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Scientists to Create a Digital Twin of the Amazon Rainforest
The Earth Archive team will use LiDAR to map the Amazon s ecological and cultural wonders in high-resolution 3D for science and industry
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FORT COLLINS, Colo., April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Archaeologist and National Geographic explorer, Dr. Chris Fisher, and team have launched an online fundraising campaign for the Earth Archive to scan the Amazon Rainforest using Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology. The group is working to secure funding via a Kickstarter campaign, which will run through Friday, May 21.
Earth Archive will begin scanning the Amazon this summer with regional partners such as Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espacias, Universidade de São Paulo, Mapbiomas, Universidad technológica de Pereira, and many others.