For power-line inspection operators
Power Line Inspection Software Every flight back as wires, towers and clearances
Upload a corridor flight in the browser or send it through the API. Lidarvisor returns the conductors and supports in 3D, the vegetation inside each clearance band you set, the trees that could fall on the line, and a PDF report you can hand to the utility.
No credit card • 50 hectares free • Nothing to install
- Median turnaround, in production
- 3–5 h
- Any sensor, any platform
- LAS · LAZ
- Deliverables
- SHP · DXF · PDF
Real project, real output
A power line corridor, before and after one run
Demo 2 is a DJI drone survey of 17.6 hectares in France, crossed by overhead lines. It opens in every Lidarvisor account, so you can check each layer over the line yourself before you send us anything.
Both views come from the Lidarvisor viewer, from the same camera position, on 12 October 2026.
- Surface
- 17.59 ha
- Supports found
- 17
- Conductor lines
- 77
- Whole run
- 53 min 54 s
Settings of this run: buffers at 1, 2 and 5 m around the wires, a 5 m clearance below them, 15 m of right of way on each side. Findings: 13 in the buffers, 7 under the clearance, 82 in the right of way, and 5 of the 107 trees measured are tall enough to reach a conductor if they fell. The run time covers every layer this project holds, terrain and contours included.
Deliverables
What you hand to the utility
Each layer comes out on its own, next to the classified cloud, in the formats GIS and CAD teams already use.
| Layer | What it is | Formats |
|---|---|---|
| Conductors | Wire centrelines in 3D, with span, length, sag and clearance | GeoJSON · SHP · DXF |
| Towers & poles | Support positions with type, height and lean, plus 3D structures | GeoJSON · SHP · DXF |
| Clearance zone | Vegetation found inside the clearance distance you set | CSV · GeoJSON · SHP · DXF |
| Buffer zones | Vegetation found in each of the distance bands you set | CSV · GeoJSON · SHP · DXF |
| Right of way zone | Vegetation found in the maintained corridor | CSV · GeoJSON · SHP · DXF |
| Fallen tree risk | Crowns of the trees tall enough to reach the line if they fall | CSV · GeoJSON · SHP · DXF |
| Risk report | Threat location, zone and distance, with a corridor summary by span | PDF · CSV |
The conductor, support, finding and report formats listed here are the files the Demo 2 project above holds today. Demo projects download on every plan, the free one included.
Your workflow
Built for operators who deliver to utilities
Your flight programme through the API
Send each flight with one HTTP call and get the results back in your own platform. An inspection operator in Europe runs its whole programme this way, with a median turnaround of 3 to 5 hours.
API referenceYour utility’s clearance rules
Set the buffer distances around the wires, the clearance below them and the right of way for each project. Every finding lands in the zone it falls in, with its distance to the wire, its span and its nearest tower.
Correct before you deliver
Add a support the detector missed by clicking its top, drag a misplaced one or change its type. Added and moved supports are measured against the cloud and the spans on either side recomputed, at no credit cost.
Asset inspection, same flight
Poles, towers and spans, measured
Tower inventory
Every leaning support, already sorted
Lean checked against the watch and alert bands you set.
Each pole and tower comes out with its type, its height and its lean. One filter lists the supports past your bands, marked Watch or Alert, so the inspection report starts from a list instead of a search through the cloud.
- Lean angle and bearing, split along and across the line
- Watch and alert bands you set per project, at no extra cost
- Sort, filter and export the whole table as CSV
Support detail
One click, the whole support
Height, top offset, conductors and spans.
Click a pole to read its height, how far its top has moved from its base, the conductors it carries, the spans it holds and the vegetation findings around it, with its position in the project’s coordinate system.
- Each value says whether it was measured or derived
- Fly to it, cut sections through it, or edit it in place
Span clearance
Clearance on every span
Ground and vegetation, clear or alert.
Each conductor span reports its clearance to the ground and to the vegetation below it, flagged clear or alert against the clearances you set, with its sag and the towers it hangs between.
- Vegetation findings counted on each span
- A span with a missing tower is flagged, not hidden
If your power line inspection software stops at a point cloud viewer, your team still has the real work ahead. After capture, utility reviewers need terrain context, vegetation screening, wire and pole review, and exportable outputs that support engineering review, field follow-up, and contractor handoff.
Lidarvisor fits that post-capture step. It helps utility teams review, classify, and hand off captured corridor LiDAR in one browser-based workflow, so engineering, GIS, and field teams can work from the same utility-ready outputs.
Why power line inspection software shortlists are shifting in 2026
Utility inspection buyers are seeing more messaging around automated corridor triage, faster review of large captures, and cleaner handoff between LiDAR analysts, engineering teams, GIS staff, and field crews. Recent LP360 and GeoCue positioning keeps reinforcing that shift: the category is moving beyond simple viewing toward workflows that help teams classify wires and vegetation, confirm terrain context, and export usable deliverables without a long desktop bottleneck.
That is where Lidarvisor fits. Instead of trying to be a full asset management platform, it helps utility teams get from captured corridor LiDAR to review-ready outputs such as DTM, DSM, vegetation classes, pole locations, wire lines, and CAD or GIS-friendly exports that support inspection follow-up.
- Review speed: browse large corridor outputs quickly instead of waiting on a heavy desktop-only workflow
- Inspection context: keep wires, poles, vegetation, and terrain in the same QA flow
- Handoff quality: export utility-ready outputs that GIS, CAD, and contractor teams can actually use
What utility teams usually need after corridor capture
Corridor review
for wires, poles, vegetation, and terrain context.
Inspection-ready outputs
such as DTM, DSM, hillshade, slope, and utility layers.
Exportable deliverables
for GIS, CAD, reporting, and follow-up work.
What power line inspection software should help your team answer after capture
After corridor LiDAR has been captured, utility review usually comes down to a few practical questions: Where are the wires and poles, where does vegetation need closer attention, what does the terrain look like around the line, and what can the next team act on quickly? Good software should help answer those questions in the office handoff stage, not just display raw data.
- Wire and conductor review with corridor visibility and nearby hazard context
- Pole and structure context that supports field follow-up planning
- Vegetation risk screening with clear utility feature separation
- Terrain and access review using slope, ground surface, and surrounding context
A practical post-capture LiDAR workflow for power line inspection
Load captured corridor LiDAR and check coverage
The first step is opening captured corridor LiDAR in a workflow where reviewers can check coverage, structure visibility, and obvious terrain or vegetation issues without passing large files between separate desktop tools.
Classify the corridor before review decisions
Inspection gets faster when the point cloud is already separated into ground, vegetation, buildings, wires, poles, and related corridor classes. That helps reviewers focus on the features that matter instead of scanning a raw cloud.
Generate terrain and corridor context outputs
After classification, utility teams usually need more than a visual check. They need outputs that support follow-up across long linear corridors.
Export clean deliverables to the next team
The workflow only helps if the next team can act on the result. Power line inspection software should make it easy to export usable GIS and CAD deliverables instead of trapping corridor review inside one viewer.
Review wires, poles, and vegetation in the same scene
Classified point clouds make corridor review faster because the utility features are already separated before the handoff stage begins.
Inspection gets faster when the point cloud is already separated into ground, vegetation, buildings, wires, poles, and related corridor classes. That helps reviewers focus on the features that matter instead of scanning a raw cloud. Related reading: LiDAR classification guide and point cloud vectorization.
- Separate ground, vegetation, wires, poles, and related corridor classes before review
- Reduce manual scanning across dense or cluttered utility scenes
- Keep engineering, GIS, and field reviewers aligned on the same corridor context
- Move faster into export and downstream follow-up workflows
DELIVERABLES
After classification, utility teams usually need more than a visual check. They need outputs that support follow-up across long linear corridors.
They need DTM and DSM for surface context, hillshade and slope for terrain interpretation, and utility layers that can move straight into GIS, CAD, reporting, and contractor workflows without another cleanup cycle.
- DTM and DSM for bare-earth and surface context across the corridor
- Hillshade and slope for terrain complexity, access, and surrounding context
- Wire and pole layers for mapped utility review and downstream follow-up
- GeoJSON, SHP, DXF, LAS, and LAZ exports for GIS, CAD, and reporting workflows
How to evaluate power line inspection software for LiDAR work
Review speed, context, and export flexibility matter as much as basic visualization when your team is working with long utility corridors
Feature separation
Can your team clearly isolate wires, poles, ground, and vegetation for review?
Terrain context
Can it generate outputs that support line review, access understanding, and corridor interpretation?
Workflow speed
Can reviewers move from raw LiDAR to usable outputs without unnecessary desktop friction?
Export flexibility
Can the results move cleanly into GIS, CAD, or reporting workflows?
Utility fit
Is it built for post-capture corridor review and handoff, not just generic point cloud viewing?
Repeatability
Can the same settings be reused across recurring inspections, so results stay comparable year to year?
Frequently Asked Questions
What is power line inspection software used for?
It is used to review power line corridors, inspect wires, poles, terrain, and vegetation, and export outputs that support utility follow-up work.
Why use LiDAR for power line inspection workflows?
LiDAR gives utility teams terrain context and feature separation that support corridor review, vegetation screening, and export-ready mapping workflows.
Is this the same as flight-planning or capture software?
No. This workflow starts after capture. The goal is to review the corridor, generate usable outputs, and hand off results to GIS, CAD, reporting, or field teams.
What outputs matter most for utility corridor review?
Common outputs include DTM, DSM, hillshade, slope, classified point clouds, utility layers, and GIS or CAD exports for downstream handoff.
Is power line inspection software the same as a point cloud viewer?
No. A viewer helps inspect the cloud, but inspection software should also support classification, terrain generation, corridor interpretation, and export-ready deliverables.
Related
Inspection sits inside a wider corridor workflow: LiDAR corridor mapping software covers the full right of way.
Your data
Send us one of your flights
Paste a link to a LAS or LAZ file (WeTransfer, Google Drive or Dropbox) and the clearance distances your utility works with. Florian, the founder, runs it and walks you through what comes out.
Run one of your corridor flights through it
Create a free account, upload one corridor flight and compare the wires, towers, clearances and report with what you deliver today.
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