UAV survey and large-scale digitization. Avenues for making visible the massive data on the archaeological landscape of the Lovo massif (DRC)
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2025
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The Eurographics Association
Abstract
The increasing power of digitisation tools and the democratisation of UAVs have encouraged the massive collection of data on a territorial scale [AbSL17]. While the need for digital documentation of cultural heritage and archaeological contexts on an unprecedented scale has continued to grow in recent years, so too has the need for methods to analyse and interpret the data collected [LoVa21]. By studying the archaeological landscape of the Lovo Massif (DRC) (Fig. 1), the aim of this research is to explore the methodological and technical methods that could help us to understand this territory. The nature of the sites studied, the difficulties of access or simply the size of certain archaeological areas have led in recent years to the emergence of survey methods able to extend examination beyond the 'visible' (Lidar survey, thermal survey, GPR). Behind the specific needs of archaeologists in terms of prospecting, one of the problems linked to the acquisition of large volumes of heterogeneous data lies in our ability to interpret them according to specific observation needs.
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@inproceedings{10.2312:dh.20253008,
booktitle = {Digital Heritage},
editor = {Campana, Stefano and Ferdani, Daniele and Graf, Holger and Guidi, Gabriele and Hegarty, Zackary and Pescarin, Sofia and Remondino, Fabio},
title = {{UAV survey and large-scale digitization. Avenues for making visible the massive data on the archaeological landscape of the Lovo massif (DRC)}},
author = {Buglio, David Lo and Lefèvre, Michel and Heimlich, Geoffroy and Nsangathi, Clément Mambu},
year = {2025},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISBN = {978-3-03868-277-6},
DOI = {10.2312/dh.20253008}
}