Frequently asked questions.
Common questions about early access, supported formats, local processing, modules, and classified outputs.
What is Vecten Desktop?
Vecten Desktop is enterprise desktop software for airborne and UAV LiDAR classification. It classifies LAS, LAZ, and COPC point cloud blocks on your own workstation and publishes classified outputs for production review.
What is LiDAR classification software?
LiDAR classification software assigns point cloud points to useful classes such as ground, vegetation, buildings, water, bridge decks, wires, poles, or towers so outputs can be reviewed and used downstream.
What is AI LiDAR classification?
AI LiDAR classification uses trained models to separate point cloud classes. Vecten Desktop applies proprietary AI models locally through VClassify, VGround, and VUtilities.
Where does Vecten run?
Vecten Desktop runs entirely on the team's own workstation; source blocks and classified outputs stay on machines the team controls. Vecten Cloud runs the same models in the browser. We believe production teams should decide where their data is processed.
What is Vecten Cloud?
Vecten Cloud runs the same classification models as Vecten Desktop in the browser, with nothing to install: the product for teams without GPU workstations and for burst volume. The waitlist is open at cloud.vecten.ai.
Which input formats are supported?
Vecten Desktop supports LAS, LAZ, and COPC input families for airborne and UAV LiDAR point cloud classification.
What outputs does Vecten publish?
Vecten publishes classified point cloud outputs tied to the source block and run. Review layers, shapefiles, attributes, and output context help production teams check results before handoff.
Which modules are included?
Vecten Desktop includes VClassify for semantic class separation, VGround for ground and terrain workflows, and VUtilities for utility-corridor assets.
What does VClassify do?
VClassify handles core semantic LiDAR classes for production mapping and infrastructure blocks, including ground, vegetation, buildings, bridge decks, and noise where required.
What does VGround do?
VGround focuses on ground and terrain classification workflows so teams can prepare ground-focused outputs for surface review and downstream deliverables.
Can Vecten classify wires and poles?
VUtilities supports utility and infrastructure corridor classification, including wire conductors, poles, and transmission towers when those classes are in scope.
Who is Vecten built for?
Vecten is built for mapping companies, geomatics teams, engineering and survey firms, utility corridor teams, infrastructure teams, public-sector geospatial teams, production managers, and reviewers.
Is Vecten a CAD, GIS, or reconstruction tool?
No. Vecten focuses on classification and review today: it classifies existing airborne and UAV LiDAR points and prepares classified outputs for review. Those outputs are structured to feed the team's terrain-model, CAD, and GIS toolchain.
Is Vecten Desktop available now?
Vecten Desktop is in early access. Use the early-access request form to share high-level workflow context and start the evaluation conversation.