Summary of Climatic & Anthropogenic Hazards to the Nasca World Heritage: Application Of Remote Sensing, Ai, and Flood Modelling, by Masato Sakai et al.
Climatic & Anthropogenic Hazards to the Nasca World Heritage: Application of Remote Sensing, AI, and Flood Modelling
by Masato Sakai, Marcus Freitag, Akihisa Sakurai, Conrad M Albrecht, Hendrik F Hamann
First submitted to arxiv on: 20 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computers and Society (cs.CY)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper presents a pressing issue: preserving the ancient Nasca geoglyphs in Peru from natural and human threats. Specifically, they focus on protecting specific artifacts like the “lizard”, “tree”, and “hand” geoglyphs that are susceptible to erosion due to flashfloods. To tackle this problem, the researchers employ runoff models based on LiDAR-derived digital elevation data and AI-detected geoglyphs. Their approach aims to mitigate damage and recommend measures for conservation. This work has significant implications for preserving cultural heritage sites. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about saving ancient pictures in the desert that are being hurt by floods and human actions. The pictures, called geoglyphs, are very important because they show what life was like a long time ago. Scientists used special maps and computers to find out which parts of the pictures might get damaged by water or roads. They want to help keep these pictures safe so that people can continue to learn from them. |
