Quickstart

OpenLiDARViewer opens LiDAR and point-cloud datasets straight in the browser — no install, no account, no upload. Files are read and rendered on your own machine.

Try it in 10 seconds

Open lidar.aurtech.mx, then drag a .las, .laz, or .copc.laz file (or paste a remote COPC / ept.json URL) onto the page. You're navigating the cloud in your browser, and the file never leaves your device.

From there, the User guide walks through opening a scan, finding your way around, measuring, analysing terrain, comparing two scans, and sharing your work — assuming no GIS background.

Run it locally

The viewer is a static site; a local checkout needs only Node 22+:

git clone https://github.com/aurtechmx/openlidarviewer.git
cd openlidarviewer
npm install
npm run dev

Open the local URL it prints, then drop a scan onto the page or click a built-in sample. To build for static hosting (GitHub Pages, Netlify, or any CDN — it is just files):

npm run build
npm run preview

Where next

• Navigation — Orbit, Walk, Fly, and Pan, with the full key reference
• Measurement & analysis — the seven measurement tools, annotations, inspection, and exports
• Terrain intelligence — the confidence-aware DTM / contour pipeline
• Streaming — COPC and EPT datasets far larger than browser memory
• Supported formats — what opens today, exactly, and what is planned