GEOFRAME DOCUMENTATION / START HERE
Pick a square of the map and GeoFrame builds it as measured 3D terrain with everything standing on it.
A district is one square of the map, rebuilt as a measured 3D model: terrain and hillsides from LiDAR, buildings at their measured heights, streets and paths, trees, water and shoreline, with aerial imagery on the ground. Where the county is set up, each building also carries its parcel, address and zoning.
Drag a square anywhere the public data reaches. A side can be anything from 500 m to 2 km, so one district covers 0.25 to 4 km².
GeoFrame snaps the square to the street grid and shows what it will contain before anything is built.
Confirm and the build starts in the background. Keep working in other districts while it runs.
Administrators decide, per user, who can create districts, so you may need your admin to turn this on.
One request can ask for up to 64 districts of 2 × 2 km, 256 km² in all. That is enough for a whole small town and its hills, or a long stretch of coastline, in one go.
| Layer | Built from |
|---|---|
| Terrain, hills, creeks and coastline | USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) LiDAR |
| Building heights | USGS 3DEP LiDAR, measured per building |
| Footprints, streets, paths and water | OpenStreetMap |
| Ground | Aerial imagery and tree canopy, restored for a natural look |
| Parcels, addresses and zoning | County parcels, address points and official zoning layers |
| Facades | A street-level photo survey (Mapillary contributors) |
What the data can't see, such as a rear wall, a roof shape or a missing height, is estimated and labeled as estimated in the app.
Terrain and building heights come from USGS 3DEP, which covers the United States, and footprints and streets are wherever OpenStreetMap maps them. Parcels, addresses and official zoning are loaded per county.
San Luis Obispo County is fully set up today, and the districts shown on this site run from Avila Beach, Cal Poly and Morro Bay to Templeton, Cambria and the Gaviota Coast in Santa Barbara County. We add counties on request.
Plans count builds in two ways. Pro includes unlimited open-data areas and 5 premium builds a month per seat; Team includes 25 premium builds a month, pooled across the team; a Project Pass includes one premium area around the site. Extra premium builds are $15 each.
Not sure which kind of build your area needs? Ask us with the address and we will tell you before you spend one.
