4CAD PointLab · Corridors and mapping module

Power line vegetation, railway clearance and road inventory from point clouds

PointLab turns an airborne, drone or mobile scan of a corridor into what asset managers need: vegetation encroaching on the power line protection zone, the railway clearance gauge, road slopes and vertical clearances, and an inventory of poles, street lights and signs. Large areas are processed in tiles.

Free for everyone until 30 November 2026 — a trial period before the official launch.

Protection zone per Act 458/2000 Coll.
25 object classes
12 CSV tables with GPS
DXF and GeoJSON by layer
Vegetace pod vedením – zásahy do ochranného pásma vedení 380/150 kV v mračnu bodů

380/150 kV power line: conductors, towers and vegetation. On the right, spans with sag and vegetation encroachments sorted by severity. Data: AHN4 (Netherlands), CC0.

Power line vegetation management in the protection zone

The point cloud produces conductors as curves and, for each span, a list of places where vegetation or a building came closer than allowed.

Conductors and spans

Span length, conductor sag and minimum height above ground. Towers with position, height and tilt.

Vegetation encroachment

Point-by-point distance of vegetation and buildings from the conductors, encroachments sorted into critical and warning. You set the limits.

Power line protection zone

The zone by voltage under Czech Act No. 458/2000 Coll. and the permitted vegetation height within the zone.

Tree fall risk

Trees whose branches encroach, that stand close, could fall on the line or grow in the zone — with a fall margin and half the crown.

Railways and roads: clearance gauge, slopes, vertical clearance

Clearance gauge

Rails and track centreline with chainage, clearance gauge infringements and trackside vegetation. Platforms with edge and height.

Catenary masts

Mast offset from the track centreline, its tilt and the contact wire height.

Road slope

Road edges and width, cross slope and longitudinal slope every 2 m and low points for drainage.

Vertical clearance

Vertical clearance under bridges and gantries, road markings, guardrails, signs and vegetation above the roadway.

Road asset inventory, cities and large areas

Street inventory: poles and street lights with position, height and tilt, traffic signs, railway signals, traffic lights, guardrails, bollards and street furniture; paved and unpaved surfaces, trees with height and crown, and buildings with footprints. In the point cloud you can also measure the area of a curved surface in 3D, such as a curved facade or roof, and subtract windows and doors.

Airborne laser scanning is classified according to ASPRS — terrain, vegetation at three heights, buildings, power lines and vehicles. The result produces DTM, DSM, nDSM and CHM (canopy height) rasters as well as contour lines.

Corridor exports

LAZ with classes and object number, 12 CSV tables with GPS (objects, spans, towers, encroachments, clearance gauge, trackside vegetation, slopes, vertical clearance, signs, guardrails, trees, buildings), DXF and GeoJSON vectors by layer, ESRI ASCII Grid rasters, contour lines and E57.

Letecké laserové skenování centra města – budovy, vegetace a terén rozřazené do tříd

Delft city centre from an airborne scan: buildings, vegetation and terrain. Data: AHN4 (Netherlands), CC0.

Accuracy verified on public data

These figures are test results on a public airborne scan with official classification, not estimates. On your data, they vary with the scan type and point density.

89–99.7%

precision of conductor points on 380/150 kV power lines (recall 82–83%)

95–96%

terrain agreement in the power line corridor (IoU)

84%

building agreement with the reference in a city centre (IoU)

92%

terrain agreement in a city centre (IoU)

AHN4 dataset — airborne laser scanning of the Netherlands with official classification (380/150 kV power line and Delft city centre).

Corridor and road inventory FAQ

What data can you process a corridor from?

From airborne and drone scans (sparse data) as well as mobile and terrestrial scans (dense data) in LAS, LAZ, E57 and PLY formats, with files up to 20 GB. Large areas are processed in tiles.

How is the power line protection zone determined?

By the line voltage under Czech Act No. 458/2000 Coll. You choose the voltage and the limits for critical encroachments and warnings; the app shows vegetation and buildings that encroach on the zone, as well as the permitted vegetation height.

Can the output be used for a local road inventory?

Yes, as technical data: position, height and tilt of poles and street lights, traffic signs, guardrails, street furniture, road widths and slopes. It is not an official output of surveying activities under Czech Act No. 200/1994 Coll.

What if the app misidentifies an object?

The optional AI object check removes false detections, such as a shrub recognised as a car. Remove any remaining errors with the eraser, and the system learns from manual labels for later analyses.

What coordinates are the outputs in?

In the project's coordinate system, including S-JTSK; GeoJSON in WGS84. Server exports are in metres; LAZ and E57 keep the coordinates of the source file.

Where is the data processed?

Data and processing run in the cloud in the EU (Scaleway, Warsaw). Only your company can see your projects and results.

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Pricing: you pay for data volume, not features

PointLab is free for all users until 30 November 2026 — a trial period before the official launch. The plans below apply from 1 December 2026.

All plans include all four modules. The plan sets the storage for uploaded data and the number of users; additional users can be purchased.

Trial
2 GB
1 user
Start
10 GB
1 user
Profi
50 GB
3 users
Business
250 GB
10 users
Enterprise
1,000 GB
50 users

Pricing based on your data volume

As a guide: 1 GB of LAZ corresponds to roughly 25–40 million points, a 20-minute handheld scan takes 0.5–1.5 GB and a drone scan of one hectare of forest 0.2–0.5 GB. Tell us what data you work with and we'll prepare a quote.

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