SCI-TECH: Drone-Assisted Archeology
October 13, 2013
It’s a true revolution for archaeologists and helps them save a lot of time.
“Before we had this kind of technology, everything was done by hand,” says Sebastien Freudiger, who is also working on the project. “Each wall was drawn by hand, each layer was drawn by hand. Now, this new technology enables us to do all of that on a computer.”
It takes the drone just ten minutes to take all the snaps needed. They are then processed by computer and transformed into highly precise 3D data.
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