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A Comparison of Visualization Techniques for Models Created from Airborne Laser Scanned Data

  1. Rebecca Bennett*,
  2. Kate Welham,
  3. Ross a. Hill,
  4. Andrew Ford

Article first published online: 8 FEB 2012

DOI: 10.1002/arp.1414

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Archaeological Prospection

Archaeological Prospection

Volume 19, Issue 1, pages 41–48, January/March 2012

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Bennett, R., Welham, K., Hill, R. a. and Ford, A. (2012), A Comparison of Visualization Techniques for Models Created from Airborne Laser Scanned Data. Archaeol. Prospect., 19: 41–48. doi: 10.1002/arp.1414

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  1. School of Applied Sciences, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset, UK

*R. Bennett, School of Applied Sciences, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB, UK. E-mail: rbennett@bournemouth.ac.uk

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 MAR 2012
  2. Article first published online: 8 FEB 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 4 DEC 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 14 JUL 2011

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