[AlotOfReading]

It's only low cost by comparison to excavation, which is extraordinarily expensive. Good lidars would consume a considerable portion of the equipment budget for a field team. Back when I did this stuff, my budgets for a field season were less than a week's worth of my tech job salary.

One time I dragged a fixed wing out to the middle of Central Asia to do some aerial surveys. It went up, caught in some wind, and immediately dropped into a river never to be seen again. That one hurt.

[fakedang]

Rejoice in the fact that you'll have unintentionally guided some 31st century archaeologist.

[sandworm101]

Or triggered a host of ancient-aliens conspiracy theories after they find remains of a drone atop a 4500yo pyramid.

[hinkley]

Making drones out of depleted carbon to throw off the dates.

[ahazred8ta]

Trivia: the Portland Unipiper works for a lidar company.