Use case

How do I deliver a drone survey the client can actually open?

Upload what Pix4D, Metashape, DJI Terra or RealityScan exported: the orthomosaic, the DEM, the point cloud, the mesh or 3D Tiles, the photos and the flight video. Swyvl anchors it to the site and the flight date and gives you one branded link. The client sees the ortho on a map, spins the model and watches the video, in the browser.

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You flew it, processed it, and now the delivery takes an afternoon.

Four exports, four places to put them, and a client who cannot open a .tif.

"I can't open the .tif."

A 4 GB GeoTIFF is a black square in the client's photo viewer, if it opens at all. The DEM is worse.

The ortho renders as a map layer the client zooms into.

GeoTIFF and COG orthomosaics and DEMs open on an interactive map with a basemap under them. Zoom from the whole site to a fence post.

Four links for four deliverables.

The ortho on Drive, the video on YouTube, the report by email, the point cloud on a hard drive. The client asks which one is current.

One link, every file, on the same site map.

Ortho, point cloud, mesh, photos, SRT video and the PDF report in one branded link. The client moves between them with a filmstrip and sees where each sits on the site.

The next flight is another folder.

March in one folder, June in another. Nobody can 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 that fills up with each flight. Open March and June from the same site and measure what changed.

A distance measurement across a field on a GeoTIFF orthomosaic in Swyvl: 82.62 metres, with the Georeferenced badge — The orthomosaic on a map, measured in the browser. Georeferenced, so the number can be checked against control.

What you can send

Upload the exports as they come out of the processing software. Swyvl recognises each one and picks the viewer.

GeoTIFF / COGDEM / DSMLAS / LAZOBJ / GLB mesh3D TilesJPG source photosMP4 + DJI SRT360° photosPDF report

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.

A real Swyvl account. Name withheld.

DJI drone video with its flight track drawn on the map from the SRT file, synced to playback, with the elevation profile underneath.

How it works

Upload the exports

Drag everything from the flight onto the site. Swyvl reads each format, converts what needs converting and files it under the flight date.

Create the link

Your logo and colours. View-only or view-and-download. Password or named people if you need it.

The client opens it

The ortho on a map, the model in 3D, the video with its flight path drawn on the map. They can measure on any of it.

Nine in ten Swyvl share links get opened by the client. Free to start, no credit card.

Deliver the survey, not a folder of exports.

Free to start. No credit card required.

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Questions people ask first

Can I deliver straight from Pix4D or Metashape?

Export as you normally would: GeoTIFF or COG for the ortho and DEM, LAS or LAZ for the point cloud, OBJ or GLB for the mesh, or a zipped 3D Tiles folder. Upload the exports and Swyvl handles the rest.

Does the drone video show where it was flying?

Yes. Upload the DJI MP4 with its SRT file and the flight path is drawn on a map beside the video, synced to playback.

Can the client compare two flights?

Every flight you upload is a dated collection on the same site. A link set to include future uploads shows each new flight as it lands, and the client can open March and June side by side.

Does the client need an account?

No. The link opens in any browser with nothing to install. You can add a password or restrict it to named people, and change that after it has been sent.