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Utility vegetation management
Find Vegetation ThreatsBefore They Cause Outages
LiDAR-based vegetation management that identifies encroachment risks, measures clearances, and delivers actionable coordinates for your field crews. Process corridor scans in minutes, not weeks.
No software to install • No parameters to configure
Infrastructure
Wires, poles, towers
Wires, poles, towers
Encroachment
Clearance violations
Clearance violations
Fall-in risk
Danger trees
Danger trees
GPS reports
Field-ready coordinates
Field-ready coordinates
The challenge
Vegetation outages are expensive and preventable
Corridor LiDAR captures precise 3D data, but processing hundreds of miles has meant specialist software and weeks of manual work.
Traditional approach
- Visual inspections from trucks or helicopters
- Inspectors estimate clearances and mark approximate locations
- By the time a hazard tree falls, it is already too late
- LiDAR sits on hard drives, too expensive and slow to process
Lidarvisor AI
- Upload corridor LiDAR, get classified data back
- Threats identified, clearances measured, coordinates ready
- Wire detection, encroachment and fall-in risk handled automatically
- Minutes instead of weeks
What it does
Five passes over the corridor
Infrastructure detection
Wire, Pole & Tower Classification
Automatic extraction of power line infrastructure.
Wires, poles, towers and other transmission structures are identified and separated from surrounding vegetation and terrain. No manual classification.
- Automatic conductor detection
- Tower and pole identification
- Works with any LiDAR sensor
Threat detection
Vegetation Encroachment Detection
Find vegetation violating your clearance zones.
Lidarvisor analyses the relationship between vegetation points and the detected infrastructure, flagging where growth is approaching or already violating your clearance requirements.
- Custom clearance buffer zones
- Encroachment severity ratings
- GPS coordinates for every threat
Risk assessment
Fall-In Risk Detection
Find danger trees before the next storm.
Not every threat is encroachment. A 60-foot tree standing 50 feet from the line is a fall-in risk waiting for weather. Lidarvisor identifies trees tall enough to strike infrastructure if they fall, even when they sit outside the clearance zone today.
- Tree height versus distance analysis
- Storm damage risk identification
- Prioritised hazard tree lists
Field ready
Risk Reports with GPS Coordinates
Navigate crews directly to every hazard.
Every identified threat comes with coordinates your crews can navigate to. No vague descriptions, no hand-drawn maps — field crews drive straight to each hazard.
- CSV and PDF export formats
- Threat type and severity rating per item
- Mobile-ready GPS coordinates
Vectorization
Power Line Vectorization
Export infrastructure as vector files.
Download conductor centrelines, pole locations and tower footprints in SHP or DXF for your GIS and asset management systems.
- Conductor centreline vectors
- SHP and DXF export
- GIS and asset-management ready
Deliverables
What lands in your download
Each of these is a separate layer you can switch on, delivered alongside the classified cloud.
| Layer | What it is | Formats |
|---|---|---|
| Conductors | Wire centrelines vectorized in 3D | SHP · DXF |
| Towers & poles | Structure positions and footprints | SHP · DXF |
| Clearance zone | The buffer around conductors you define | SHP · DXF |
| Right-of-way zone | The maintained corridor envelope | SHP · DXF |
| Fall-risk buffer | Reach envelope of trees tall enough to strike | SHP · DXF |
| Risk report | Threat location, type, severity, clearance | PDF · CSV |
How it works
From LiDAR scan to field-ready report
Process corridor data from any platform — drone, helicopter or fixed-wing.
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Process
The AI classifies ground, vegetation and power line infrastructure automatically.
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Analyze
Review encroachment zones and fall-in risks in the browser viewer, with clearance measurements.
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Export
Download risk reports with GPS coordinates and send crews to the high-priority threats.
Applications
UVM applications
Transmission Corridors
Analyse hundreds of miles of high-voltage line, identifying threats along the whole route.
Distribution Networks
Process urban and rural distribution surveys, prioritising work orders by severity.
Post-Storm Assessment
Rapidly process new captures after major storms to find vegetation damage and impacts.
Regulatory Compliance
Generate clearance measurements and reports for NERC FAC-003 and state standards.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What LiDAR data does Lidarvisor process for UVM?
Corridor LiDAR in LAS or LAZ format from any platform — drone, helicopter or fixed-wing. The AI handles point clouds from any sensor and classifies ground, vegetation and power line infrastructure without manual parameter tuning.
How does encroachment detection work?
After classification, Lidarvisor analyses the spatial relationship between vegetation points and the detected infrastructure. You define the required clearance buffers, and the system flags all vegetation inside those zones, assigning a severity rating based on proximity to conductors.
What's the difference between encroachment and fall-in risk?
Encroachment means vegetation is already growing into the clearance zone around your conductors. Fall-in risk identifies trees currently outside that zone but tall enough to strike infrastructure if they fall. Both matter for a complete vegetation management programme.
What reports and exports are available?
Classified point clouds in LAS, risk reports in CSV or PDF with GPS coordinates, and power line vectors in SHP or DXF. Reports carry threat location, type, severity rating and clearance distance, with field-ready coordinates for crew navigation.
How long does corridor processing take?
It depends on corridor length and point density. Typical sections of 5 to 10 km process in 10 to 20 minutes. Large transmission projects take longer, and you get an email when processing completes.
Documentation
Learn the UVM workflow
How to run vegetation management analysis with Lidarvisor.
Stop guessing where vegetation threatens your lines
Your LiDAR data already contains the answers. Lidarvisor extracts the threats, measures the clearances, and delivers coordinates your crews can use today.
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