What Is a Point Cloud?

A point cloud is a collection of millions of individual spatial measurements representing real-world surfaces and objects.

Each point contains precise positional information and may also contain:

Point clouds are generated using technologies such as:

LiDAR sensors emit laser pulses and measure the time required for each pulse to return to the sensor.

Millions of these measurements are combined to create dense 3D point clouds representing:

At SKYMAPTEK, aerial LiDAR workflows generate highly detailed point clouds suitable for engineering and geospatial applications.

Point clouds are often processed into:

Traditional survey methods often collect limited spot elevations.

LiDAR point clouds provide millions of measurements across entire project sites, offering substantially more detail and site visibility.

This data can improve:

Processing raw LiDAR data requires advanced software workflows including:

SKYMAPTEK utilizes professional geospatial processing workflows to generate accurate engineering-ready deliverables from aerial LiDAR datasets.

SKYMAPTEK provides survey-grade LiDAR mapping and geospatial deliverables for projects throughout WV, MD, PA, VA & OH.