Swyvl for Drone Operators

One link. Every deliverable. No software required.

You produce orthomosaics, point clouds, 3D models, video, and reports. Your client just wants to see the results. Swyvl lets them view everything in their browser from a single branded link.

You capture incredible data. Then spend hours explaining how to open it.

Your clients don't have QGIS, CloudCompare, or Pix4D. They just want to see the orthomosaic, spin the point cloud, and watch the video.

"I can't open the .tif file"

Your client downloads a 2 GB GeoTIFF. Windows Photo Viewer shows a black rectangle. They email you. You explain QGIS. They install it. It crashes. You spend an hour on a call.

Orthomosaics on an interactive map

Your GeoTIFF loads as a zoomable map overlay. Your client pans, zooms, and sees exactly what you captured — in their browser, on any device.

"What am I looking at?"

You send 8 files in a Dropbox folder. The client has no idea which is the point cloud, which is the ortho, and which is the report. No labels, no context, no order.

Every file, recognised and labelled automatically

Upload your files and Swyvl identifies each one — orthomosaic, point cloud, 3D model, video, report — and presents them to your client with the right viewer.

Separate links for every deliverable

You upload video to YouTube, the ortho to Google Drive, the report via email, and the point cloud to a separate platform. Your client juggles four links.

One link for everything

Point cloud, orthomosaic, video, 360 panorama, and PDF report — all in one branded link. Your client navigates between files using a filmstrip viewer.

Every flight starts a new folder.

March's ortho is in one Drive folder, June's in another, and the client cannot see how the site changed without opening both and guessing.

Every flight is a dated collection on the same site.

The client keeps one link. Each flight lands beside the last, so the record of the site builds instead of scattering.

Export, convert, zip, upload, email, explain.

Pix4D or Metashape finishes, and the delivery still takes an afternoon before the client sees anything they can open.

Upload what Pix4D, Metashape, DJI Terra or RealityScan exported.

The GeoTIFF, the LAS, the mesh or 3D Tiles, the photos and the SRT video. Swyvl recognises each one, converts what needs converting, and anchors it to the site and the flight date.

The client cannot check a dimension without calling you.

A quick width or a height difference means a phone call and a screenshot, because the client has no software to measure with.

Measure on the ortho, the point cloud or the model, in the browser.

Point, distance, area and height, on the hub and on the share link, with a badge saying which frame the numbers are in.

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Every deliverable, viewable in the browser

Swyvl has a purpose-built viewer for every file type drone operators produce.

Orthomosaics

GeoTIFF files rendered as interactive map overlays. Clients zoom from site-wide view down to centimetre-level detail.

Formats: GeoTIFF, COG

Point clouds

LAS and LAZ files rendered with Potree. Full 3D navigation — orbit, pan, zoom, and colour by height, intensity or classification. Measure points, distances, areas and heights in the viewer.

Formats: LAS, LAZ, E57

3D models

Photogrammetry meshes and CAD models rendered with Three.js. Textured OBJ, glTF, and PLY files viewable in real time.

Formats: OBJ, glTF, GLB, PLY

Drone video

MP4 video with streaming playback. DJI video with SRT GPS tracks can be displayed in a multi-panel viewer showing the flight path alongside the footage.

Formats: MP4, MOV

360 panoramas

Equirectangular panoramas displayed in an immersive spherical viewer. Perfect for site inspection imagery and virtual tours.

Formats: JPEG, PNG (equirectangular)

Reports and drawings

PDF reports and DXF drawings viewable inline. Clients can review documentation alongside the spatial data.

Formats: PDF, DXF

Organised by site and session

Every flight becomes a collection. All files from that flight are grouped together — your client sees a clean timeline of deliveries, not a mess of folders.

  • Multi-session timelines

    Repeat clients see every survey you've done for them — progress monitoring, historical comparison, all in one place.

  • Filmstrip navigation

    Clients flip between files in a session using a visual filmstrip — no need to go back to a file list.

Drone video playing beside its GPS flight track on a map in Swyvl, with an elevation profile and the flight's duration, distance and maximum altitude

In practice

A drone operator sharing survey outputs with clients

One link per site carries the orthomosaic on a map, the point cloud in 3D, and the flight video with its path drawn beside it. Every view is logged, so they know when the client has looked and what they opened.

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Deliver drone data like a pro

Free for up to 5 GB of storage. Upload your first project, generate a branded link, and send it to your client in minutes.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions from drone operators before switching to Swyvl.

What drone survey file formats does Swyvl support?
LAZ and LAS (point clouds), GeoTIFF (orthomosaics), COG (Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF), MP4 and MOV (drone video with GPS telemetry), OBJ and glTF (3D models from photogrammetry), PDF (reports), and Gaussian Splats. Outputs from Pix4D, Metashape, DJI Terra, and RealityCapture are all supported.
Can I deliver drone survey data from Pix4D or Metashape directly via Swyvl?
Yes. Export your deliverables from Pix4D or Metashape as usual (LAZ, GeoTIFF, OBJ), then upload them to Swyvl. No conversion or reformatting needed. Swyvl classifies each file and configures the correct browser viewer automatically.
Can my clients view drone survey data without specialist software?
Yes. Point clouds render in the browser using Potree WebGL. GeoTIFFs render as interactive maps using MapLibre. Drone video plays directly. 3D models open in Three.js. Your client needs nothing installed — just a browser.
Does Swyvl support DJI drone video?
Yes. Upload MP4 or MOV files from any DJI drone. If the video has embedded GPS telemetry, Swyvl extracts and displays the flight track as an overlay.
How many file types can I include in one portal?
Unlimited. A single portal can contain a LAZ point cloud, a GeoTIFF orthomosaic, elevation models, a 3D mesh, drone video, photos, and a PDF report — all viewable in one browser-based page.
Can I see if my client has opened the portal?
Yes. Swyvl logs every portal view — timestamp, approximate location, browser, and device. You can see view count, unique viewers, time spent, and download events from your dashboard.