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Compare the Top LiDAR Software in Canada as of November 2025

What is LiDAR Software in Canada?

LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) software processes and analyzes 3D spatial data captured by LiDAR sensors. It converts raw point cloud data into usable formats for applications such as mapping, 3D modeling, and terrain analysis. The software enables tasks like object detection, surface classification, and elevation modeling with high accuracy. LiDAR software is widely used in industries like autonomous vehicles, construction, forestry, and environmental monitoring. Its advanced algorithms facilitate precise measurements, improving decision-making and operational efficiency. Compare and read user reviews of the best LiDAR software in Canada currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Pix4D

    Pix4D

    Pix4D

    The only drone mapping & photogrammetry software tools with a flight app, desktop, and cloud platforms. Rely on Pix4D’s processing algorithms to get the survey-grade results you expect. Choose the AutoGCPs feature for even greater accuracy. Get an instant view of any jobsite from anywhere, on your browser, in 2D and 3D, with results you can measure, explore, compare, share and collaborate on. Keep a permanent and up-to-date record of the project and resolve disputes efficiently. Capture images or point clouds with a drone or any laser scanner. When using a drone, automate and optimize your flights with the free PIX4Dcapture mobile app. Use the combined power of images and point clouds to extract key elements from photogrammetry, laser scanning or LiDAR data. Survey curbs, building footprints, walls, catenary curves and more. Work 50% faster when you vectorize from point clouds and verify in images, while the Smart Grid saves 1,000s of clicks creating spot elevations.
    Starting Price: $32.50 per month
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    SiteScape

    SiteScape

    SiteScape

    The fastest way to capture and share immersive, scale-accurate 3D scans of buildings, rooms, and spaces with your LiDAR equipped iOS device. Forget scanning hardware that costs tens of thousands of dollars and takes hours of setup time. A single accurate scan is worth a thousand measurements. Say goodbye to an endless chain of emails with photo attachments. Just use our web viewer and send a single link to your entire team to measure and comment. Export industry-standard PLY and E57 files to integrate with any 3D software. Just open the SiteScape app, start scanning and watch as a high-resolution 3D scan appears before your eyes. It’s space-age tech made remarkably simple so your team can document more with way less overhead. Your high-resolution 3D scan is accurate to within an inch and robust enough for most site documentation & coordination. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, a scan is worth 1,000 measurements.
    Starting Price: $39 per month
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    SKY ENGINE

    SKY ENGINE

    SKY ENGINE AI

    SKY ENGINE AI is a simulation and deep learning platform that generates fully annotated, synthetic data and trains AI computer vision algorithms at scale. The platform is architected to procedurally generate highly balanced imagery data of photorealistic environments and objects and provides advanced domain adaptation algorithms. SKY ENGINE AI platform is a tool for developers: Data Scientists, ML/Software Engineers creating computer vision projects in any industry. SKY ENGINE AI is a Deep Learning environment for AI training in Virtual Reality with Sensors Physics Simulation & Fusion for any Computer Vision applications. SKY ENGINE AI Synthetic Data Generation makes Data Scientist life easier providing perfectly balanced datasets for any Computer Vision applications like object detection & recognition, 3D positioning, pose estimation and other sophisticated cases including analysis of multi-sensor data i.e., Radars, Lidars, Satellite, X-rays, and more.
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    Mindkosh

    Mindkosh

    Mindkosh AI

    Mindkosh is the data platform for curating, labeling and validating datasets for your AI projects. Our industry leading data annotation platform combines collaborative features with AI-assisted annotation features to provide a comprehensive suite of tools to label any kind of data, be it Images, videos or 3D pointclouds such as those from Lidar. For images, Mindkosh offers semi-automatic segmentation, pre-labeling for bounding boxes and automatic OCR. For videos, automatic interpolation can reduce massive amounts of manual annotation. And for lidar, 1-click annotation allows you to create cuboids in just 1 click! If you are simply looking to get your data labeled, our high quality data annotation services combined with an easy to use Python SDK and web-based review platform, provide an unmatched experience.
    Starting Price: $30/user/month
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    LidarView

    LidarView

    Kitware

    LidarView is an open source platform developed by Kitware for real-time visualization, recording, and processing of 3D LiDAR data. Built atop ParaView, it efficiently renders large point clouds and offers features such as 3D visualization of time-stamped LiDAR returns, a spreadsheet inspector for attributes like timestamp and azimuth, and the ability to display multiple data frames simultaneously. Users can input data from live sensor streams or recorded .pcap files, apply 3D transformations to point clouds and manage subsets of laser data. LidarView supports various sensors, including models from Velodyne, Hesai, Robosense, Livox, and Leishen, enabling visualization of live streams and replaying of recorded data. The platform integrates advanced algorithms for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), facilitating accurate environmental reconstruction and sensor localization. It also incorporates AI and machine learning capabilities for scene classification.
    Starting Price: Free
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    GRASS GIS
    GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is a free and open-source Geographic Information System (GIS) software suite utilized for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics and map production, spatial modeling, and visualization. It supports raster, vector, and geospatial processing, enabling advanced modeling, data management, imagery processing, and time series analysis with a Python API, optimized for large-scale analysis. GRASS GIS is compatible with multiple operating systems, including OS X, Windows, and Linux, and can be accessed through a graphical user interface or integrated with other software such as QGIS. The software includes over 350 modules for rendering maps and images, manipulating raster and vector data, processing multispectral image data, and creating, managing, and storing spatial data. GRASS GIS is widely used in academic and commercial settings, as well as by governmental agencies.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Whitebox

    Whitebox

    Whitebox

    Whitebox Geospatial Inc. offers innovative geospatial software built on open-source platforms, providing a suite of tools for advanced geospatial data analysis. Their flagship product, WhiteboxTools Open Core (WbT), contains over 475 tools for processing various types of geospatial data, including raster, vector, and LiDAR datasets. WbT is designed for seamless integration with other GIS software, such as QGIS and ArcGIS, enhancing their analytical capabilities. It features extensive use of parallel computing, operates without the need for additional libraries like GDAL, and can be utilized from scripting environments, making it a versatile choice for geospatial professionals. For users seeking advanced functionalities, Whitebox offers the Whitebox Toolset Extension (WTE), a paid extension that adds more than 75 tools for sophisticated geospatial data processing. Additionally, Whitebox Workflows for Python (WbW) provides geospatial professionals with next-level geoprocessing.
    Starting Price: $500 one-time payment
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    LiDAR360

    LiDAR360

    GreenValley International

    LiDAR360 is a comprehensive LiDAR point cloud processing and analysis software developed by GreenValley International. It offers a suite of modules tailored for various industries, including terrain analysis, forestry management, mining, and power line inspection. The software supports massive data processing, is capable of handling over 300 GB of LiDAR data simultaneously, and includes more than 10 advanced point cloud processing algorithms. Key features encompass data preprocessing, filtering, point cloud classification, digital terrain, surface model generation, and 3D visualization. LiDAR360 also provides tools for individual tree segmentation, forest parameter extraction, and regression analysis for biomass estimation, aiding in efficient forest resource surveys. For mining applications, it facilitates open-pit mine modeling, volume change analysis, and tunnel section analysis.
    Starting Price: $3,300 one-time payment
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    Ansys VRXPERIENCE Driving Simulator
    Discover an open, scalable and modular virtual driving simulator that enables testing against a variety of objectives and performance requirements. Ansys VRXPERIENCE Driving Simulator Powered by SCANeR™ enables you to assemble scenarios, test software, consider vehicle dynamics and experience sensors within a virtual driving environment. It enables a fully virtual driving lab for analyzing performance results. VRXPERIENCE Driving Simulator offers an immersive simulated test-drive experience set within a representative world. Perform exhaustive safety assessments to drive millions of virtual miles in days and accelerate development by 1,000x compared to physical road-testing. As passenger automobiles become more digitalized and more autonomous, they require a wide range of advanced technologies that include sensors, such as cameras, radar and lidars, as well as embedded software supporting automated control systems.
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    Global Mapper

    Global Mapper

    Blue Marble Geographics

    Global Mapper® is a cutting-edge GIS software that provides both novice and experienced geospatial professionals with a comprehensive array of spatial data processing tools, with access to an unparalleled variety of data formats. Global Mapper’s intuitive user interface and logical layout help smooth the learning curve and ensure that users will be up-and-running in no time. Organizations of any size quickly see a significant return on investment brought about by efficient data processing, accurate map creation, and optimized spatial data management. Vector, raster, and elevation data can be exported in virtually every common file format as well as many proprietary types. During export, data can be tiled into smaller or more manageable files or the export area can be cropped to a defined area or to the extent of the current screen view.
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    QGIS

    QGIS

    QGIS

    Create, edit, visualize, analyze and publish geospatial information on Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and mobile devices. For your desktop, server, in your web browser and as developer libraries. QGIS is a user-friendly open-source Geographic Information System (GIS) licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS is an official project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). It runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, Windows and Android and supports numerous vector, raster, and database formats and functionalities. QGIS provides a continously growing number of capabilities provided by core functions and plugins. You can visualize, manage, edit, analyze data, and compose printable maps. We also collect case studies of how people all over the world use QGIS for their GIS work. You can view combinations of vector and raster data (in 2D or 3D) in different formats and projections without conversion to an internal or common format.
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    Scale Data Engine
    Scale Data Engine helps ML teams build better datasets. Bring together your data, ground truth, and model predictions to effortlessly fix model failures and data quality issues. Optimize your labeling spend by identifying class imbalance, errors, and edge cases in your data with Scale Data Engine. Significantly improve model performance by uncovering and fixing model failures. Find and label high-value data by curating unlabeled data with active learning and edge case mining. Curate the best datasets by collaborating with ML engineers, labelers, and data ops on the same platform. Easily visualize and explore your data to quickly find edge cases that need labeling. Check how well your models are performing and always ship the best one. Easily view your data, metadata, and aggregate statistics with rich overlays, using our powerful UI. Scale Data Engine supports visualization of images, videos, and lidar scenes, overlaid with all associated labels, predictions, and metadata.
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    ROCK Desktop

    ROCK Desktop

    ROCK Robotic

    ROCK Desktop is a comprehensive LiDAR processing and visualization software developed by ROCK Robotic. It enables users to process raw data from ROCK LiDAR systems, offering enhanced trajectory processing and the capability to visualize large datasets both in the field and the office. The software allows users to compose areas, select fields of view and range and includes features like ROCK Ray-Trace Colorization and SLAM/SLAM GCP Alignment. The free version serves as a point cloud visualizer, capable of compressing LiDAR file sizes by up to 10 times, facilitating easier sharing during presentations and seamless synchronization with ROCK Cloud projects. Advanced calibration tools provide users with control over their data, supporting both camera and LiDAR calibration. Integration with ROCK Cloud enables one-click access to cloud processing power, increasing upload speeds and allowing for quick project sharing.
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    ROCK Cloud

    ROCK Cloud

    ROCK Robotic

    ROCK Cloud is a comprehensive platform designed to streamline the processing and analysis of LiDAR datasets. It offers real-time editing and classification capabilities, enabling users to efficiently compare, align, and merge data. The platform supports ground control point management and provides accurate reports to ensure data precision. Users can perform 3D GCP alignment, calculate stockpile volumetrics, and visualize inspection photos. The platform facilitates data storage and sharing, with multiple user access and customizable branding options. It also supports orthomosaic integration, allowing for a comprehensive deliverable experience. All data is securely stored on the ROCK Cloud, ensuring accessibility and collaboration among team members. Instantly order professional deliverables with only one-click of a button. We quality-check your data to make sure it's captured and aligned correctly.
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    TopoDOT

    TopoDOT

    TopoDOT

    TopoDOT is a comprehensive point cloud processing software designed to address the unique challenges of geospatial data acquisition along road, rail, utility, and other land survey applications. It offers a balanced approach between automation and quality assurance, enabling efficient extraction of topographies, 3D structural models, GIS asset data, and other digital twin infrastructure deliverables. The platform leverages artificial intelligence to facilitate rapid and accurate feature extraction from point clouds, thereby enhancing productivity and reducing project costs. TopoDOT's suite includes tools for managing and sharing data, assessing data quality, and executing well-documented processes to ensure successful project outcomes. Additionally, the software provides training and support from in-house professionals to assist users in optimizing their workflows.
    Starting Price: $11,500 one-time payment
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    NVIDIA DRIVE Map
    NVIDIA DRIVE® Map is a multi-modal mapping platform designed to enable the highest levels of autonomy while improving safety. It combines the accuracy of ground truth mapping with the freshness and scale of AI-based fleet-sourced mapping. With four localization layers—camera, lidar, radar, and GNSS—DRIVE Map provides the redundancy and versatility required by the most advanced AI drivers. DRIVE Map is designed for the highest level of accuracy, the ground truth map engine creates DRIVE Maps using rich sensors—cameras, radars, lidars, and differential GNSS/IMU—with NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion data collection vehicles. It achieves better than 5 cm accuracy for higher levels of autonomy (L3/L4) in selected environments, such as highways and urban environments. DRIVE Map is designed for near real-time operation and global scalability. Based on both ground truth and fleet-sourced data, it represents the collective memory of millions of vehicles.
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    Heges

    Heges

    Heges

    Scan anything you like, head, body, your car, parts you want to 3D-print, you name it. Quickly export your scans into PLY (with colours) or STL. View your models in AR and non-AR viewers. Share them via built-in Wi-Fi server, the iOS Files app or iTunes. Do you like privacy? Heges is focused on privacy! No data leaves your device unless you explicitly want to share your models on local Wi-Fi. Say no to tracking and third parties that want to suck your data! Only for iPhones and iPads with FaceID or LiDAR. Don't move with the scanned object/scene, it absolutely needs to stay still during the whole time you're scanning. Move your iPhone/iPad slowly while scanning. If the scan quality isn't sufficient, try moving even slower, try playing with it to see how slow/fast movement influences quality (try also moving very slowly, e.g. at 5mm per second). Ensure that the scanned object is within the scanner range (depends on the selected Precision (0.5mm, 0.8mm)) all the time.
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    Trnio

    Trnio

    Trnio

    Trnio allows you to upload up to 500 hi-res images per scan, which combine with our cloud computing technology to give you the exact detail your project needs. Trnio implements both ARKit and LiDAR technology to provide you with a simple scanning process that produces high-quality results every time. Capture real moments in time by using Trnio to get high quality scans easily and on-the-go. If a picture’s worth a thousand words, a Trnio scan’s worth is endless. Photo Import and AR Capture are the best scanning modes to use for smaller and medium-sized objects. These modes ensure that Trnio is focused on the subject and not its background. When considering what to scan, keep in mind that some things scan better than others. The best objects to scan have unique features. Try to avoid anything with minimal detail or any kind of reflective surface.
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    ERDAS IMAGINE

    ERDAS IMAGINE

    Hexagon Geospatial

    Geographic imaging professionals need to process vast amounts of geospatial data every day — often relying on software designed for other purposes and add-on applications that create almost as many problems as they solve. Save both time and money, leverage existing data investments, and improve your image analysis capabilities with ERDAS IMAGINE. ERDAS IMAGINE provides true value, consolidating remote sensing, photogrammetry, LiDAR analysis, basic vector analysis, and radar processing into a single product. ERDAS IMAGINE simplifies image classification and segmentation, orthorectification, mosaicking, reprojection, elevation extraction, and image interpretation. Powerful algorithms and data processing functions work behind the scenes so you can concentrate on your analyses. ERDAS IMAGINE offers K-Means, ISODATA, object-based image segmentation, Machine Learning and Deep Learning Artificial Intelligence algorithms.
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    Aurora Driver
    Created from industry-leading hardware and software, the Aurora Driver is designed to adapt to a variety of vehicle types and use cases, allowing us to deliver the benefits of self-driving across several industries, including long-haul trucking, local goods delivery, and people movement. The Aurora Driver consists of sensors that perceive the world, software that plans a safe path through it, and the computer that powers and integrates them both with the vehicle. The Aurora Driver was designed to operate any vehicle type, from a sedan to a Class 8 truck. The Aurora Computer is the central hub that connects our hardware and autonomy software and enables the Aurora Driver to seamlessly integrate with every vehicle type. Our custom-designed sensor suite—including FirstLight Lidar, long-range imaging radar, and high-resolution cameras—work together to build a 3D representation of the world, giving the Aurora Driver a 360˚ view of what’s happening around the vehicle in real time.
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    Luxolis 3D Scanner
    Using the LiDAR sensor on your iPhone and iPad Pro, instantly and accurately scan, measure, and share/collaborate with our state-of the-art Luxolis 3D Scanner app. • The scanning process is incredibly fast, allowing you to scan multiple objects or surface in a short amount of time. • The app's measurement tools are easy to use, making it possible for anyone to take measurements. • You can easily share your 3D models with colleagues or clients, allowing them to make annotations from their own device. This feature streamlines the collaboration process, and ensuring that everyone is on the same page. New version is available now!
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    RockMass

    RockMass

    RockMass

    We're streamlining geotechnical data collection for ground control engineers, geotechnical engineers and geologist. Our platform enables engineers and geologists to collect then process 3D point cloud data into useful geological measurements. Taking measurements at a mine can be dangerous and time consuming, which is why our tool aims to provide a safer and faster way to realize information that is crucial to mining operations. Our handheld and mobile mapping technology collects and automatically calculates joint set orientations of rock masses using flash LiDAR, an inertial measurement unit and our software platform. We also provide an intuitive platform for documenting RMR, Q, and additional geological measurements. We give engineers and geologists highly accurate and consistent data in a matter of minutes. Our team is focused on building an industrial product that doubles as a very intelligent, simple, yet practical device that provides unprecedented value to the mining industry.
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    Helm.ai

    Helm.ai

    Helm.ai

    We license AI software throughout the L2-L4 autonomous driving stack, perception, intent modeling, path planning, and vehicle control. Highest accuracy perception and intent prediction, leading to safer autonomous driving systems. Unsupervised learning and mathematical modeling, instead of supervised learning, allow learning from huge datasets. Our technologies are up to several orders of magnitude more capital-efficient, enabling much lower cost of development. Helm.ai full scene vision-based semantic segmentation fused with Lidar SLAM output from Ouster. L2+ autonomous driving with Helm.ai across highways 280 to 92 to 101, lane-keeping + ACC lane changes. Helm.ai pedestrian segmentation, with key-point prediction. Pedestrian segmentation and keypoint detection. Rain lane detection corner cases and Lidar-vision fusion. Full scene semantic segmentation, botts dots, and faded lane markings.
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    Maptek PointStudio
    Dedicated workflows and reporting options improve efficiency and productivity for both surface and underground mine operations. Get a quick and clear picture of the status of your project with intuitive point cloud processing tools. Process and combine point cloud data from Maptek laser scanners, UAVs, and other lidar sensors into easy-to-understand deliverables. Measure stockpile volumes with ease, update end-of-month survey models with new field data, and analyze geotechnical risks that could impact the safety of your operation. PointStudio provides the tools to accurately measure, quantify, and communicate conformance to design. PointStudio is delivered on the Maptek Workbench for interoperability with other Maptek solutions. Users can easily set up workflows to automate and standardize site processes. Custom toolbars, menus, workflows, and shortcut keys are easily set up to suit individual work patterns and standardize processes across teams, sites, and operations.
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    SpatialExplorer

    SpatialExplorer

    Phoenix LiDAR Systems

    SpatialExplorer is the core of Phoenix LiDAR’s desktop software suite. It is an expandable program that is built to ensure you get the data you need. Starting from data acquisition, SpatialExplorer provides tools for real-time streaming point clouds, telemetry monitoring, and other in-field quality control. Post-acquisition data processing tools put users in control of their datasets. SpatialExplorer transforms raw data inputs into geospatially accurate and refined outputs. SpatialExplorer can be expanded with a selection of plug-in modules that add advanced functionality at critical steps in data collection and production. Optimized rendering speed and quality. Cloud edit history and reverting operations. Support of huge ortho mosaic input for display and colorization. Reorganized toolbars for a better workflow. New progress dialog with runtime estimates and resource load. Visualize thousands of images in 3D.
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    VeloView

    VeloView

    Kitware

    VeloView is an open-source application designed for real-time visualization and processing of 3D LiDAR data captured from Velodyne's HDL sensors, including models such as HDL-64E, HDL-32E, VLP-32, VLP-16, Puck, Puck LITE, Puck Hi-Res, Ultra Alpha, Alpha Prime, Velarray, Velabit, and Veladome. It enables users to visualize live data streams or playback pre-recorded data stored in .pcap files, with the capability to record live streams for subsequent analysis. The software provides tools to display, select, and measure information from captured points, supporting custom color maps based on variables like intensity-of-return, time, distance, azimuth, dual return type, and laser ID. Users can export data as XYZ in CSV format or capture screenshots of the point cloud display. Recent updates have introduced features such as support for Velarray sensors, simultaneous operation of multiple sensors, independent live data transformation for each sensor.
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    TopoShare

    TopoShare

    TopoDOT

    TopoShare is a geospatial data management platform developed by TopoDOT to optimize digital twin production processes at minimal costs. It enables efficient organization, storage, and access to extensive geospatial datasets, including point clouds, images, coordinates, and metadata. Integrated with TopoDOT, TopoShare facilitates the reorganization of large-area point cloud data into manageable tiles, creating a geospatial project data warehouse within cloud services like Amazon S3 or Azure. Users can access project data through an intuitive geospatial display, selecting and downloading desired datasets directly into TopoDOT for further analysis and application. TopoShare Enterprise extends these capabilities across operations, providing unlimited interaction with project data, metadata, quality assessments, and digital twins, all while maintaining low interaction costs. This approach supports an on-demand production process, delivering quality-controlled topographies, 3D models, etc.
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    3DF Zephyr
    3DF Zephyr lets photogrammetry catch on in multiple scenarios fostering different targets and needs by taking advantage of an all-in-one software suite. Our in-house technology is as versatile and user-friendly as possible and it can easily be adapted to the users’ skills. 3DF Zephyr allows performing 3D reconstructions automatically by using pictures and video data taken with any sensor and captured using any acquisition techniques. You can use different cameras, lenses and focal lengths during the same surveying and scanning session. Get the most out of aerial and ground photogrammetry by processing videos, spherical pictures, multispectral and thermal + RGB imagery on a single software platform. 3DF Zephyr is not just photogrammetry: import, register and analyze your laser scan data (native file formats supported).
    Starting Price: €149 one-time payment
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