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Data Export Formats – Aerial Drone Survey – Barrie, Toronto, GTA

Data Export Formats

JPG
(RGB Image)

  • Available for all 2D layers: 2D MapElevationDigital Terrain Model and Plant Health.
  • Includes a .KML file and a .TWF file with the georeferenced metadata.
  • Easy to share through any standard image software such as Windows Photo Viewer or Preview. Print or use within presentations.

GeoTIFF
(RGB Image)

  • Available for all 2D layers: 2D MapElevationDigital Terrain Model and Plant Health.
  • Includes a .TWF file with the georeferenced metadata.
  • Includes a .KML file is when using the Web Mercator Projection.
  • File format suited for 2D analysis in GIS software such as ArcGIS or QGIS.

GeoTIFF
(Raw Elevation Values – DEM)

  • Available for Elevation and Digital Terrain Model exports.
  • One-band GeoTIFF file with embedded elevation values.
  • File format suited for 2D analysis in GIS software such as ArcGIS or QGIS.

DXF/SHP
(Contour files)

  • Available for Elevation and Digital Terrain Model exports.
  • Georeferenced lines of equal elevation according to the chosen interval.
  • For use in AutoDesk suite and Mining/Construction software.

Shapefile
(Contour files)

  • Available for Plant Health exports.
  • Plant health data stored as a set of shapes (polygons) with a default resolution of ~10m x 10m (size depends on latitude). See Shapefile Exports.

OBJ
(3D Model)

  • Digital Model. .obj surface with .jpg texture files model.
  • Not georeferenced: defined in a model-local coordinate system.

LAS
(Point Cloud)

  • .las point cloud.
  • Can be used in AutoCADArcGIS, Global Mapper, Applied Imagery, or similar software.

XYZ
(Point Cloud)

  • .xyz point cloud that contains RGB information (XYZRGB). Resolution is specifiable.
  • Most common file format accepted across Construction/Mining software formats.

PDF Export

  • Available in our application natively.
  • Able to export a PDF of 2DElevationDigital Terrain Model and Plant Health layers.

RCP File Export

  • AutoCad Specific File
  • *Easily import your export into AutoCAD

Source Imagery
(ZIP)

Zip file containing the processed map’s source imagery

Point Cloud Formats we work with here at DSC

  • ASC
  • CL3
  • CLR
  • E57
  • FLS
  • FWS
  • ISPROJ
  • LAS
  • PCG
  • PTG
  • PTS
  • PTX
  • RDS (3D only)
  • TXT
  • XYB
  • XYZ
  • ZFS
  • ZFPRJ

RCS. A single point cloud file that is saved in the Output folder after indexing. Point clouds saved in RCS format use meter as the unit of measurement.

RCP. A project file that points to the individual RCS files and contains information about them.

PCG, PTS, E57. Formats that can be exported