SEQUOIA · 38.94°N 92.33°W
ALT 50,000 FT · GSD 1 FT
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Geiger-mode lidar · MIT Lincoln Lab heritage

Built for where conventional lidar breaks down.

Single-photon sensitivity lets us map at high resolution from far higher altitudes — more accurate data, faster, over wider areas, than systems that cut corners.

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10–30M3D measurements / sec
50,000 ftCollection altitude
900 km²Mapped per hour
LOWHIGH

We are the trusted advisors of the geospatial industry — guiding partners across every stage of data collection, in every industry, even when they don't yet know what they need.

An MIT Lincoln Laboratory spin-out founded in 2014, headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts. We design, build, fly, and process airborne Geiger-mode lidar for government and commercial clients worldwide.

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The misconception

You probably think you know
what Geiger-mode lidar is.

Most of what the industry "knows" comes from early systems that never delivered on the promise. Modern Geiger-mode is a different animal. Here's the honest comparison.

Conventional / linear-mode
  • Needs thousands of photons per return — limiting altitude and speed
  • Low flying, narrow swaths, repeated passes
  • Expensive to cover wide areas at useful density
  • Shadows under canopy and in urban canyons
3DEO Geiger-mode
  • Detects a return from just a few photons — fly higher, faster, wider
  • High resolution from 30,000+ ft at 1-foot detail
  • Agile scanning captures 4–6 viewpoints in a single pass
  • Mitigates shadows; finished, validated point clouds
How Geiger-mode actually works → Agile geo-referenced scanning →
Consulting → Equipment → Collection → Processing → Answers

We help at every stage
of the collection process.

Most providers sell you a box. We meet you wherever you are — and take you all the way to actionable answers. Tell us your stage and we'll point to the best next step.

  1. 01

    Consulting

    Scope constraints, timelines, and success criteria with people who've solved it before.

  2. 02

    Equipment

    Purpose-built Geiger-mode systems matched to your environment and altitude.

  3. 03

    Collection

    Acquire high-density data where it matters — wide-area, high-altitude, fast.

  4. 04

    Processing

    Acadia turns raw single-photon returns into finished, validated point clouds.

  5. 05

    Answers

    Actionable insights and deliverables in the formats your decision-makers need.

Lidar systems

One architecture, three altitudes.

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Zion lidar system

Zion

3,000–12,000 ft

Compact vertical system for unpressurized cabins. 9–12M points/sec.

Vertical precision5 cm
Detector pixels4,000
Weight213 lbs
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Wrangell lidar system

Wrangell

5,000–16,000 ft

Pod-mounted horizontal system for operational flexibility. 16–20M points/sec.

Vertical precision5 cm
Detector pixels8,000
Weight295 lbs
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Sequoia lidar system

Sequoia

20,000–50,000 ft

Long-standoff, pressurized-cabin system. 20–30M points/sec, 900 km²/hr.

Vertical precision5 cm
Detector pixels8,000
Weight266 lbs
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Acadia surface model
Software & systems

Acadia turns raw photons into answers.

3DEO's processing suite converts raw lidar into finished, high-density point clouds with derived metadata — reflectivity, height above ground, and point confidence. Scalable across laptop, cluster, and cloud. Exports to LAS & GeoTIFF.

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Industries

Wherever accuracy, scale, or speed matter.

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01ForestryCanopy structure & wildfire fuel 02City MappingHigh-density 3D urban models 03UtilitiesCorridor & vegetation management 04DefenseISR for DARPA & the US Army 05IntelligenceWide-area situational awareness 06Disaster ReliefFlood modeling & rapid damage maps 07Oil & GasPipeline & facility survey 08ArcheologyDigital defoliation reveals terrain +Your industry?Let's talk — we probably help →
Point clouds

Don't take our word for it. See the data.

Explore real 3DEO collections. Preview them here, then unlock the full-resolution interactive viewer after a quick confidentiality agreement.

CITY MAP PREVIEW
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City Maps
Urban 3D · Acadia
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Forestry
Canopy · digital defoliation
CORRIDOR PREVIEW
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Transmission Lines
ROW · 100+ ppsm
ARCHEOLOGY PREVIEW
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Archeology
Bare-earth terrain
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At 3DEO, we love to help

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Whatever stage you're in, there's a right next step — and we'll get you exactly what you need.

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