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Switch between the 2D map, 3D, 360, and flyover views

Every project shows the same site through different lenses. You move between them using the row of tabs along the top of the viewer. Click (or tap) a tab and the view changes instantly — and your measurements, notes, layers, and units all carry across, so nothing you've marked up gets lost when you switch.

The tabs, and what each one shows

  • 2D Map — Your true-color overhead map (orthomosaic), sharp enough to zoom right in. This is also where you switch data layers like elevation, vegetation health (NDVI), and thermal, when your project includes them.
  • Ground View (360) — Eye-height 360° panoramas placed on the map, like standing on-site and looking in every direction.
  • 3D Model — A textured 3D mesh of the site you can orbit, tilt, and zoom.
  • Point Cloud — The full-density 3D scan you can rotate, recolor by height or intensity, and slice into cross-sections.
  • Gaussian Splat — A photorealistic 3D view — the smoothest, most lifelike 3D, and it runs on phones too.
  • Oblique — A streaming photogrammetry model that reveals more detail as you zoom in, viewable from any angle including the sides.
  • Flyover — Cinematic drone video of the site, with a synced flight map on clips that carry telemetry.
  • Compare — Puts two flight dates side by side to spot what changed.
You'll only see tabs for views your project actually includes — if a view isn't listed, it wasn't part of this capture.

How to switch

  1. Find the tab row across the top of the viewer.
  2. Click (desktop) or tap (touch) the view you want.
  3. The new view opens right away. On the 2D views, your last map position is remembered, so you land in roughly the same spot.

If you don't see all the tabs

  • On a desktop, if there are more tabs than fit, small ‹ › arrows appear at the ends of the row — click them to scroll to the rest. You can also use your keyboard's left/right arrow keys once a tab is focused.
  • On a phone, the tabs shrink to compact icons with short labels (2D, 360, 3D, PtCld, Splat, Oblq, Video, Cmp) so every view fits on screen at once — no scrolling needed.

A note on guided tours

If a tab shows a small film-clapper badge with a number, that view has that many guided tours — short auto-playing camera fly-throughs. Open the tab and press play to sit back and be walked through the site.

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