Uploading drone & LiDAR surveys
This page covers the survey workflow once you've captured data from a drone or LiDAR rig. Stratumly does not control the drone in flight; you fly using your manufacturer's tooling (DJI Pilot 2, Skydio Cloud, AgEagle eMotion, Pix4Dcapture, and similar). When the flight is finished, upload the captured data to Stratumly.
Supported file types
| File | Use for |
|---|---|
.las / .laz | LiDAR point clouds. |
.ply / .obj / .glb | Photogrammetry meshes. |
.tif / .tiff | Orthoimagery (georeferenced). |
Upload a survey
- Open the project, then Surveys → New survey.
- Enter a Name (for example "Pit volumetric, week 18").
- Pick a sensor type: LiDAR, Photogrammetry, Thermal, or Hybrid.
- Drag the file in.
- Click Upload.
Resume an interrupted upload
If your connection drops mid-upload, click Resume the next time you open the app. The upload picks up from where it stopped.
Watch processing
The survey moves through these statuses:
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Pending | The survey row exists but no file has been uploaded yet. |
| Uploading | File transfer in progress. |
| Processing | Stratumly is generating the 3D tileset. |
| Ready | The survey is viewable. |
| Failed | Processing failed. Open the survey and click Logs for details. |
You can leave the page; processing continues in the background.
View a survey
- Open the survey from the project's Surveys list.
- Use the mouse to orbit, pan, and zoom:
- Left-drag to orbit.
- Right-drag (or shift-drag) to pan.
- Scroll to zoom.
Annotate defects
To mark a defect inside the 3D viewer:
- Click Annotate in the toolbar.
- Pick an annotation type: Point, Line, or Polygon.
- Click on the point cloud to place vertices.
- Fill in the annotation form (severity, description, photo).
- Click Save.
Annotations land in a system-managed annotations layer and appear on the 2D map alongside features from your other layers.
What next?
- Maps: see annotations appear on the 2D map.
- Submissions: file inspection forms tied to features the survey produced.