Virtual Surveyor
UAV software
Agriculture software
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What is Virtual Surveyor
Virtual Surveyor is desktop photogrammetry and mapping software that converts drone imagery outputs (such as orthomosaics, point clouds, and digital surface/terrain models) into survey-ready deliverables. It is used by surveyors, civil engineering teams, and drone service providers to extract contours, volumes, cross-sections, and CAD/GIS features from UAV mapping projects. The product focuses on measurement, drafting, and earthworks analysis workflows on top of existing photogrammetry outputs rather than providing end-to-end flight planning or cloud processing.
Survey and earthworks toolset
The software provides tools for contours, breaklines, cross-sections, cut/fill, and stockpile volume calculations from UAV-derived surfaces. These functions align with common construction and surveying deliverables where repeatable measurement workflows matter. It also supports feature extraction and drafting workflows that reduce the need to move between multiple applications for basic takeoffs and terrain modeling.
Works with common UAV outputs
Virtual Surveyor is designed to ingest standard mapping outputs such as orthomosaics and elevation models produced by drone processing pipelines. This makes it practical in mixed environments where teams already use separate tools for flight operations and photogrammetry processing. It can act as the measurement and deliverables layer after processing, rather than requiring a single-vendor end-to-end stack.
Desktop workflow and data control
As a desktop application, it supports local processing and file-based project management, which can fit organizations with data residency or offline requirements. Teams can keep datasets on internal storage and integrate results into existing CAD/GIS repositories. This approach can be preferable for projects where cloud upload is constrained by bandwidth, policy, or client requirements.
Not a flight operations platform
Virtual Surveyor does not primarily function as a UAV mission planning, fleet management, or flight control system. Organizations typically still need separate tools for flight planning, RTK/PPK workflows, and operational logging. This can add integration steps when teams want a single operational environment from capture through deliverables.
Depends on upstream processing
The product generally relies on photogrammetry outputs generated elsewhere, so overall accuracy and quality depend on the upstream processing workflow and ground control practices. If teams lack a consistent processing pipeline, results can vary across projects. This also means additional software and licensing may be required to produce the base orthomosaic/DSM/DTM inputs.
Agriculture features are limited
While it can support mapping and measurement tasks relevant to land management, it is not primarily an agronomy analytics platform. Users looking for crop-specific indices, scouting workflows, prescription maps, or season-over-season agronomic reporting may need specialized agriculture software. As a result, agriculture use cases may focus more on field mapping and earthworks than crop health analytics.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price (monthly billed) | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Valley | €0 (free) | Import Orthos & DSMs; Convert Point Clouds; Profiles; Draw Points & Lines; Create Surfaces; Export to CAD. Free for everyone; activates as the free plan after trial. |
| Ridge | €100 per month | All Valley features; Photogrammetry; Point Grids; Line Tools; Advanced Editing; Stockpile Reports. (Displayed as "€100 billed" on official pricing page.) |
| Mountain | €210 per month | All Ridge features; Timeline; Remove Objects; Compare Profiles; Cut/Fill Maps; Extract Cut/Fill Areas. (Displayed as "€210 billed" on official pricing page.) |
| Peak | €210 per month | All Mountain features; Offset by Slope; Curve-Based Elevation; Grading; Intersections; Offset Surfaces. (Displayed as "€210 billed" on official pricing page.) |
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Virtual Surveyor NV
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