would take two or three entire field seasons using traditional methods.”

 

The system can fit into a backpack. Once the researchers incorporate what they learned, they hope the technology can assist in the rapid cataloguing of a variety of archaeological sites, some of which are already being lost to the ravages⁵ of new developments and time.

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