LiDAR to CAD
Contours and terrain models from Environment Agency LiDAR or your own point cloud, drawn on your site plan as layered DWG and DXF, with PDF sheets ready to print.
SURVEY DATA PROCESSING · ROME, ITALY · INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
From point cloud
to contour plan.
Contours, terrain models, cut and fill, and Metashape processing for surveyors, golf architects and contractors, from someone who spent 35 verifiable years building golf courses.
1.8 cm accuracy on surveyed check points
What you send,
what you get back.
You send drone images, a point cloud, or just a site boundary. You get back CAD-ready files, with the accuracy stated and the method written down.
Every job goes through the same checks before it leaves: contours tested against the terrain model, every volume traced to one quantity register, labels readable at print size, layers and file names as agreed. One clean zip, not a folder of versions.
SERVICES
What we do
with your data.
Cut and fill, grading
Earthwork volumes, checked and listed in one quantity register. Boundary and level changes worked through with you, not handed back as a spreadsheet.
Metashape processing
Your drone images turned into orthophoto, surface model, point cloud, textured 3D model and contours. Supply ground control and check points and you also get a written accuracy statement.
Terrain visuals
Flythroughs and stills from the same data, so committees, members and planners can see the ground and the proposal without reading a contour plan.
PRICES
Fixed prices,
per site.
Starting prices for a typical site. Send the boundary or the data and you get a fixed quote within one working day.
LIDAR AND POINT CLOUD TO CAD
Contour base sheet
from €300 · up to 5 ha
Up to 20 ha €420 · 9 holes €650 · 18 holes €1,000
Contours at your interval on your site plan, DWG and DXF, one PDF sheet, terrain model GeoTIFF, source and accuracy noted on the drawing.
2–3 WORKING DAYS
Design-ready plan
from €650 · 18 holes €1,450
Everything in the base sheet, plus a 3D ground surface as LandXML (opens in Civil 3D and OpenRoads / InRoads), spot levels, separate hole or area sheets, drawn to your layer standard, and one round of changes.
5 WORKING DAYS
Earthworks and grading pack
from €1,650
Adds the proposed grading surface built from your design levels, checked cut and fill with a quantity register, a cut/fill map, two design iterations with you, and illustrative visuals.
10 WORKING DAYS
METASHAPE PHOTOGRAMMETRY PROCESSING · YOUR IMAGES
Ortho and terrain
from €300 · up to 10 ha, then €12/ha
Orthophoto, surface model, point cloud and the Metashape processing report, in your coordinate system. Visual and mapping use; no accuracy claim.
2 WORKING DAYS
Controlled accuracy pack
from €900 · up to 10 ha, then €18/ha
Adjusted on your ground control, with a check-point accuracy statement, classified point cloud, terrain model, contours in DWG and a textured 3D model.
3–5 WORKING DAYS
Design pack
from €1,300
Adds your plan on the orthophoto, cut and fill against the design surface, progress comparison between flights, and visuals for the client.
7–10 WORKING DAYS
Bespoke drafting, extra design iterations and extra rounds of changes are quoted per job and agreed with you before any work starts. Next-day delivery +50%. Quotes are valid for 30 days; in pounds sterling on request. No VAT is added: we are in the Italian flat-rate scheme. All work is supplied under our Terms: drawings and volumes are for design and planning, not a measured survey.
RESULTS
Recent work.
WARDS HILL QUARRY, UK · PUBLIC BENCHMARK
500 drone images turned into a terrain model, orthophoto, point cloud and flythrough.
1.8 cmACCURACY ON SURVEYED CHECK POINTS
- Beach and dunes, Massachusetts588 images from a public U.S. Geological Survey dataset processed into a surface model and orthophoto.
- Contour plans for UK surveyorsEnvironment Agency LiDAR contours drawn on the client's own plan for a golf club, a cricket ground and sports grounds.
- Sports-ground earthworksCut and fill for a three-pitch scheme, with day and night visuals for the planning stage.
- Golf construction background35 verifiable years building golf courses designed by Fazio, Nicklaus, Harradine and RTJ II, including Adare Manor, Marco Simone, Ballybunion and NEOM Palace in Saudi Arabia.
Wards Hill data: EuroSDR RPAS benchmark, Newcastle University (CC BY 4.0), processed by Davies Field & Flight. Town Neck data: U.S. Geological Survey (public domain).
How a job runs.
Send
The site boundary and your plan, or the images and point cloud by a shared folder (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive) – WeTransfer is fine for smaller sets.
Quote
A fixed price, the coordinate system, what is included and what is not, within one working day.
Process and check
The work, then the checks: contours against the terrain, volumes against the register, drawings checked at print size.
Deliver
One zip: drawings, models, report and a short read-me. Changes usually returned within two working days.
QUESTIONS
Before you send anything.
Are you a surveyor?
No. We are a data-processing and CAD drafting service, not chartered surveyors, engineers or registered geometri. We work from data you or a public body supply.
Can I build from your drawings?
Not without a check. Our drawings and volumes are for design, planning, pricing and presentation. Anything to be set out on site or used as a contract quantity must first be checked by your own surveyor or engineer.
Can you fly the site too?
On request. Most clients send us their own images, scans or public LiDAR; where a flight is needed we arrange it, flown by us or a local pilot, and quote it separately.
Which coordinate systems?
British National Grid with ODN heights, Irish Transverse Mercator, UTM and others. Whatever your project uses, stated on every sheet; the height datum and any geoid correction are declared on the drawing, never assumed.
How accurate is LiDAR contouring?
Public Environment Agency LiDAR is accurate to about 15 cm in height. A drone LiDAR survey flown for your site is better; what it achieves depends on the control flown with it, so we report the figure measured on your check points rather than quote one in advance. Either way, the drawing states the accuracy of the source, measured on your check points where you have them.
What happens to my data?
Kept on a private drive for the job and deleted 60 days after delivery, unless you ask us to keep it.
SEND A DATASET
Tell us about
the site.
Where it is, what you have (boundary, plan, images, point cloud) and what you need back. A fixed quote follows within one working day.