Tag: historical maps

Open Access! Breakthrough Algorithms Uncover 6,000 Potential Archaeological Mounds

A new breakthrough publication presents two algorithms for the large-scale automatic detection and instance segmentation of potential archaeological mounds on historical maps, resulting in the detection of nearly 6,000 mound features across an expansive area of 470,500 square kilometers. This remarkable achievement represents the most extensive application of such an approach to date and offers unprecedented…
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