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Noticed a big shift in how they're mapping sites now
I was looking at some dig reports from a decade ago compared to ones from last year. The old ones had hand-drawn maps, but now they're all using 3D laser scans from drones. It makes you wonder, are we losing something by not sketching things out by hand anymore?
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sullivan.finley5d ago
Remember tracing coastlines from ship logs? That's the whole problem. You had to really look at the land, understand its shape, and put it down on paper yourself. Now a drone flies over and a computer spits out a perfect 3D model. You get every detail, sure, but you never really learn the feel of the place. The person making the map doesn't have to think about why a hill is shaped that way or where the best vantage point is. The skill of seeing and understanding just by looking gets lost. We traded a deep knowledge for a perfect picture.
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