360° Tour
AVAG includes specialized tools for comparing elevations, exploring inspection imagery, and cleaning elevation surfaces. Use them alongside your layers and measurements to investigate changes and prepare data for analysis.
Smart Elevation Points
Section titled “Smart Elevation Points”Smart Elevation Points let you compare elevations from multiple datasets at the same location.
Enable the layers you want to compare, then use the point tool to place a point. Select it to open its detail panel.
The Coordinates field shows the point’s X, Y, and Z values, while On layer identifies the layer associated with the point.
Under Elevation profile, click Generate to compare available elevations at that location. The chart displays color-coded markers, with a legend identifying the corresponding layers.
Use this comparison to inspect elevation changes between surveys at a specific location. Organize your points into folders in the Measurements panel.
360° Tour
Section titled “360° Tour”Use 360 Tour under Project in the left sidebar to explore linked ground-level panoramas.
The panel lists your uploaded tour datasets. Panorama positions appear on the 2D map at their recorded locations.
Select a panorama position to open its panoramic view. Look around the image and use the navigation arrows to move between adjacent positions along the route.
Use multiple panes to keep the aerial map, panorama, and 3D data visible alongside one another. This helps you compare ground-level imagery with the wider survey context.
Smart Inspection Tools
Section titled “Smart Inspection Tools”Use Photos under Project in the left sidebar to browse field imagery alongside your survey data.
Supported imagery includes:
- Drone photos
- High-resolution grid imagery
- Mobile phone photos
- 360° panoramic photos
Photos with GPS information can be positioned on the map, giving your inspection imagery a geographic context.
Importing data and inspection imagery
Section titled “Importing data and inspection imagery”Click Import in the top bar to open the Import data dialog. It contains five categories:
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Category |
Purpose |
Accepted formats |
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Measurements |
Import measurement geometry into a new folder | GeoJSON, JSON, DXF, SHP, TXT, ZIP |
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Design overlays |
Import a DXF drawing as a map overlay | DXF |
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Photos |
Import photos positioned using image metadata | JPG, JPEG, PNG |
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360 pano |
Import panoramic images | JPG, JPEG, PNG |
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Multiresolution |
Import a multiresolution photo package | ZIP |
Choose a category, click the file-selection area, select your files, then click Import.
For inspection imagery, use Photos, 360 pano, or Multiresolution. After importing, browse and organize these images through Photos in the left sidebar.
Browsing and organizing photos
Section titled “Browsing and organizing photos”The Photos panel organizes images into folders. Expand a folder to see its contents, and use the checkboxes to control visibility. Folders marked Shared identify shared photo collections.
Click Add Folder to organize imagery by inspection date, location, or photo type.
Use a PHOTO pane alongside a 2D map to inspect images while keeping their location in view. The viewer includes zoom controls and Backward / Forward navigation controls.
Panoramic images imported through 360 pano are managed in Photos. The 360 Tour section provides the separate workflow for linked tour datasets.
MapClean
Section titled “MapClean”MapClean lets you replace unwanted surface features in a DSM, such as vehicles, machinery, or temporary structures, with an interpolated surface.
The replacement is an estimate based on surrounding elevations. It does not recover the actual ground hidden beneath an object.
Cleaning an area
Section titled “Cleaning an area”- Open two panes, with a 2D map in one and a 3D point cloud in the other.
- Draw a line across the area and generate an elevation profile to record its shape before cleaning.
- Select Map Clean under Analysis and tools in the left sidebar.
- Draw a polygon around the area you want to clean.
- In the Confirm area cleaning dialog, click Confirm.
AVAG creates a triangulated replacement surface within the polygon. The cleaned area is highlighted in yellow in the 2D and 3D views.
Checking the result
Section titled “Checking the result”Generate another elevation profile across the same area and compare it with the original profile. Check that the interpolated surface is suitable for your analysis.
Subsequent volume calculations, terrain profiles, and cut/fill maps use the cleaned digital model in the affected area. Interpret these results with the estimated nature of the replacement surface in mind.