Laser scanning reveals 'lost' ancient Mexican city 'had as many buildings as Manhattan'

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Laser scanning reveals 'lost' ancient Mexican city 'had as many buildings as Manhattan'

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One of Angamuco’s ‘neighbourhoods’, revealed using light detection and ranging scanning. Photograph: C Fisher

Groundbreaking lidar scanning reveals the true scale of Angamuco, built by the Purépecha from about 900AD

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Examples of sunken plazas, patios, and related features in Angamuco. Photograph: C Fisher

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decent application of airborne laser scanning :) .

Maybe soon we can find something bigger :D
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Reeealy interesting!
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