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siteBits in pictures.

Every picture is a screenshot from siteBits, made from a fixed recipe with a real drone capture. Place and building are deliberately not named.

The interface in the screenshots is German, like siteBits today. An English interface is planned.

Released: siteBits 0.10.3
Features: 13
Preview: 4

01 · available · since 0.1.0

Point clouds in the browser

Hundreds of millions of points straight in the browser, streamed level by level. No plug-in, nothing to install.

Oblique aerial view of a coloured point cloud: flat-roofed buildings, yards and trees — 921 million points, streamed in the browser: coarse first, then denser level by level.

The same view with the interface: toolbar at the top, View and Layers panels on the left, minimap on the right — With the interface: tools on top, view and layers on the left, minimap on the right.

02 · available · since 0.1.0

Measuring with provenance

Distance, polyline, area and height directly in the cloud or on the mesh, and for every value what it rests on.

Measurement line along a roof edge reading 18.762 m — Distance along a roof edge, shareable as a link: camera and measurement are in the address.

Area of a flat roof as a polygon, the measurement list on the right with area and perimeter — Area, polyline and height; the measurement list says what each value rests on.

03 · available · since 0.10.0

Point classes and returns

Colour by class, hide classes one by one, show first or last returns only.

Point cloud coloured by class: ground brown, vegetation green, buildings blue; class list with point counts on the left — Colour by ASPRS class, each class can be hidden, with point counts.

The same point cloud without vegetation: ground, walls and buildings exposed — Vegetation hidden: terrain and buildings exposed. The selection is part of the view link.

04 · available · since 0.7.0

Textured meshes

3D models as a layer next to the point cloud, measurable, with display modes for checking.

Textured mesh of the buildings, oblique view — Mesh layer with texture.

The same mesh without texture, lit in grey — Grey and lit: check the geometry without texture, wireframe on demand. Preview, comes with 0.11.

05 · available · since 0.1.0

Panoramas and photos in place

Spherical panoramas per station and oriented photos exactly where they were taken.

Spherical panorama at a station in the yard: façade with window band and graffiti, toolbars and panels around — 277 spherical panoramas; the point cloud lies exactly underneath, measuring works here too.

Split view: 3D scene on the left, the matching original photo on the right — Split view 3D | photo: every oriented photo at the position it was taken from.

06 · available · since 0.2.1

Walk mode

Walk through the capture at eye level, with keyboard, mouse or gamepad.

Eye-level view between the buildings in walk mode — Walk at eye level with keyboard, mouse or gamepad.

07 · available · since 0.1.0

Findings in place

Pin an observation exactly where it is visible, and discuss it as a thread.

Panorama at a concrete column with rust marks, next to it the form for a new finding titled “Korrosion am Stützenfuß” — Place a finding where it is visible, then discuss it as a thread.

08 · available · since 0.3.0

Share by link

One link carries view, measurements, layers and finding. Whoever opens it sees exactly the same.

“Share” dialog for a finding in the panorama, with a link that holds station, view direction and finding — Finding link: whoever opens it stands at the same station and sees the same finding. View links carry camera, measurements, layers and class filter.

09 · preview · 0.11

Sun position and shadows

Sun for any date and time, shadows on the mesh, sun path with solstices.

Preview means: comes with the next version and is described on the roadmap.

Mesh of the buildings with shadows on the evening of 21 June, the Sun panel with date, time and sun path on the right — Sun position for date and time, shadows on the mesh, sun path with solstices.

10 · preview · 0.11

Solar report for roofs

Shading and yield of a measured surface, as a report with ranges and a cross-check.

First page of the solar report: question, answer with annual yield and range, key figures, top view with the marked surface and irradiation map — First page: question, answer, key figures and irradiation per sample point.

Bar chart of monthly yield with and without shading and a P90 mark — Monthly yield with range; shading shown separately.

11 · preview · 0.11

Sun report for gardens

Direct sun per ground point and light category for planting, honestly given as a range.

First page of the garden report: question, answer with sun hours as a range, key figures, top view and a map of light categories from sunny to shady — Light category per ground point, every figure as a range between open and closed tree canopy.

Two maps of midsummer sun hours: with closed canopies and as captured — Two runs: canopies closed and model as captured.

12 · preview · 0.11

Check a delivery

Check a survey delivery against the requirements catalogue: each line met, not met or not checkable, with the reason.

Check report: question, answer “No: 9 of 19 requirements are not met”, tiles met / not met / not checkable and a table with verdict and reason per line — Verdict per requirement: met, not met or not checkable, always with the reason.

Check line L19 with a map: ground points that deviate more than 0.5 m from the official terrain model — Ground class against the official terrain model: deviations as a map.

13 · available · since 0.4.1

On the phone

The same data on phones and tablets, finger controls, limits that suit the device.

siteBits on a phone in portrait: point cloud with a measurement line, toolbar at the top — On the phone: the same data, finger controls, point budget that suits the device.

siteBits on a phone with the View panel open at the bottom — Panels dock at the bottom and can be collapsed.

What comes next · Source code on GitHub