Deliverables Explained
3D models and point clouds
The textured mesh you orbit in the browser, and the dense point cloud you download behind it.
DroneFlow builds two related 3D products: a textured 3D model (mesh) and the point cloud it's derived from.
The 3D model
The model is a photo-textured mesh you can orbit in the browser — no plugin, no download required. It streams in progressively so it stays responsive, and it's ideal for inspecting structures and showing a site to a client.
The point cloud
The point cloud is millions of individually positioned points — the raw geometric measurement behind the mesh. It downloads as LAZ — losslessly compressed LAS, read by the same survey and engineering software — where you can classify, section, and measure it directly. (You export LAS from your mapping software to upload here; you download LAZ from us.)
What makes 3D good
3D quality lives and dies on oblique coverage. If a model looks thin on building sides, the capture needed more angled photos of those faces.
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