How is billed sqm calculated in NavVis IVION Processing?

Billed sqm is a metric based on a fixed laser range. The area is counted only within a 10 m range of the mapping trajectory. Data outside of the radius are processed, but not billed. Within a single Dataset, any overlapping areas are counted only once against the balance.

Unit Consumption for different processing modes

Configure point cloud settings

Note: Reprocessing of datasets is counted against the balance, in the unlikely event that any processing fails, this is not counted. It should be noted that the number of panoramic images in a dataset does not contribute to the sqm counting.

How processing presets and billed sqm are related:

Note: Within the 10 m range, all points are projected onto a horizontal 25 x 25mm grid. In case there is at least one point in such a grid cell, we count the area of the cell. Sometimes the scan of the VLX2 is less dense, which can cause a smaller billed area being counted compared to the NavVis VLX 3.

Concrete example cases

For further questions please contact your NavVis Account Executive or Customer Success Manager or send an email to support@navvis.com.

Written in January 2023