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Aerial Topographic LiDAR

Survey-grade terrain mapping from local drone missions to regional fixed-wing acquisition.

Aerial Topographic LiDAR

The technical edge

How it works

High-frequency, multi-return laser pulses penetrate dense vegetation to map the true ground surface.

Strategic advantage

Why it changes the decision

Delivers engineering-grade digital terrain models at scales ranging from a focused site to thousands of square kilometers.

System profile

Operational characteristics

Platform
Drone and fixed-wing airborne LiDAR systems
Precision
Engineering precision / survey grade
Data density
High-frequency, high-density point clouds
Environment
Densely vegetated, high-sloped, regional, and difficult-to-access terrain
Certification
Engineering Precision & Survey Grade

The data gap solved

Where conventional capture stops

Reveals ground topography beneath canopy where conventional aerial imagery records only vegetation.

Client advantage

What the data enables

One acquisition creates an accurate structural foundation for inventory, hydrology, erosion, access, and long-term change analysis.

Structured outputs

Output formats

  • Digital terrain model (DTM)
  • Colorized point cloud
  • Orthomosaic
  • 3D terrain model

Applied in

Connected solutions

Project evidence

Where this capability is used

Technology experts

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