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User guides, API documentation, video tutorials, sample datasets, release notes, and recorded webinars — all in one place.

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Documentation

User guides & API reference

Comprehensive documentation for all AutoTerra editions. Log in to access the full API reference and scripting guide.

Getting Started Guide

Installation, license activation, and your first project — a 30-minute walkthrough for new users of any edition.

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Point Cloud Processing

Ingesting, visualising, editing, and batch-processing LAS/LAZ, E57, COPC, and all supported formats.

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Classification Engine

Automatic and manual classification, custom class codes, fine-tuning with training points, confidence scoring.

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Terrain & DTM Generation

DTM, DSM, nDHM workflows; interpolation methods; hydro-enforcement; GeoTIFF and raster export.

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Survey & CAD Tools

Field data import, COGO, traverse, cross-sections, DXF/DWG read and write, coordinate systems.

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Python API & Scripting Reference

Full scripting API reference — classes, methods, examples. Available to Pro, Pro Spatial, and LiDAR Pro license holders.

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Video Tutorials

Learn by watching

Step-by-step video guides for common workflows — from basic setup to advanced automation.

Getting started

Installing AutoTerra and activating your license

8 min · HD · 2026
LiDAR & Point Cloud

Automatic point cloud classification — from LAS to classified output

14 min · HD · 2026
Terrain & DTM

Generating a hydro-enforced DTM for flood modeling

18 min · HD · 2026
Survey & CAD

Cross-section and long-profile generation along a road alignment

11 min · HD · 2025
Scripting

Batch LAS classification using the Python API — full walkthrough

22 min · HD · 2025
Cloud data

Streaming national LiDAR via COPC — setup and classification

16 min · HD · 2025
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Downloads

Sample datasets & trial files

Download sample LiDAR datasets to try AutoTerra's classification and terrain tools. Larger datasets require a Pro or Pro Spatial license to open — free for evaluation with a trial license.

Urban LiDAR sample — Bangalore city block

LAS 1.4, airborne, ~12M points · RGB fusion · suitable for classification & building extraction

180 MB · LAS 1.4
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Highway corridor — mobile LiDAR scan

LAZ compressed, 4km corridor, ~28M points · includes RGB · ideal for road asset detection workflow

240 MB · LAZ
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Hilly terrain — airborne LiDAR

LAS 1.4, ~50M points · forested watershed · suitable for DTM, hydrology, and canopy height model

420 MB · LAS 1.4
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Transmission line corridor — full waveform LiDAR

LAS 1.4 full waveform, 6km corridor, ~80M points · requires LiDAR Pro license

680 MB · LAS 1.4 FWF
Login & LiDAR Pro required

Mining stockpile — drone LiDAR scan

LAS 1.4, ~5M points · three stockpiles · ideal for volume calculation practice

48 MB · LAS 1.4
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All sample datasets are provided under the AutoTerra Sample Data License — for evaluation and training purposes only. Read license terms

Release Notes

What's new in AutoTerra

All editions ship the same installer — your license determines which features are active.

v4.2.0 March 2026 Classification accuracy improvements & COPC streaming
  • CNN classification engine retrained on 120M new labeled points — average accuracy +4% on mixed urban/rural datasets
  • COPC streaming now supports AWS S3, Azure Blob, and GCS with credential passthrough
  • New: powerline conductors and insulators added as default classification classes
  • GPU memory optimisation — 30% more points renderable on same VRAM
  • Bug fix: DXF export with vertical datum offset was applying offset twice
v4.1.0 November 2025 Road asset inventory module GA release
  • Road asset inventory module released as generally available (Pro Spatial and above)
  • Sign detection supports 200+ MUTCD and Vienna convention sign types
  • Pavement condition index (PCI) calculation from intensity return analysis
  • AutoRoads integration: publish alignments directly to AutoRoads project format
  • Python API: new PointCloud.classify_batch() method with progress callbacks
v4.0.0 June 2025 Major release — LiDAR Pro edition & GPU renderer
  • AutoTerra LiDAR Pro edition launched — full waveform decomposition, hydro DTM, national-scale batch API
  • All-new GPU-accelerated 3D renderer — 60 fps on 500M+ point datasets
  • AI classification engine v2: CNN-based, 15 standard classes, custom class training
  • E57 read/write support added
  • REST API for workflow integration (Pro Spatial and LiDAR Pro)
  • Windows 11 certified; OpenGL 4.6 renderer
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Webinars

Recorded sessions & live events

On-demand recordings of past webinars, plus upcoming live sessions. Register free — recordings sent to all registrants.

LiDAR for road surveys: end-to-end Pro Spatial workflow

60 min · Live demo covering mobile LiDAR import → classification → asset inventory → DXF export. Recorded Feb 2026.

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DTM quality control: checking accuracy against GCPs

45 min · QA workflow for airborne LiDAR DTM — RMSE calculation, outlier removal, accuracy report. Recorded Dec 2025.

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Upcoming: AutoTerra Python API — building your first batch workflow

60 min · Live session. Learn how to automate classify-and-derive pipelines using the scripting API. No prior Python experience needed.

15 June 2026 · Register free

Mining volumes: drone LiDAR vs. photogrammetry — accuracy comparison

30 min · Independent test on a reference stockpile. Three volume methods, two data sources. Recorded Oct 2025.

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