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Results using the analysis of very high resolution (VHR) satellite data and super resolution data from drone on an object nearby Palpa, Peru are discussed in this article. This study is a part of Nasca project focused on using satellite data for documentation and the analysis of the famous geoglyphs in Peru near Palpa and Nasca, and partially on the documentation of other historical objects. The use of drone shows advantages of this technology to achieve high resolution object documentation and analysis, which provide new details. The documented site was the \u201cPista\u201d geoglyph. Discovering of unknown geoglyphs (a bird, a guinea pig, and other small drawings) was quite significant in the area of the well-known geoglyph. The new data shows many other details, unseen from the surface or from the satellite imagery, and provides the basis for updating current knowledge and theories about the use and construction of geoglyphs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/geosciences8120479","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,12,14]],"date-time":"2018-12-14T03:58:17Z","timestamp":1544759897000},"page":"479","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["High Resolution Drone Surveying of the Pista Geoglyph in Palpa, Peru"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2743-6296","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Karel","family":"Pavelka","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geomatics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Thakurova 7, Prague 6 16629, Czech Republic"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jaroslav","family":"\u0160edina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geomatics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Thakurova 7, Prague 6 16629, Czech Republic"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1625-3067","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eva","family":"Matou\u0161kov\u00e1","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geomatics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Thakurova 7, Prague 6 16629, Czech Republic"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,12,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"193","DOI":"10.14311\/gi.6.25","article-title":"Google earth: Inspiration and instrument for the study of ancient civilizations","volume":"6","author":"Pavelka","year":"2011","journal-title":"Geoinform. 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