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Photorealistic 3D model of Madrid's Las Ventas bullring seen from above, showing the red brick Neo-Mudéjar facade, horseshoe arches and the empty sand arena inside.

Archaeology · DJI

DJI Names 12 Heritage 3D Winners, Four More Than Its Rules Promised

DJI named 12 World Heritage 3D winners, Spanish police among them. Its rules and blog list four People's Choice slots. DJI named eight.

Haye KestelooNov 34 min read

A DJI Matrice 350 drone with a yellow YellowScan LiDAR sensor sits on an orange landing pad on bare sandstone, with archaeologist Jacob Bongers crouching beside it

Archaeology

Drone LiDAR Finds Three Aboriginal Shelters Missing From NSW Register

A DJI Matrice 350 with a YellowScan LiDAR flagged three Aboriginal rock shelters absent from NSW's heritage register. Bushwalkers had already seen them.

Haye KestelooOct 25

DJI

DJI Osmo Action 6 Gets Cloud Backup Support

DJI just gave the Osmo Action 6 a feature many creators have been quietly begging for, then loudly complaining about, then quietly begging for again. Cloud uploads are finally here. Google Drive, OneDrive, and even NAS support have landed, turning the Osmo Action 6 into a tiny autonomous data courier that does not need your…

Rafael SuárezJan 12

DJI

Drone Mapping Decodes Peru’s Mysterious “Band of Holes”

For decades, archaeologists and adventurers have puzzled over what these strange formations meant. Now, thanks to drone mapping, we might

Rafael SuárezNov 13

Bell

Drone Ground-Penetrating Radar Transforms Archaeological Searches From Civil War Graves To Ancient Maya Cities

University of Kentucky archaeologists deployed drone-mounted ground-penetrating radar to search for 160-year-old mass graves of Black Union soldiers in Kentucky, demonstrating how aerial GPR technology is revolutionizing archaeological investigation worldwide—from forgotten burial sites to lost civilizations hidden beneath jungle canopies. The September 2024 excavation on Jacob T. Bryan’s soybean

Haye KestelooNov 6

Archaeology

Drone footage shows off ‘Britain’s dinosaur highway’

Drone footage shared in a video from the University of Oxford shows off 'Britain’s dinosaur highway' with tracks from the massive Megalosaurus.

Josh SpiresJan 20

Discovered by Drone

Ancient Fish-Trapping Canals Discovered by Drone Archaeology in Belize

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery using drones and Google Earth has revealed an intricate 4,000-year-old network of fish-trapping canals in Belize’s Yucatán peninsula, according to research published in Science Advances. Aerial Technology Reveals Hidden History The research team used drone technology and satellite imagery to identify distinctive zigzag patterns of ancient canals stretching

Haye KestelooNov 23

LiDAR

Drone LiDAR Reveals Lost Medieval Cities Along Silk Road, Revolutionizing Archaeological Research

Drone-based LiDAR technology unveiled two medieval cities hidden in Uzbekistan, challenging our understanding of ancient trade routes and

Haye KestelooOct 29

Archaeology

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