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UniverseHacker01/21/20252 repliesview on HN

What is 'the lidar data?' What kind of weird stuff are you finding?

You'd better respond to this, you can't leave us hanging with what sounds like an awesome adventure idea, but without enough info to try it ourselves!


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beej7101/24/2025

I live in volcanic country so with the lidar data I can find things like old spatter cones hidden in the forest and sometimes lava tube entrances.

But it's also been logging country, historically, and the lidar data shows me old roads and old rail beds that used to wind through the area. Also Old logging camps and towns to become apparent.