Journal

Notes from the field and the bench.

Technical guides, insights and, in time, case studies — written around the same principle as everything else here: better information, carefully interpreted.

Technical Guides10 August 2026 · 4 min

Closing the loop: as-built capture of completed works

The record that matters is not the design — it is what was actually built. Handheld LiDAR makes capturing that record a routine site activity.

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Technical Guides3 August 2026 · 3 min

LixelStudio or Lixel CyberColor: choosing the processing pipeline

Two pipelines leave the same scanner. One produces survey deliverables; the other produces photorealistic, navigable scenes. Choosing well starts with the deliverable.

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Insights27 July 2026 · 4 min

Four instruments, one decision: matching the scanner to the work

Point rate and range are the headline numbers, but the real differentiators are workflow: what you carry, how long you capture, and what leaves the office.

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