LiDAR Digital Twin System

XN Twin — LiDAR Digital Twin System

One LiDAR scanner flies on the drone over the site and comes off to survey by hand where the drone cannot go: inside buildings, under the canopy, in tunnels and cable ducts. You receive a georeferenced 3D point cloud and the measures taken from it.

For companies that must insure and protect their assets, for whoever manages forests and natural areas, for operators of buildings and networks. XN Twin is new in 2026: the first surveys are pilot projects.

LiDAR point cloud of Bodio, in the Leventina valley: the wooded slope, the village, the railway and the power lines, coloured by class
swissSURFACE3D © swisstopo · open data, not our survey

What you receive

  1. 01

    Survey plan

    Area, flights, handheld paths and the accuracy you need, agreed on the site before the survey.At the start
  2. 02

    Drone and handheld survey

    The same scanner from the air over the site and by hand inside buildings and under the canopy, in one coordinate system.Per survey
  3. 03

    Point cloud and models

    Georeferenced point cloud in LAS/LAZ and E57, terrain and surface models, canopy height.Per survey
  4. 04

    Measures and report

    Elevations, distances, sections and volumes for the use you need: insurance, forest, BIM, network.Per survey

What changes when the risk is measured

2–6 wks
from site list to a ranked nature and climate risk screen
6 wks
to a signed ecological baseline on a priority site
-70%
time to a defensible, compliant report versus traditional consulting
XNatura projects, 2024-2025
1 working day
for a reply from a named expert on the team

Data behind the product

From the drone and by hand, on the same site as the platform's data.

  • LiDAR from the drone

    Roofs, terrain, canopy and lines over the whole site, positioned with RTK.
    PER SURVEY
  • Handheld LiDAR

    The same scanner off the drone, without GPS (SLAM): rooms, plants, tunnels and the forest floor.
    PER SURVEY
  • 150+ map layers

    The site's habitats, land cover and climate risks from the platform, on the same perimeter.
    PER SITE
  • Field

    Visits and notes with the field mode of the Biodiversa app, on the same site.
    ON REQUEST

Standards covered

One dataset, every framework your auditor asks for.

  • Law 213/2023

    Italy: compulsory insurance of company assets against natural catastrophes
  • Regulation (EU) 2024/1991

    Nature restoration: deadwood and structure of forests
  • D.Lgs 36/2023, art. 43

    Italy: BIM in public works above 2 million euro
  • SINFI

    Italy: national register of networks and infrastructures
  • ISO 19650

    Information management with BIM
The valley floor of Bodio in LiDAR: houses, apartment blocks, the Gotthard railway with its overhead line and the pylons of the power lines in yellow

XN Twin in the field · Pilot

XN Twin is new: the first surveys are pilots.

We have no XN Twin survey of ours to show yet, so this page shows none. The picture is an open LiDAR dataset of swisstopo, rendered by us. The first sites will be pilot projects, and their results will appear here with the client's consent.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What do you receive from XN Twin?

Survey plan, Drone and handheld survey, Point cloud and models, and Measures and report.

What data feeds XN Twin?

LiDAR from the drone, Handheld LiDAR, 150+ map layers, and Field.

Which standards does XN Twin support?

Law 213/2023, Regulation (EU) 2024/1991, D.Lgs 36/2023, art. 43, SINFI, ISO 19650.

Which other XN products is XN Twin often combined with?

XN Clima, XN Ecology, and XN Vegetation.

Tell us the site and what you need to measure: we tell you what the survey can give you.

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