Keep the returns honest.
In a survey film, each point stays at its measured position. Sparse areas and missing returns are part of the evidence.
THE FINISHED FILM
Watch the finished film.
STYLE 011 / LiDAR Survey
POINTS → SURFACE → EVIDENCERead the
hidden ground.
A landscape, one return at a time. Peel away the canopy. Follow a surface into the light. Let the place reveal its shape.
Watch the films ↓
LIDAR / MATERIAL LAB01 / RETURNS
DATA TYPESYNTHETIC
Fixed points and a moving camera make volume legible. Colour separates the ground from the canopy.
An original procedural study of this style. The terrain and vegetation are synthetic; this is not a survey of a real place.
01 / THE VISUAL LANGUAGE
Quiet field.
Precise reveal.
The camera discovers the space. A plane separates its layers. A single reading gives the image a reason to hold.
Make a layer do the work.
A scan front, a descending canopy cut, a surface in raking light. Each transition explains a spatial relationship.
Hold one reading.
Use a hairline section and an anchored label. Keep the source and method close to the number; label any display exaggeration.
The field#080F12
The returns#659B83
The surface#BDB5A6
The front#D4FFF0
The reading#FFB347
02 / MAKE IT YOURS
Your place.
A new perspective.
Bring a site, a question and a survey. Shape a film around what the data can actually show.
Open this repository in your coding Agent and describe your film. / 在 Agent 中打开仓库，描述你想制作的影片。
Use the lidar-survey style to make a film about [subject]. Handle project setup, production and review, then deliver the MP4 and editable project. / 请用 lidar-survey 风格制作关于[主题]的视频，自动完成项目创建、制作与检查，交付 MP4 和可编辑工程。
TRY THIS IN CODEX
Make a LiDAR Survey film about a place and survey dataset I provide. Use measured points, a deliberate canopy peel, a raking-lit surface and one clear section. Explain what the evidence supports. Keep camera, narration and sound on one timeline, then inspect and refine the result.Open the reusable prompt ↗
Included: a style guide, a blank survey-and-timeline contract and shared production methods. Each new film needs its own dataset, renderer and soundtrack.
03 / INSIDE THE STUDIO
From a return
to a reason.
Establish the ground.
Record the source, survey date, permission, classification, units and coordinate systems. Separate measured features from interpretation.
One shared clock.
Plan the orbit, cutting plane, labels, quiet interval and reveal together. Fine ticks and soft sweeps give a spatial transition a sound.
Review at the output size.
Inspect point clarity, occlusion, label holds and camera motion in the encoded film. Listen to narration and mix separately.
04 / REFERENCES & CREDITS
A language of looking closer.
Inspired by the LiDAR Survey visual grammar in LemoLab / Lemomo’s lemo-opuscar: fixed returns, class peeling, continuous camera movement and fine measurements. This page’s interactive study and terrain are independently authored.
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