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How to read a LiDAR map, what the different visualisations show, and what archaeological earthworks look like on the ground models of England and Wales.
- How to read a LiDAR mapHow to read a LiDAR map of England and Wales: what a terrain model is, why the light direction matters, how to tell modern features from earthworks, and what LiDAR cannot tell you.
- LiDAR visualisations explainedWhat hillshade, multidirectional hillshade, the simple local relief model (SLRM), sky-view factor, openness and VAT show on a LiDAR terrain model, and when to use each for archaeology.
- What archaeology looks like on LiDARWhat common archaeological earthworks look like on a LiDAR terrain model of England and Wales: hillforts, barrows, Roman roads, ridge and furrow, deserted medieval villages, mining and wartime features.