Legendary Lost City of Ciudad Blanca May Have Been Found With Airborne LiDAR

[Judi Lynn]

Legendary Lost City of Ciudad Blanca May Have Been Found With Airborne LiDAR

ScienceDaily (June 6, 2012) — A field team from the University of Houston and the National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) has mapped a remote region of Honduras that may contain the legendary lost city of Ciudad Blanca.

The results, recently announced by Honduras President Porfirio Lobo, mark the successful completion of the first light detection and ranging (LiDAR) survey of that country's Mosquitia region, one of the world's least-explored virgin rainforests.

An initial analysis of the LiDAR survey has identified ruins that could be those of Ciudad Blanca or other long-hidden sites. The information provides archaeologists with the precise locations of features within fractions of meters for further study.

UH serves as the operational center for NCALM, a collaborative program between UH and the University of California at Berkeley. NCALM focuses on the collection of research quality, airborne LiDAR data for NSF principal investigators, the advancement of airborne LiDAR technology and applications and the education of students to fill positions in academic, government and commercial organizations requiring knowledge of airborne LiDAR.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606092719.htm

[Scootaloo]

1. Might want to fix the link

"Legendary" is butting into the URL

[Judi Lynn]

2. I got it! Thank you for telling me. I clearly missed that one, Yikes. n/t

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[ashling]

3. That must be why it was lost for so long