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title: "Drone Data"
slug: "drone-data"
description: "Label a dataset as drone data by switching on the Drone scan toggle in Edit Site, then Publish. Filter with Site Setup / Datasets / Filter / Drone scan only, shown only once a dataset is labeled."
updated: 2026-08-18T16:02:33Z
published: 2026-08-18T16:02:33Z
canonical: "knowledge.navvis.com/drone-data"
---

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# Drone Data

## Labeling Drone Data

1. Click **Edit** **Site** from the Topbar and select the dataset.
2. Go to the Dataset > **Edit**

![Site structure interface showing datasets and a door with circular windows.](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/t1.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-15T08%3A06%3A11Z&se=2026-10-15T09%3A06%3A11Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=IRRqp5edBvK9s%2Fc1ZTh2MlozPLmu6K4mMF75Gljg1r8%3D)
3. Switch on the **Drone scan** toggle. This labels the dataset as drone data and allows you to filter only for these datasets.

![drone_scan_toggle](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/image-1701867898907.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-15T08%3A06%3A11Z&se=2026-10-15T09%3A06%3A11Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=IRRqp5edBvK9s%2Fc1ZTh2MlozPLmu6K4mMF75Gljg1r8%3D)

4. Click **Publish**.

## Filtering Drone Data

1. Go to **Site Setup**.
2. Go to **Datasets** > **Filter**.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**: This filter only displays when one or more datasets have been labeled as a drone scan.
3. Click the **Drone scan only** toggle in the drop down menu. This displays only the datasets which have been labeled as drone scans.

![drone_only](https://cdn.document360.io/bf174766-fa1a-4fe1-a4d7-b1db1e7cb996/Images/Documentation/image-1701868175770.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-15T08%3A06%3A11Z&se=2026-10-15T09%3A06%3A11Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=IRRqp5edBvK9s%2Fc1ZTh2MlozPLmu6K4mMF75Gljg1r8%3D)

4. Click **Publish**.

A dataset is a piece of a site, the result of a continuous recording with a NavVis mapping device or the result of an imported point cloud. Datasets can contain panoramic images and point clouds.