Land DevelopmentIdaho Springs
Topographic Survey
DRONE LIDAR SURVEYS COLORADO + BEYOND
LIDAR POST-PROCESSING NATIONWIDE
PUBLIC LIDAR FOR SURVEYORS NATIONWIDE
Damn good data. Survey-ready LiDAR shouldn't be guesswork.
Survey-ready LiDAR deliverables backed by repeatable workflows, transparent processing, and end-to-end quality assurance.
Sustaining Member Professional Land Surveyors of ColoradoSince 2017Hands-on LiDAR expertise
7-paramHelmert localization to ground
ASPRSBased QC vs. your check shots
Part 107Certified remote pilots
Deliver topographic surveys with confidence
Bid more jobs. Accelerate projects. Reduce risk.
LiDAR and CAD deliverables that take less time and less investment — without trading away quality.
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Turnkey UAV Mapping
More topo, less investment
You get a full-service path from flight planning to CAD deliverables, with rigorous quality control at every step.
LiDAR+ packages 02LiDAR Processing
Optimize your point clouds
Cut point cloud bloat and improve accuracy with TopoPro®. You see every step of a proven, repeatable workflow built on transparency and trust.
Explore TopoPro 03LiDAR Analytics
Public LiDAR, project-ready
Weather, access, airspace, or Blue UAS constraints? You can put existing USGS LiDAR to work, transformed and calibrated to your project coordinates.
Explore TopoStudio 04Survey Partnerships
Not a surveyor? Not a problem.
A network of Colorado licensed surveying partners gives you ground control, survey oversight, and stamped deliverables for a complete solution.
Meet our partnersWhy surveyors trust us
You set the control. We earn your confidence.
Flying the LiDAR is one step of five. Your confidence comes from the steps around it, and from knowing every result is checked before you sign and stamp.
Plan
TopoMissions checks feasibility, safety, and flight restrictions from bid to arrival, so there are no surprises on your project.
Fly & collect
Aerial LiDAR for your site, from open parcels to steep, vegetated mountain terrain, tied to the control you set.
Process
TopoPro calibrates the LiDAR to your ground truth with a 7-parameter site calibration and reports the residuals.
Extract
Breaklines, contours, and TIN surfaces extracted by machine, then reviewed and corrected by a person.
QC
Random surface sampling checks the TIN against the ground, and an interactive report documents every treatment and check-shot residual.
A surface you can stand behind: checked against your control, documented step by step, ready for your stamp.
See how we workCheck-shot conformanceVertical RMSE
Per-shot residualsΔZ table
Vertical biasDetected & adjusted
OutliersFlagged for review
Applied parametersStep-by-step
Surface extractions and QCDocumented
Random surface sampling
Tolerance Band
Samples within- Primary97.7%
- Secondary99.8%
- Maximum100%
- Exceeds Surface Conformancenone
Illustrative example, not project data. A real report checks thousands of samples.
Interactive HTML with 3D visualizations — no black-box processing.
Drone LiDAR mapping services
From flight to Civil 3D-ready surfaces
- Drone LiDAR Surveying
- Aerial Orthophoto
- Existing Conditions
- Feature Extraction
- Topographic Surfaces
- 3D Reality Models
THE TOPOMATTERS TOOLKIT
One workflow. Four capabilities.
From mission planning and acquisition through LiDAR processing, public-data integration, and reality capture, our capabilities work together to produce survey-ready results.
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TOPOMISSIONSSite Intelligence
Site intelligence for planning smarter, safer LiDAR missions before launch.
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TOPOPRO®LiDAR Processing
Survey-grade LiDAR processing, extraction, localization, and quality control.
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TOPOSTUDIO™Public LiDAR Analytics
Public LiDAR integration and analytics for surveyors nationwide.
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TOPOVISION®Reality Capture
Reality capture that turns complex sites into useful spatial context.
TopoMatters expertise
Transportation, planning, natural corridors, ski areas, land development, and more
Land Development
Ski AreasArapahoe Basin Ski Area
Machine Control Surface
Land DevelopmentHigh Desert Golf
Golf Course ALTA Mapping
TransportationUS-36 Emergency Guardrail Replacement
Complex Canyon Highway Survey
Reality Capture & GISSummit County Government
3D Reality Capture
Utilities & CorridorsOregon Coast 6-Mile Water Main
LiDAR Processing and Surface
The TopoMatters difference
Geodesy, software, and survey workflow — under one roof
LiDAR expertise since 2017
Years of hands-on point cloud experience before the first drone ever left the ground.
Proprietary TopoPro® workflows
Repeatable, transparent processing — no black boxes.
Geodesy-first
Deep expertise in coordinate systems, 7-parameter localization, and quality control.
Multidisciplinary
Experience spanning engineering, software, and business.
Surveyor-aligned
Proud partner of licensed surveyors across Colorado — and beyond.
Insights
Field notes on LiDAR, geodesy, and defensible deliverables
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