Bring terrain, slopes, and existing features into a shared 3D record. Give developers, surveyors, and engineers the information to evaluate a property before committing to a design.

Explore land development

LiDARUSA / Field notesLand development

From land to building 01

Start with the site.

Roads, vegetation, and access give you the first view. A measured survey adds the shape and elevation information a photograph alone cannot provide.

A measured starting point.

Aerial photograph of a road ending at a wooded development site — Site context · supplied aerial photograph

From land to building 02

Bring the landscape into 3D.

Explore measured features together in a point cloud. Color adds visual context when suitable imagery has been collected and aligned.

A measured starting point.

Colorized point cloud showing a road, open ground, trees, and a depression — Spatial context · colorized point cloud

From land to building 03

Separate the features.

Classification helps organize the point cloud for the task. Review the resulting classes and ground coverage before building terrain outputs.

A measured starting point.

Point cloud with features shown in red and green — Processing view · color-coded point cloud

From land to building 04

Look across the landscape.

A profile provides another way to inspect height changes and the relationship between the ground and features above it.

A measured starting point.

A different perspective · profile analysis

From land to building 05

Read the shape of the land.

Elevation views help communicate changes in height. Use them to focus questions about slopes, low areas, and potential layout options.

A measured starting point.

Point cloud of a landscape colored by elevation — Terrain context · elevation-colored point cloud

From land to building 06

Give design a measured base.

Prepare terrain models and contours in agreed coordinates and formats. Engineers can use the existing-ground surface to explore grading and compare design options.

A measured starting point.

Existing LiDARUSA contour visualization over aerial imagery — Design handoff · existing terrain and contour visualization

From land to building 07

Move from plans to building.

Carry the measured ground into planning, grading, and construction decisions. The goal is a site the project team can understand before the building takes shape.

A measured starting point.

House under construction with wood sheathing, roof underlayment, and earthworks in the foreground — Construction stage · building in progress

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Evaluate the site: Review slopes, low areas, access, and potential building-pad locations.
Plan the earthwork: Compare existing and proposed surfaces to support cut-and-fill decisions.
Hand off useful data: Prepare point clouds, bare-earth models, and contours for CAD and GIS.

Terrain data supports planning. It does not establish boundaries or identify buried utilities. Construction photo is illustrative, not a documented project. These examples show different views of a LiDAR workflow, not a before-and-after record of one site.

02 / 04 Universities & research

The next generation.
Ready for the field.

Connect the classroom to real collection, processing, and interpretation. Build a LiDAR program around what you teach, what you research, and the people who will use the system.

Explore education & research

Follow the question into the field.

A river corridor becomes a hands-on dataset. Connect collection planning with the landscape students and researchers need to understand.

LiDAR point cloud of a winding river corridor with vegetation colored by height — University & research example · river-corridor point cloud

Turn measurements into understanding.

Work through positioning, alignment, classification, and quality checks. Then use the dataset to investigate a research question or explain a design decision.

Existing LiDARUSA point cloud of terrain and trees colored by height — From fieldwork to interpretation · example LiDARUSA data

University discounts: Education pricing is available to all universities.
Free training: Help your team build confidence from field setup to the finished point cloud.
Free support: Get help as questions arise in teaching, fieldwork, and research.

Explore applications across surveying, civil engineering, GIS, forestry, and archaeology.

03 / 04 Agriculture & environmental research

Understand the land.
Measure what’s growing.

Build a measurable picture of fields, orchards, and changing landscapes. Combine LiDAR geometry with imagery when your research needs both structure and visual context.

Explore agriculture

Structure meets visual context.

Use LiDAR for terrain and vegetation geometry, then add camera imagery when the project needs visual interpretation. Repeatable collection and field validation make the results more useful.

Orchard trees with visible fruit marked by blue detection circles — Orchard imagery · fruit-detection demonstration

Terrain & water: Use elevation, slope, and potential flow paths to inform drainage planning.
Crops & canopies: Study vegetation height, canopy shape, and orchard structure in 3D.
Change over time: Compare aligned surveys to investigate growth and landscape changes.

Fruit detection is an imagery-analysis task, not an automatic LiDAR output. Ground coverage depends on vegetation and collection conditions.

04 / 04 Archaeology & cultural heritage

Hidden landscapes.
New starting points.

From ancient settlements beneath vegetation to historic places above ground, LiDAR gives investigators a landscape to explore—and a digital record to return to.

Explore archaeology & heritage

Give investigation a starting point.

Create a detailed spatial record to explore and revisit. Terrain patterns can guide closer investigation; archaeological expertise gives those features their context.

LiDAR point cloud of historic structures and trees at Romania’s Royal Court — Cultural heritage in 3D · Royal Court, Târgoviște, Romania

Reveal the terrain: Investigate landforms using bare-earth models and contour maps.
Document the place: Create point clouds and spatial records of historic landscapes.
Learn from the field: Explore expedition stories from Italy, Guatemala, Florida, and Alaska.

A mapped feature is a starting point—not proof of a tomb or treasure. Interpretation requires archaeological expertise and field investigation.

Education & research01 / 02
**Follow the question into the field.**
University & research example · river-corridor point cloud

Education & research02 / 02
**Turn measurements into understanding.**
From fieldwork to interpretation · example LiDARUSA data

Agriculture01 / 01
**Structure meets visual context.**
Orchard imagery · fruit-detection demonstration

Archaeology & cultural heritage01 / 01
**Give investigation a starting point.**
Cultural heritage in 3D · Royal Court, Târgoviște, Romania

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Different work.A clearer picture.

Know the ground.Before you break it.

The next generation.Ready for the field.

Understand the land.Measure what’s growing.

Hidden landscapes.New starting points.

See what it meansfor your work.

Start with the site.

Bring the landscape into 3D.

Separate the features.

Look across the landscape.

Read the shape of the land.

Give design a measured base.

Move from plans to building.

Follow the question into the field.

Turn measurements into understanding.

Structure meets visual context.

Give investigation a starting point.

Your application.Your LiDAR system.

Different work.
A clearer picture.

Know the ground.
Before you break it.

The next generation.
Ready for the field.

Understand the land.
Measure what’s growing.

Hidden landscapes.
New starting points.

See what it means
for your work.

Your application.
Your LiDAR system.