How to share mapping deliverables with a client
A practical workflow for handing off orthomosaics, point clouds, 3D models, and supporting files without scattering the job across drives and inboxes.
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Practical guides for mapping, reality capture, and project delivery.
Workflows, deliverables, spatial file formats, and client handoff, written for people who capture real sites and need the work to arrive intact.
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Gaussian splatting for reality capture teams
Where 3D Gaussian splatting fits in a professional capture workflow: what it is good at, where it is not a survey product, and how to deliver splats to clients.
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Read articleWhat is a point cloud?
A plain-language guide to point clouds: how they are captured, what LAS and LAZ files contain, and why they are difficult to share as ordinary downloads.
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How to Review a Point Cloud Before Delivering It to a Client
A practical workflow for reviewing an exported LAS or LAZ point cloud before client delivery, including orientation, attributes, coordinates, a distance check, and keeping the original file.
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Read articlePoint Cloud vs 3D Mesh vs Gaussian Splat: Which 3D Deliverable Should You Use?
Compare point clouds, 3D meshes, and Gaussian splats for drone mapping and reality capture, including measurement, visualization, file formats, accuracy, client delivery, and when to use each.
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Read articleGCPs vs Checkpoints in Drone Mapping: What Is the Difference?
Learn the difference between ground control points and checkpoints in drone mapping, including how they affect photogrammetry accuracy, RTK workflows, control distribution, residuals, and independent verification.
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Read articleCoordinate Systems in Drone Mapping: CRS, Datums, EPSG Codes, and Elevation Explained
Learn how coordinate systems work in drone mapping, including CRS, datums, projections, EPSG codes, State Plane, UTM, latitude and longitude, vertical datums, and why mapping files sometimes fail to align.
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Read articleGeoTIFF vs Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF: What Is the Difference?
Learn the difference between GeoTIFF and Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF files, including georeferencing, tiling, overviews, HTTP range requests, browser viewing, cloud storage, and drone mapping workflows.
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Read articleLAS vs LAZ: What Is the Difference in Point Cloud Data?
Learn the difference between LAS and LAZ point cloud files, including compression, file size, metadata, classification, compatibility, and when each format is useful in drone mapping, LiDAR, and reality capture workflows.
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Read articleDrone Mapping Deliverables Explained: GeoTIFF, LAS, LAZ, 3D Models, DSMs, and More
A practical guide to the files produced by drone mapping and photogrammetry, including orthomosaics, GeoTIFFs, point clouds, LAS and LAZ files, elevation models, 3D meshes, reports, and supporting project data.
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Read articleDrone Photogrammetry Accuracy Explained: GSD, RTK, GCPs, Checkpoints, and Overlap
Learn what actually controls drone photogrammetry accuracy, including ground sample distance, image overlap, RTK positioning, ground control points, checkpoints, flight geometry, camera quality, and processing.
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Read articleDSM vs DTM vs DEM: What Is the Difference in Drone Mapping?
Learn the difference between DSM, DTM, and DEM elevation models in drone mapping and photogrammetry, including how each is created, what it represents, and when each product should be used.
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Read articleConstruction progress documentation: what it is and how to build a better site record
What construction progress documentation is, the records teams actually keep, and how to set up a repeatable jobsite documentation workflow that people can still use months later.
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Read articleDrone mapping for construction: how orthomosaics and 3D models support project tracking
How construction drone mapping produces orthomosaics and 3D models for progress tracking, remote review, and site context, and where those products stop short of survey-grade work.
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Read articleWhat is an orthomosaic?
Orthomosaics explained: how drone imagery becomes a georeferenced map, how they differ from photos and Google imagery, and how to deliver them to clients.
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Keep the files with the project
When capture and processing are done, SpearAtlas is the workspace for organizing, viewing, and sharing mapping project files with the people who need them.